Paint Stripping Under-body
Paint Stripping I continue the paint stripping of the under-body of the car. I use a saw of electric cutting machine (see the end of this post) to remove the top layer of the factory conservation without a heat, i.e., i am scratching it out. The tracks are visible. These…
Side Reinforcement
Site Reinforcement- Right Side I reinforced a little the doors and the back quarter panels with angle bar (1/8″ x 3/4″ x 48″). It’s mostly for a side hit. The needed lengths are: The 48″ bar was not long enough for the quarter panels and i welded it. I will…
Paint Stripping, Painting, Welding
I said “welding is over”, but i remembered that there are 3 more points: Paint Stripping I started the preparation of the under-body. Strip to bare metal will be followed by zinc primer and urethane paint. I started removing the top layer with a heat gun, then this: , but…
Welding is Over
The Roof I finished the welding. The last area was the roof, i.e. under the roof. As it was originally lap welded, i decided that this is a nest of rust and i cut it all. This is what i did instead: The right side above the windshield was good…
I Almost Have a Car
Front Side I welded the front grill. I spent more time on adjusting than welding. The result is good. My procedure: Front right light is connected. A little piece of sheet metal is needed right in the corner. This will be grinded with the Dremel. I spitted the left side…
Preparation for Welding the Face
Almost there, almost there 🙂 Today i started the preparation of welding the face of the car. I bought a lot of lock pliers just for this operation. I used few of them before, but now i use them all. Here it is: There are a lot of locking pliers,…
Additional Rocker Panels and Front Grill
I reached a “midpoint” when i cleaned the garage and turned the car on it’s side. I will finish all the weldings that point to the floor and then i will flip the cat on 180 degrees and will finish all the other weldings that point to the floor. Additional…
Plug Weld Logic
When we weld 2 pieces of sheet metal, one of them is perforated and we weld through the holes, we speak about plug welding. Here i will explain my logic about “how to do this properly”. Because one of my sheet metals (the body of the car) is not flat,…
Fill up the MIG gas bottle
I filled up the gas bottle. It is 80 cu ft, 75 % argon, 25 % CO2. I paid ~ 90 CAD + tax. How much and what i welded with 1 bottle can be seen on the previous posts. Of course this info is not reliable for any forecast…
Weld the Right Rocker Panel (part 1)
The right rocker panel goes much better because: Outer Side Again… the old metal burnt while i touched it, so i switched to 2.8 A and built the little mountain of metal. Join the old and the new. Inner Side Weld new metal to new metal is much easier. It…