Little Herman Tear Down

Little Herman makes the perfect LITTLE project for winter especially when you live in an apartment complex and most of the good tools are at your folks house an hour away. I sold my Impala in early December so that freed up room in the apartment garage to tinker on LH. Tear down has begun!

I am going to be bringing my squarebody C10 home soon. Fitting it AND LH may be a challenge. I'll just enjoy the space for now. 

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These are the stabilizer legs - not sure their official name. They simply slide up into the box on an angle so when out they give a wider stance. They lock up and down with locking pin. When they are extended there is a wire that runs through the center of the leg and folds around the top sleeve part. This keep the leg from falling completely out. The wire was a pain to get out so it was doing it job!

The door here is the left one. You can see the rods fold up and secure to the inside of the door when not in use. When in use, they pop into that bracket on the inside of the box. Fully open and proped up gives a nice little table. I am not sure if I will use it as a table though after I spend all this time restoring it. Maybe I will keep a liner or something to lay on the paint so we can use it as a table and not damage the paint? Like the material for the toolbox drawer liners.

I spent most of my time drilling out rivets. Rivets for the snaps. Rivets for both door piano hinges. Rivets for the emblems. There were also some random rivets.

I'm missing one lense which I plan to try and make. The opening in the bottom of the housing for a removable transparent insert to light the license plate. I will of course rewire the trailer. Another thought I had was to make LED lights for it.

Originally, I wasn't going to do much to the axle and springs, but I went ahead and took them off. Not sure what the plan will be to finish them - whether to sandblast or to wire brush. 

The coupler looks to be bent so I was going to replace it. After looking at it closer, it might just be a casting imperfection. The tongue does have a gental bend so it will be replaced. There are bolts that keep the tongue attached but you can see the shims. I'm not sure if these were factory or added but by my great grandfather. When I got them out, they did not look to be a factory type piece, ha. 

Here is my sketch to document the graphic. I sure hope it works!

I had real high hopes to do the complete resto in my apartment garage BUT that's not going to happen. My dad just got a sandblaster so I'll use it to blast the top since it's the worst. The rest will just be sanded. Still not sure how I'll finish the inside. I'll probably start by pressure washing it and see what that does. My folks place will be a better place to paint too. Stay tuned!