Build Fly By Night

[RUSH55]

Here’s how that pans out on the pans. Used a piece of 1/2” all-thread tightened to the second mount holes. You can see using my original measurements, the passenger side was off by roughly 1/2”. Maybe because I only got measurements from the driver side

 

[RUSH55]

Got the rocker caps painted on the inside and tacked in place. Pics soon of what else I’ve been covertly working on for the last few weeks.

 

[scrapdaddy]

A lot of good body off builds going on right now, what a great resource for the future. You're doing a fantastic job of documenting all your repairs. Keep at it!

 

[RUSH55]

Thank you Ron I appreciate that!
Yes, several tubs suspended by rotisseries right now having some quality surgery time. Really grateful to be able to take the time and get everything right with this stage and not put anything off until later.

 

[RUSH55]

Got the passenger side a full initial weld and ground down. Will spend some more time this weekend adding some more weld and blending.

 

[RUSH55]

Couple more pics. Driver side tacked on. Little gap to fill towards the front, but otherwise not bad. I’ll get some better pics in the next couple of days.

 

[Ol Yeller]

Those are about the lowest profile rockers I’ve seen on a pig, nice work.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

I admire your tenacity and skills. Do you have an overall timeline in mind or just taking it as it comes?

 

[RUSH55]

Those are about the lowest profile rockers I’ve seen on a pig, nice work.

Thanks man! Wanted to keep them as low profile as possible. I’ll be building some frame mounted sliders down the line, but want to keep them tucked up as high.

I admire your tenacity and skills. Do you have an overall timeline in mind or just taking it as it comes?

Thanks WDE!
The only timeline I’m trying to stick to currently is getting all this tub work done by the end of summer. It could possibly still be warm enough by October to do some painting, but I’m not holding my breath. I may switch to frame and chassis work when it cools off - not as afraid of that stuff getting wet as I am the sheetmetal.

 

[RUSH55]

More rocker action...
Spent a couple hours finalizing the outer seam on the driver side. Once the first bead was laid down and ground off, the inevitable pinholes and shallow penetration showed up. “V”ed out all of these areas, with either a cut-off wheel or burr bit, and built weld up to get it as thick as possible. Took some time but turned out good.

 

[RUSH55]

Got the insides on both sides mostly fully welded. Keeping the beads since it isn’t really necessary to blend this area.

Have about 70% of the old undercoating stripped too.

 

[scrapdaddy]

She's going to be solid!

 

[RUSH55]

Yeah buddy

Was hoping to be able to show these other things, but not quite yet...

 

[RUSH55]

Finishing up some loose ends and rectifying the sins of the past. Always knew that one day I’d be taking care of these little things, it happened to be today (well, most of the summer really). Tied in the fender lip to the rocker, driver side, and tied the center tub mount support channel back into the rocker.

 

[RUSH55]

Did most of the exact same work for the passenger rocker cap, rear tie-in, center tub mount support channel, etc., etc., this afternoon. Put 14 - 16 hrs of work in this weekend. Still a couple hours of work to do on the front outer tie-in’s on the rocker caps, which I should hopefully get done over the week.
After that, I have the front tub mounts to install, the rear quarter panels to cap, the back passenger floor to repair, and a few small miscellaneous rust repairs to make, and then that will be it for the major tub work. Everything after that will be mod work
Yeah buddy!!

Now it’s time for beer

 

[scrapdaddy]

Now it’s time for beer

 

[xtiaan2000]

I have been saving the tie ups till I flip it over. That is supper clean how you did the inner fender. I am going to try to get that look too.
SICK

 

[61twpw]

Looking really great! Nice work.

 

[RUSH55]

Thanks guys!

 

[RUSH55]

Got some time in this evening on the passenger side, front rocker-cap transition. A little bit of metal sculpting required...