Godzilla gets a facelift, and a little nip and tuck

[kirvesmies]

Love it! Question about the sliders, I'm planning to do the same thing. Did you initially stitch-weld it, then weld the whole thing later?

i know you asked @Hank6760 , hope you don't mind if i weigh in on it. when i did mine which cut just a titch lower, i burned a 3/4" pipe on top of the 2x4 tube then stitched the body to that. the back side was cut to the bottom of the tube then stitched to the corner of that. i hope hank doesn't have take his front fenders off, it'll be grinder time. mine i'm planning on using some sort of self-tapping fastener for that bottom edge. the 3/4" tube fit nicely into the radius which hank cut off. i posted up pics in my build thread " the dragonship" if you're curious

 

[Hank6760]

They are overkill, but they are 4” heavy wall tubes welded every 4”-6” to the body. It was the material lying around available at the shop. I didn’t worry about the weight as the truck did lose some.
4” worked well as it comes out even with the fender and hangs down to the bottom of the “flange” when the rocker is removed.

 

[Hank6760]

When we were working on it there was debate on welding to the fender, cut off wheels are cheap and readily available at work, plus there are guys that can reweld if need be.i am not one of those guys haha

 

[kirvesmies]

When we were working on it there was debate on welding to the fender, cut off wheels are cheap and readily available at work, plus there are guys that can reweld if need be.i am not one of those guys haha

i hear you, i'm not one those guys either, but i fumbly f@#k my way thru it. how close are you to meeting your march goal?

 

[matmattmatthew]

i know you asked @Hank6760 , hope you don't mind if i weigh in on it. when i did mine which cut just a titch lower, i burned a 3/4" pipe on top of the 2x4 tube then stitched the body to that. the back side was cut to the bottom of the tube then stitched to the corner of that. i hope hank doesn't have take his front fenders off, it'll be grinder time. mine i'm planning on using some sort of self-tapping fastener for that bottom edge. the 3/4" tube fit nicely into the radius which hank cut off. i posted up pics in my build thread " the dragonship" if you're curious

Thanks for directing me to your build thread, I plan to do the same thing with my quarter panels. The worst rust on my 62 are the rockers and rear quarters so I'm chopping both, I like the way you capped your quarters, I'll likely do the same thing. I'll also add wrap-around "wings" to my swingout bumper to protect that area.

I was worried about doing the body mounted "sliders" but I've seen more and more guys do it and everyone seems to be really happy with them. As a bonus, I don't have to get rocker patch panels and screw around with a bunch of body work.

 

[Hank6760]

i hear you, i'm not one those guys either, but i fumbly f@#k my way thru it. how close are you to meeting your march goal?

The 3rd was the actual goal, so I blew past that one, I may get done with all but paint by the end of the month though I do have a long range tank to figure out.

 

[kirvesmies]

Thanks for directing me to your build thread, I plan to do the same thing with my quarter panels. The worst rust on my 62 are the rockers and rear quarters so I'm chopping both, I like the way you capped your quarters, I'll likely do the same thing. I'll also add wrap-around "wings" to my swingout bumper to protect that area.

I was worried about doing the body mounted "sliders" but I've seen more and more guys do it and everyone seems to be really happy with them. As a bonus, I don't have to get rocker patch panels and screw around with a bunch of body work.

no problem n thanks. i'm considering adding some sorta tube work to those wrap around bumper sections, you know, to protect the fenders back there cuz she' got a big @$$. i think it was @pistonpete that built his rockers with 2 tube pcs cut n fitted to replicate rockerpanel angle n such. it looks good but i wasn't that ambitious

 

[kirvesmies]

The 3rd was the actual goal, so I blew past that one, I may get done with all but paint by the end of the month though I do have a long range tank to figure out.

yeah, i've lost count of how many deadlines i've overshot on my 60. so now i just keep pluggin' away. re: long range tank. mine's sorta long rangeish, a 31 gallon suburban tank now resides where the leaky original one hung

 

[Hank6760]

 

[Hank6760]

Finally making more progress, got the “c” channels changed and about to have the long rang tank installed. Probably some stuff I skipped, I’ll look through pics later

 

[klip]

Very unique! It looks really good man good job!

 

[Hank6760]

Got the gas tank finished this afternoon. Was able to modify the gauge sending unit to work for the deeper tank, I used an insulation support rod to make the float arm long enough. Seems to work so far, put 3 gallons in and it reads almost empty. I’ll carry a jug of gas for a while till I learn where empty really is.

 

[Hank6760]

Also, changed seats, these came from a 2008 Mini they flip forward, unlike the electric ones I had, so I can access behind them the brackets I made for the BMW seats worked by drilling 3 new holes they are pretty comfy and about a inch lower at the lowest setting which is a good thing

 

[Hank6760]

And while I’m at it I got the “c” channels replaced. It wasn’t as bad as I feared as I had very clear access

 

[Idaho Savage]

Love this thread.

 

[Hank6760]

Put 19 gallons of gas in and the gauge reads 1/4 tank. Looked in the tank and it’s a heavy quarter of a tank. We’ll see when I finally fill it up what it reads. I would rather have it read low than high.

 

[Hank6760]

Got the exhaust rerouted. One more thing to check off the list.

 

[Hank6760]

Been a while since my last post,but I’ve gotten some stuff done.

Got the bed liner on the bed frame and rockers added some mud flaps and finished the wooden parts of the bed.

 

[DFXR]

Great work. I didn't mind the banged up body in the first pictures but everything that happened since is pretty damn cool.

 

[Hank6760]

Been pretty slow progress lately, but I got the leaf spring bushings replaced,hope to get it painted in the next month or so then wrap up the interior bits and pieces.