77 sheet metal work

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Pictures of the bracket. Man it's grungy down there.

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SSCR said:
Yours will look like this before you know it. edit- Sorry just noticed this was my question photo from an earlier thread...
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Possibly ill have a nice shinny cruiser someday. But i think my rig will stay pretty dirty most of the time. Its spends a lot of time doing what it does best, playing in the dirt. But I would be a lot of fun to get it all cleaned up.
 
The fun finally continued tonight. I got the rest of the rust cut out up to solid stuff up the firewall. I also got the bottom of the pillar mostly cleaned up. I have a bit of finish work to do to the front channel. But it's starting to come together.
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I got to do a quick dry fit of the new floor panel before it got completely dark on me. Its supposed to snow tomorrow so I don't know how much Ill get done.

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I finally got back to it today. But I got some good forward progress today.
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I think I can probably fill these gaps. What do you think?
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And finally, I had to cut the rocker. but that could be pretty east to fab up I think. It was rusty anyway.
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Finally burning some metal. Going slow and sure. But its comming together. The stitching of the butt joints is the slowest part. The spot welds went a lot easier than I thought it would.

Onward and upward to the rusty beyond!

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I guess if I can do it anyone can right? Im not going to win any welding competitions but it feels sound. Got the floor back in, now it's time to work on the inner rocker I had to cut out. And rebuild the bottom of the pillar that was rusted away. You can see the hard drive magnets on the floor, those things are worth their weight in gold when you doing this stuff. They work way better than the welding magnets you get at the hardware store.
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I got some more progress done today. I built up the pillar and reenforeced it to try and keep the water from collecting behind it. I had a hard time getting a pic of it. And it was a PIA to weld that back there.

I also started on the tranny hump.
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Rust to be cut out.

Some more of the carnage from the bottom.
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Sticking steel back in slow but sure.
 
Nice work - you're getting right on it and making real progress.
 
Finally starting to look like there is a light at the end of the "tunnel".

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Got the tunnel looking decent.

Did a quick fit up and I looks pretty good for a backyard hack such as myself. Good enough for a beer.
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And next the outer rocker and put it all back together. Cheer folks.
 
Where did you get your floorpnl's? What's the thickness of the panel? The stuff we get here is less then 1mm thick...:bang:
 
micdon said:
Where did you get your floorpnl's? What's the thickness of the panel? The stuff we get here is less then 1mm thick...:bang:
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I got mine at Cool Cruisers of Texas. In hind sight, if your not worried about making it look original I would just make them out of sheep metal. The only thing they would be missing is the ribs. You could even step up to 14ga steel if you wanted to. Im afraid shipping would be outrageous if you ordered from States. Theres even some thread around where guys make there own rear quarter panels with the correct bend and all. Good luck!
 
I'm trying to keep it as original as possible (except for the seats) and I do like the ribs. I might be able to hop along on a shipment for a local company. Thanks for the info
 
looks great. I just finished my trans cover too. It had rust all the way around and holes everywhere. took all weekend so i know the pain you went through especially if you where welding to some thinner metal. Nothing like making progress and then blowing a big hole in the almost done patch job:bang:
 
dad4x4 said:
looks great. I just finished my trans cover too. It had rust all the way around and holes everywhere. took all weekend so i know the pain you went through especially if you where welding to some thinner metal. Nothing like making progress and then blowing a big hole in the almost done patch job:bang:
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Yes welding to older metal can be a challenge. I've found that a piece of copper held or clamped to the back of the seam that your trying to weld pretty much eliminated blow outs. I also makes it much easier to fill larger gaps because the bead doesn't go anywhere with the copper behind it. Its slow stitching but it does work.
 
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