More Progress On The '70

[lauras70mach1]

Patched front frame rails, new crossmember, repaired and straightened strut braces, new front fender aprons, new core support, reparied cowl, smoothed firewall and welded all holes shut in engine compartment. Hard to believe, but she's rust-free from the bottom of the windshield forward.

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[NasaGT]

Beautiful!!! Nice work.

I'll be doing almost the exact same thing to mine if I ever get this second garage built.

 

[Protowrxs]

Wow.. looks nice... lots of work. Looks like final clean up and paint and you'll be ready to bolt up the front suspension won't you?

I'm very lucky as I've had the car for a long time and it's been inside 80% of that time so no major rust besides floor pans.

Any tips on how you welded up firewall/apron pan holes?

-Stephen

 

[Cupid]

Good job!

That's pretty motivating stuff. Man....I wish I were that talented! And owned the tools to weld!

 

[Dark Knight]

Looks good though...

 

[mustbereel]

lots of work

That's a lot of work. Nice to have it done isn't it?

Now you are where I was about 1 year ago. My car is still months away from being finished.

Once the sheet metal work is finished the rest goes much faster.

Brad

 

[lauras70mach1]

Any tips on how you welded up firewall/apron pan holes?

-Stephen

Sure. I bought a piece of weldable steel at the local implement but you can get it at hardware stores too. Also bought some roofing nails and regular construction nails. For small holes use the nails - just stick them through the hole and weld the head to the car, grind off the shank and finish it. For bigger holes, get a nice, sharp metal shear and cut small, round pieces to fit the hole. I cut a piece that's a little too big then trace the hole onto the steel with a sharpie, then I cut it to size. Hold it in place with a welding magnet and tack it. Check it to make sure it's fairly flush then tack the other side, check, tack, etc. Grind it smooth and skim with dura glass. It doesn't look like a big job but once you start you realize just how many holes they put in the engine compartment.

Welding them up is easy, it's the grinding I hate.

 

[Red5oh]

Wow... looks like mine too. Nice work and you can check out mine to see if you can use any of that. Good luck

 

[Protowrxs]

Great tips lauras70mach1.. I had not thought about either the nails or the welding magnet <shrugs> Now to get busy. Unfortuately I made a bunch of the holes in mine over the past 30 years.

-Stephen