Oh Lordy, I now own a Fordy (a Lincoln actually)..

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Originally Posted by njsteve

And voila! The finished product. And the trunk smells so much nicer now. I gotta tell you, it was somewhat disconcerting to have to climb all the way into the trunk to clean the upper shelf area where the spare tire goes. I was completely inside the trunk and at the mercy of the Lincoln in case it decided to go "Christine" on me. I did place the shop-vac hose over the edge of the bumper just in case the trunk lid decided to come down and lock me in. I did also clean and reinstall the original section of green outdoor carpet that my grandfather hand-cut in 1971 to protect the floor. Still fits perfeclty!

The bad guys could easily fit a few bodies in that trunk, it’s huge!
I think I have watched to many mafia movies!
Great work, fun to watch!

[njsteve]

Looking at the trunk side panels, doesn't it look like two sideways facing bench seats? Like the old country squire wagons with the double-facing 3 seats in the far back? (My old seating position back in the day...hence my expression. And yeah, that's me wearing the cardigan. It's mid-August, 1970 and I had to wear it because one of my mother's aunts handmade it and we might accidentally see her during that vacation trip).

[njsteve]

I finally had the sketchy frame repairs that were done 33 years ago properly repaired. These battleships tend to hold water in the rear frame rail kick-out area (same spot as mid-year Corvettes). When the car was repainted back in 1992, the body guy used a stick welder and some metal brackets to make slap on patches which her then welded to each other like fish scales. Worked for three decades.

We have a local shop (50 miles away actually) that does absolutely amazing frame repairs. Their main job is WoolWax undercoating but they have a side business that started when someone posted their work on a Toyota FJ Land Cruiser page. Now they have FJ's from all over the country on a waiting list for the frame repairs. Garden State Undercoating: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?...20undercoating

Contact info: Chris at Garden State Undercoating, 126 Route 46 , Saddle Brook, New Jersey (973) 343-9775, [email protected]

Here's the product page for the woolwax itself. You can buy it from them in bulk. https://www.woolwaxusa.com/

They main welder is a retired Ukrainian tank mechanic. Watching this guy work is mesmerizing. It's like a balloon animal artist at a kid's birthday party. He cuts out the bad area, just looks at the missing space and then miraculously hammers out exact duplicate patches. He's like a human CNC machine.

They repaired/welded/primed and painted both frame rails and one hole in the driver's side wheel well by the rocker panel, in a couple days and then wool-waxed the entire underside after wire brushing and sanding the entire frame.

I'm glad I finally did it because it turned out that the only portion of those areas remaining were the fish scale repair patches. The underlying rusty frame spots had totally dissolved to dust.

Here's the driver's side which was much worse than the passenger side.

[njsteve]

Passenger side:

[njsteve]

And after the pressure washing, wire brushing and cleaning, they applied the black wool wax. The stuff is a non-petroleum metal preservative. I think it is Lanolin based. They have clear and black. It lasts about two years and then needs to be reapplied. It's mostly for daily drivers in the rust belt areas, but it soaks into the metal and keeps it rust free. The only caveat is having to wear gloves if you are doing anything under the car. That, and waiting a few weeks for it to harden/soak into the underside original undercoating and metal.

BTW, these guys did the frame repair on my 1995 Suburban three years ago. The common rust area in the OBS 4WD truck frames are the sides of the front engine cradle near the steering box, that have no water drain holes. They did an amazing job on the truck so I had them schedule me for the Lincoln, too.

While the Lincoln was there they also had a Pontiac Aztek that they were repairing the unibody frame rails on...and at least a half dozen FJ Toyotas in the staging lanes for repairs. One of them was driven up from Florida for the work. Check out their facebook page and you can see the work they do. Amazing stuff!

[69M22Z]

Very nice!!

[scuncio]

Nice frame work!