Patrick Tipton

Branchville, NJ, United States

Sep 10 at 12:41 PM

Coming Nick - promise!

Sep 10 at 12:05 PM

The T84 video is coming soon - I promise :-) I just need to get Murph back together again and free up some space in my shop!

Sep 10 at 11:13 AM

You are 100% correct about the body work...takes a lot of time. I probably need to buy my buddy's half-track and start playing with the big boy stuff! Cheers!

Sep 08 at 04:12 PM

Appreciate it Dan! 

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Sep 07 at 09:18 PM

Apologies for the delay in tonight's video. 

Our technology provider has been FUBAR all day and new videos (like tonight's episode) are not playing back for us and many other sites. 

They are telling me the repairs will likely be completed tomorrow. 

Please accept my apologies for the delay!

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Sep 06 at 08:12 AM

You are a good man Howard and absolutely correct.  Most of the worst of it will disappear when the tub is bolted to the frame....but in the meantime, I will do my best not to make myself suffer!😂

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Sep 05 at 06:26 PM

100% correct.  You think you have it just "right" - then you paint it and all of the blemishes appear.  We made progress today, but I still have a bunch of work to do on this tub to make it pop!

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Sep 05 at 08:00 AM

OD!

Murph is in OD. 

I am generally pleased although there are some areas of the floor that make me cringe. 

Let's chalk the feeling up to my OCD. 

Murph is going to look and drive great once everything gets bolted together, but there are a couple of tub areas that may need a little more love - a few deep pits, and maybe a swipe or two with the hammer and the dolly. 

Finding the line between being totally obsessive and doing great work is a difficult balance, but at this point in the game, another couple of hours is nothing and will more be more than made up for with the satisfaction of a job well done.

See you Thursday!

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Aug 21 at 08:05 AM

Working hard on Murph's tub.  Fixed a few extra holes on the dash, leaded the rough, pitted floor.....nearing paint!  See ya Thursday.

Aug 18 at 11:47 AM

I am a big fan of phosphoric acid...pretty mild stuff that generally does a great job. The area in question has been treated with phosphoric....but is still discolored. In my limited experience with leading, the metal has to be totally bright and shiny or it won't take. The flux will clean a lot of it up - the oxidation/residue bubbles up and you can wipe it off with a damp rag leaving bright "tinning" - but I am concerned here that there is too much. I don't like muriatic acid...nasty stuff but it does clean rust up quickly.....