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Cleaned up inside. Worked on cleaning out the old door limiters, as was talked into putting the new style in. That was actually pretty difficult to grind those out. Also realized that I need to fabricate a glove box and a mount for the computer. Looking at the picture of the firewall, pretty sure there’s less original OEM steel there....
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Cleaned up inside. Worked on cleaning out the old door limiters, as was talked into putting the new style in. That was actually pretty difficult to grind those out. Also realized that I need to fabricate a glove box and a mount for the computer. Looking at the picture of the firewall, pretty sure there’s less original OEM steel there....View attachment 2316936View attachment 2316937View attachment 2316939

I was considering using the newer door limiters too. It will be good to see how you do it and what you think of them. Thanks for showing how it is done.
 
Here is the rest of the door limiter work. Basically elongate the hole and drill two holes for the bolts.

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Spent a lot of time working on windshield hinges today... Tried using the torch getting the hinge cherry hot and was only able to get one of the three sections to come out. So drilled a bunch
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Here’s a little piece of quarter steel I made to be able to hold it in the vice and still press the pin out
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this one would not come out with heat so drilled it with progressively larger bits and on a whim I decided to see if I could punch it out and this is what happened
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Added brass bushings.
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Made mount for wiring to engine bay and trying to figure out where to put the air conditioner / heater bulkhead

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Also this car did not have defrost it appears, so started laying out where to install tubes to catch the defrost
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also when @tornadoalleycruiser was over, he realized that this had a passenger side rear mirror Mount, but not one of the driver side so fabricated and put holes on the driver side
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made the big washers for the rear body mount at the same time, both out of stainless scraps. Will likely powercoat them all black.
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I have to admit I was a little nervous about having to figure out how to get this body mount out however given @Tank5 advice to do so, I dug in this morning. Took all of five minutes. Definitely glad we did this.
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I cleaned everything up with a wire wheel but realized if I cut a couple inches of spot welds I could look inside the a pillar In for a dime in for a dollar so cut it out...
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and was pleasantly surprised how clean it was...
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Start comparing the replacement body mount with the original and they’re slightly different.... about 5 mm height difference — however the body mount height is the same — and much longer
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quickly made a replacement piece for the one I cut out under the a pillar
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Vintage Air makes a couple of different defrost ducts that are easy to add in and you can choose from a couple of different orientations for the input tube which helped me avoid the radio in the dash. Only downside is they are plastic not metal.

I saw those, but my concern has been that this goes through the windshield section that can get water in there, so I was going to do it like the power hole with a raised section about 3/16 high so water won't go down the hole. My plan is to get some 2" thin wall steel, then collapse one end to make it oval, then weld it in the hole. I am unsure of where to locate it, as it seems I have about 8" where I could move it left/right on each side. To be clear, the goal is just to get air up into the windshield and then the holes at the bottom of the glass will distribute the air....
 
Got the body mount in after I extended it about 3 inches. Build in some more holes on the floor as well as the old running board holes. I’ll make up Sliders attached to the frame and does not have to have those. Since the fenders are so wide I may need to make a small corner bracket but we’ll cross that bridge later.
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then I found this rot on the pass side middle right under the middle structure....
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so my plan is to cut on the pink line and then replace that section of the floor.... one step forward one step back...
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Looking good.
 
Dime/dollar issues...

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Cut out the rusty parts sections of outer rockers and replaced. When I look up into the rocker it doesn’t look too bad... surface rust, but no big chunks. there was a rust repair at some time on jamb. Trying to figure out if it makes sense to try to sandblast this area and paint it before I weld it back together. Or if I just slap some chassis saver paint to encapsulate the rust. @tornadoalleycruiser put a hose on end of a schutz gun and shot paint inside all the boxed in sections, I plan to do the same. MIght go ahead and do that in the center section that I just cut the end off of.

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Well since no one here had the cajona’s to tell a guy that really wants to be done with the metal work to tears it all apart..... I took a couple days with the family to go camping and in my relaxed state... decided that it’s worth the extra time to do it right.. got home today and cut both sides all apart and sandblasted. I was actually surprised at how much metal without rust was inside these rockers...

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While I was sandblasting the rockers I want ahead and did the areas that I was concerned with. The floor was better than I thought the windshield was worse. I should be able to weld the pinholes on the floor, however thinking about bending a piece of new steel and replace the entire windshield area.
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That might be a bit more than high build can fill, but, seal it with epoxy and a touch of bondo. Save the time. Just seal it witjvc epoxy before paint. Maybe I need to see it in person to change my mind
 

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