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spec4don

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #45 on: January 09, 2015, 08:52:36 AM »
Right on, looking really good! you almost to the bottom of the well :P. Happiness is putting parts back on!  ;D

Don G.
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1941 M2A1 not restored
1942 M3 Diamond T Mostly restored
1943 M3A1 Under restoration
1967 M51A2 Tractor
1945 WC 63 needs restoration
1967 M36 Long wheel base duece
1951 M135 GMC Fire truck conversion

autocar925

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #46 on: January 09, 2015, 11:10:23 AM »
Do you work on this thing 24 hours a day?
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spec4don

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #47 on: January 09, 2015, 11:14:27 AM »
Quote from: autocar925 on January 09, 2015, 11:10:23 AM
Do you work on this thing 24 hours a day?

WHAT HE SAID ;)

Don G.
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1941 M2A1 not restored
1942 M3 Diamond T Mostly restored
1943 M3A1 Under restoration
1967 M51A2 Tractor
1945 WC 63 needs restoration
1967 M36 Long wheel base duece
1951 M135 GMC Fire truck conversion

Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #48 on: January 09, 2015, 02:13:41 PM »
Ha Ha! I guess I'm just really good at taking things apart  :P.
Let's see how long it takes me to get things back together....
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #49 on: January 11, 2015, 11:05:31 PM »
Just a few little details before I send this off to the shop to get blasted/painted.
I decided I would leave the bogey castings on the frame...
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #50 on: January 12, 2015, 06:00:14 PM »
Today marks a milestone as I will be limiting my posting of rusty parts photos, and will be posting photos of non rusty parts. !!!!
Picked up my leaf springs and radiator today. I don't know why they insist on gobbing the gloss black paint on them, but that's Ok, they'll be green soon enough.
Or should I chrome everything?!?!?  ;D
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beerman

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2015, 06:17:04 PM »
If you don't mind, how much did the radiator job cost you. I might need to have mine done, just want a base line to compare to. Good work on tearing it down.

Thanks.
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steve1973

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #52 on: January 12, 2015, 06:28:41 PM »
A radiator re-core is around $1000.

Steve A.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #53 on: January 12, 2015, 10:26:08 PM »
Steve,
I wish it was only 1000. I took it to the place that did my slat grill a number of years ago, so it was someone I knew that did good work. I guess copper is  a dearly priced metal nowadays. This set me back 1600. OUCH!
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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #54 on: January 13, 2015, 01:15:49 AM »
Thanks for the prices, that's a lot more than I thought.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #55 on: January 30, 2015, 05:14:28 PM »
Look it's green!!!!!!
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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #56 on: January 30, 2015, 06:05:34 PM »
Looking great. It's on wards and up wards from here. ;D

Steve A.
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #57 on: February 08, 2015, 10:29:23 PM »
Here are a few photos of my most recent progress. Things slowed down a bit with family matters, but I was able to log a few hours recently.
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beerman

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #58 on: February 09, 2015, 12:13:24 PM »
Looking good. May I ask what brand and shade of paint you are using.

 Thanks, Jeff
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Darth_Kitten

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Re: M3 in St. Louis MO
« Reply #59 on: February 09, 2015, 01:25:42 PM »
Hi Jeff,
I'm using the Gillespie paint. 33070 is the early war OD.
Mark
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