Our '65 coupe project, so it begins (Lots of pics)
05-04-2012, 06:28 AM
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Thanks, Coming from you that means a lot.
I know, it's not perfect and I'm rattle canning 99% of the under side paint instead of using epoxy etc... but it should be fine with what we want.
Lynn
I know, it's not perfect and I'm rattle canning 99% of the under side paint instead of using epoxy etc... but it should be fine with what we want.
Lynn
05-15-2012, 01:35 PM
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Update..
Major milestone achieved today...
I got the whole back half of the car now fully welded and DONE!!!
I just finished welding up the passenger side rear quarter panel.
Now I can go on to getting the passenger side torque box installed and start the cowl.
The wife has got the camera someplace, so I'll have to wait until she get's home to post pics.
DAMN it feels SOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!
Lynn
Major milestone achieved today...
I got the whole back half of the car now fully welded and DONE!!!
I just finished welding up the passenger side rear quarter panel.
Now I can go on to getting the passenger side torque box installed and start the cowl.
The wife has got the camera someplace, so I'll have to wait until she get's home to post pics.
DAMN it feels SOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!
Lynn
05-15-2012, 06:27 PM
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Update now with pics.
Almost 3hrs welding the top seam alone. I would blow down every weld with the air gun as I did them to cool them down. I don't think it came out too bad, I don't think I warped it at all.
Lower seam got welded all the way across, I will delete this seam at paint time.
A couple sins that the body shop will have to deal with. I got overzealous with the hole punch in a few spots and made the out side bumps like in the recessed area.You can also see where I warped the lower panel that meets the rocker about half way in, you can see where it bulges a bit. A guy came over to look at painting the car ans he said it wasn't a big deal and he could take of it.
The guy from body shop who came over said I'm doing pretty good on it.
As I said, this is a big mile stone for me and it has taken me 2 years and 7 months to get to this point working only 8-10 hrs a week on it at the most.
Lynn
Almost 3hrs welding the top seam alone. I would blow down every weld with the air gun as I did them to cool them down. I don't think it came out too bad, I don't think I warped it at all.
Lower seam got welded all the way across, I will delete this seam at paint time.
A couple sins that the body shop will have to deal with. I got overzealous with the hole punch in a few spots and made the out side bumps like in the recessed area.You can also see where I warped the lower panel that meets the rocker about half way in, you can see where it bulges a bit. A guy came over to look at painting the car ans he said it wasn't a big deal and he could take of it.
The guy from body shop who came over said I'm doing pretty good on it.
As I said, this is a big mile stone for me and it has taken me 2 years and 7 months to get to this point working only 8-10 hrs a week on it at the most.
Lynn
