More on the running board saga…

Heard from Hundley a week ago that my right hand board was too far gone to recover, so now I needed another one. Frank Bennett in MA had a pair, which I bought from him and picked up last Sunday.

Came home and stripped it and the fairly decent orignal RH board on my coupe, then had them sandblasted and straightened/ patched by Jr. Locke. Here's how I got the rubber off:

First, I applied a little heat from a propane torch to the underside of a 6 x 8" section of the board.



Then, using a wood chisel and hammer, I removed the old rubber from the upper side. This was took some time, about an hour to do the entire coupe board, less on the peeling board I got form Frank.



I then took a sander to it to remove as much of the rubber as possible. At this point, it was ready for sandblasting.



I hope to get them shipped off tomorrow if Jr. is finished with the metal repair.