Rear sill and crossmember replacement

[foxfab]

The diagonals dont line up since thats where the kinks are. J dropped off the tanks. Too bad they are empty and mine are too. Gotta get em refilled/ swappped in new haven at shoreline compressed gas. Airgas wont exchange because they arent their tanks.

 

[foxfab]

Yay! I finally got filled oxygen and acetylene tanks. Now I can work on the frame straightening. It is impossible to get tanks in RI when you already own them. I had to go to my old supplier in CT.

 

[foxfab]

Rear crossmember has a permanent home and frame rails are straightened.

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Cool, now on to the easy stuff.

 

[foxfab]

Lets hope so. I'll be putting some hours in tomorrow on her.

 

[foxfab]

Spent today straightening the floor as best i could and test fitting the rear sill.

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

That floor did have a little swayback to it.

 

[foxfab]

So how do you get the new rear sill sheetmetal and the old out of whack floor together for welding?

 

[foxfab]

Finish welded and primed

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Looks a lot better than the hack work I'm doing today. That's the way I was going to try to get the swayback out of the floor by jacking it up in the center.

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

 

[foxfab]

Next up:
Hang tailgate and drill holes for hinges.
lower quarter sheet metal.
Final re-assembly.

 

[foxfab]

A well hung tailgate

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Looks like it's smiling. I'm making good use of the garage space.

 

[Living in the Past]

Any chance of getting detailed pictures of the crossmember installed? I need to do that to my white one if I'm going to keep it. Either the grey one or white need to go. With a roll cage I can let the grandkids ride in the white one. Decisions decisions.

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

John, If Mike doesn't have pics, I'll take some for you when I get it back. I'd just keep the white one, use it as is. That's actually worked fairly well for me with this one.

 

[foxfab]

Started rear corners today

 

[nuclearlemon]

when you're done, little orphan annie needs a rear sill and corners

 

[foxfab]

One side done...

 

[foxfab]

Pass side