FC Holden Sedan "Black and White Taxi Service Co-Operative" restoration

[fe350chev]

The house where the car was painted has a few large driveways, visible on Google earth. Interesting.

[zl296]

deano,the old neerim south f.c taxi,is sitting out in a paddock at willow grove.
want me to chase a contact number for you... ;)

[Stash]

Lookin good.
As they say if you're gonna do something, you might as well do it properly.

[fe350chev]

deano,the old neerim south f.c taxi,is sitting out in a paddock at willow grove.
want me to chase a contact number for you... ;)

If you are saying what I think you are, I think i will pass. I gotta get focussed  :D

[Stewy]

Hi Dean,
In the 1952 directory the listing is Black & White Taxi Service, 181 Pirie St. Adelaide,
but Hackham was a country town by rail 21 miles south.
There was a mrs A.S Williams and mr R.R Williams and he was listed as a farmer.


Cheers Stewy   8)

[fe350chev]

Yep i know about pirie street but we are talking ten years later. He may have registered it at hackham for some reason but the taxi licence gives same address. They used to hire cars out too in those days.

[fe350chev]

Got a fair bit of stuff from the blasters again today, tomorrow I pick up the boot and bonnet where I am getting some tricky areas done but not the flats of course. These doors have some small holes in the usual places like seams etc but not too bad. I am glad I did them because now I know what I have got!  :P

[fe350chev]

Was a nice warm day today so I got stuck into some painting. I found this GMH black, looks better than the high gloss I reckon, I really like the matt finish. I have some gloss here too but I think I'll stick with this. Painted all the suspension parts and springs, have ordered all the front end parts, just sussing out the bushes, some have the little ridges still, only 1 small one doesn't so I think I could use them again but perhaps Ill put all new ones in so I know what I have. I have floor pans, a couple of peaks and rust panel repair sections. Hope it stays warm later next week, I'll start cutting and patching, when I am sick of that I'll get some suspension therapy.

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Deano, they all do look the part. Your at a very similar stage to muself, however you are going much faster in the right direction. Looking good.

Regards

Wayne b

[fe350chev]

I started getting old bloke pains so I finished up. I think that's as far as I will go with these doors in terms of stripping, a few chips need feathering out but seems solid and ok, so just some metal to go into these little spot on back door and some pitting and small holes on the other side and she is pretty good. Bloody hell I am loosing weight which isn't a bad thing either! It's nice when you take 50 years of grease, oil and dirt and bring it back to almost new.

[fe350chev]

My other build page is the Breton Blue v8 Sedan project for those who are interested.

[fcwrangler]

Deano,(got it right this time) I used a blue nylon rippa strippa disc to get all my paint off, they come in 4&5 inch for angle grinders and work a treat. Tokk about 1/2 hour to do inside & out, all you need to do is guide the grinder around and the disc does the rest.
Regards Jim

[fe350chev]

I got me some of those, but I don't think it will be necessary to go back to complete bare metal on these as the foundation is quite good, but if anyone can explain the merits of always going back to complete bare metal, I'll be glad to hear opinions. I started working on filling the doors. I fixed a 2 inch groove in this and filled it. Came up ok.

Started doing this to the other side, but I think I'll have to patch the rest. Just did the corner  a few inches so if I do a patch it can be a triangle shape.

[fcwrangler]

looking good Deano, I've asked my panel shop customers that question and the response was depending on the amount of old paint and it's condition will determine the way to go. By rubbing back the paint you need to make sure you feather out all the rub throughs and repairs fullyso you have a smooth finish from which you can undercoat and then top coatand you should'nt have any problems with sink back. If you have a lot of old paint or really poor paint then go back to bare metal and then metal prep and ecth prime, undercoat and top coat the main thing with bare metal is you have no imperfections that can come back and bite you later on. If you are happy to rub your doors back just give them a couple of coats of high fill primer and block them back smooth before you top coat them.
Regards Jim

[fe350chev]

Patched a bit which when grinded a bit more ended up being a canyon with bog! So here tis. Bit hard with flash in bad light.

[FCRB26]

Just a trick fix the inside bit first so you can get to it to clean it up and may have to tap it out a bit to grind it.

Also if you get some deoxidine and wipe the crusty looking rust on the inside will help.

Also for smaller holes get some copper and put it behind where ya gunna weld if you dont have any msg me i have copper bus bar offcuts we use in our switchboards.

[fe350chev]

Thanks for the tips, keep them coming. I will do the inside first on the next door. Here is the pic I was suppose to put up.

[fe350chev]

In hind site I perhaps should have like you said, done the small patch on the back corner bit where that bad rust is right through, this would have pulled it down towards the ground as it sits on the stand, giving a larger one piece patch more strength and less tendency to wanna flare the bottom if not careful with the heat and where I tack. I bet you come across a lot of guys in your field that just blaze away and don't think logically when planning such things. I know some young fabricators who have never done small tin or this type of thing before. How should I use the copper?

[FCRB26]

You put copper behind the hole and weld onto the copper to fill a hole and the weld wont stick to copper .

Sorta like putting tape behind a hole and filling it with bog if you get my drift.

The apprentiice uses it lots to fill in hinge holes in boxes when he cocks them up.

[fe350chev]

Ok cool. I should be able to get some copper but if i can't Ill ask you with a PM.