The Wrenchette: A Girl Buils a Roadster

I have finally worked my way through all of my FFR boxes and taken inventory on all parts. I unpacked each box one at a time, checked off the items on the packing list, taped the boxes back up, and labeled the outside of each of what is inside so that it is easier to identify each box.

I also removed the hood, doors, and trunk, and unpacked the hood scoop. The main body will be stored outside in the heat on a body buck, but I didn't want to worry about the hood and other loose parts blowing away in high winds. So those parts moved upstairs into the attic of the garage. It gets nice and toasty up there, so it will work well as a bakeout oven.

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The chassis will need to move in and out of the garage while we finish a section of flooring, so I wanted to get the chassis off of the jack stands and build a chassis dolly. We had an old cart that belonged to a welding table that we purchased at a surplus sale. The welding table is planted on the floor of the garage, so we decided to turn the leftover frame with wheels into a chassis dolly.

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The circular cutouts are lined with carpet to protect the powdercoating of the frame. All 6 wheels lock, which keeps the chassis from drifting on the floor. The floor isn't exactly level, so having 6 wheels works nicely. We've wheeled it around, and it's quite stable.

The next step was to build a body buck from the plans provided in the manual. Zac picked up some wheels from Harbor Freight so that we can easily move it around in the back yard, and helped with the layout.

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I'll add some insulation to protect the underside of the fiberglass where it contacts the buck, and then it will be ready for the body to be installed. Removing the body from the chassis and getting it on the buck and into the back yard will be a 3 person job, which I'll save for next weekend.