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sixseven October 26th 2009 18:54

Hurry up and get this monster done. Drive it to work and let me slobber all over it already. Looks good, cya Wendell..

wrenchnride247 October 26th 2009 19:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by sixseven (Post 72071)
Hurry up and get this monster done. Drive it to work and let me slobber all over it already. Looks good, cya Wendell..

When it's done I will wait till you come home after mids, and do a burnout in your drive way just when your falling asleep....:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Glad you finally joined the GL forums Dude!!

wrenchnride247 November 1st 2009 20:30

I got the gussets almost complete. Just need to cap of the ends. This is 1/8th inch plate formed to the frame horns. (I hope Ricola is happy now :p )

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...1.jpg~original

zen November 7th 2009 13:18

Looking really good. Feel free to come over my place and use some of those skills. :)

wrenchnride247 November 15th 2009 21:24

I finally got some time to finish the gussets (and some other stuff)
They are now complete!

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...4.jpg~original

wrenchnride247 January 1st 2010 02:25

Well, at some point in this cars life the gasket on the bulk head inspection cover plate must have started leaking because, I found some rust inside it! Also found three strange factory holes on the passenger side frame head (see pic) there are none on the drivers side :confused:. These holes didn't help keep water out either. I brushed all the loose rust out and cleaned it out best I could. Had to cut some access points out on the "napoleon hat" to get in there too. The metal is still plenty thick enough though. So, I got out some trusty POR-15 and made some "extended reach" paint brushes, and coated all the rust (the rest of the inside tunnel looks brand new!) It's not the prettiest finish, but it sealed the rust.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...1.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...3.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...4.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...5.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...6.jpg~original

wrenchnride247 January 12th 2011 23:45

Well, its been a year since I posted (and worked) on my rust repairs. So hears what I've done last nite and today.

Lots of work to get this to fit good.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...5.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...6.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...7.jpg~original

Now the other part is getting this aftermarket panel to fit. None of it matched up to original one, but I'm getting close! Still a few more hours of fitting before welding it in.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...9.jpg~original
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...0.jpg~original

I guess I need to have a thread in the "project builds" section...

zen January 13th 2011 10:53

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Originally Posted by wrenchnride247 (Post 79195)
I guess I need to have a thread in the "project builds" section...

Yes, you do. We can move this one over though if you'd like.

ricola January 13th 2011 14:30

Very nice work on the bulkhead!

NO_H2O January 13th 2011 16:36

Nice work as always.

wrenchnride247 January 13th 2011 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by zen (Post 79205)
Yes, you do. We can move this one over though if you'd like.

I have posts all over the place that should be in a "build thread" is there a way we can put them all together? If not, I will just start one there in some kind of order in progress.

wrenchnride247 November 18th 2012 22:04

Had some time to take care of a stupid mistake I made back in '93. DO NOT USE SPRAYFOAM AS SOUND DEADNER IN YOU CAR!!!! I knew better but did it anyway! I've been dreading removing this stuff! One reason I've not worked on body repairs. I noticed small bubbles forming at the bottom of my drivers side quarter panel, and this is what sprayfoam does over time. I caught it in time before it got the inside structure. The inside of the doors and other quarter were caught in time before I had to cut any metal out luckily.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...6.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...8.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...9.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...7.jpg~original

wrenchnride247 December 10th 2012 21:10

I got some new metal welded in the drivers side over the weekend! Starting to move forward with this build instead of removing stuff!

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...1.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...2.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...3.jpg~original

Wally December 11th 2012 16:15

Well, you move slow, but your work is of very high quality, so your forgiven :-)

wrenchnride247 December 11th 2012 21:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wally (Post 85122)
Well, you move slow, but your work is of very high quality, so your forgiven :-)

Its not my fault Wally... everyone around me wants "my" quality... they just don't ask for my help around the holiday's. So, thats when I get what I can done on mine. :lmao:


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