I forgot to show my torque box reinforcements. They’re BMR pieces. They have a hammered finish.
Build Thread '83 T-top Coupe - Welding Holes in My Rear
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They wont have a hammered finish after you weld them in. (And you are welding them in aren't you?)I forgot to show my torque box reinforcements. They’re BMR pieces. They have a hammered finish.
Yes, and the side that goes in the torque box still will.. who cares about how they look, I guess. I thought they looked quite sexy though.
All new parts are sexy when youre bringing an old car back from the dead!
Are those for the upper or lower torque boxes (or both)? You might want to test fit the IRS in there first without them if it is for the lowers as it's a really tight fit with the poly bushings... And @RacEoHolic330 even had to spread his after he coated the underside just to get his IRS back in there, mine was super tight. Just something for you to check on later and think about up front.
When you get done with that,go ahead and send it my wayAnother box today!
Today is payday and the dealership owner won't do direct deposit, so I only got to play for a couple minutes. Here it is after I unhooked it after my initial playing. It weighs less than 20lbs.
It zips right through sheet metal. When you hear terms like,"a hot knife through butter", they don't do justice to how smooth it is. If you didn't see the cut, you wouldn't believe it's doing anything. I'm in love!
Here's my first cut, that's supposed to be a D. The smaller marks next to it are practice gouging.
Gouging apparently is the word for cutting out spot welds. As y'all know, I've got approximately 13.5 billion spot welds to remove this summer. I need to get that technique down.
I'll practice with it for about 15-30 minutes every day this month. First thing to practice on will be this extra convertible door I have. The bottom of the door jamb is wasted with rot. I'm going to disassemble it to keep the extra parts for my stash.
Then?! I'm going to use that brand new plasma cutter to cut the skin off. I will need that for when I widen the quarters. The moulding line specifically. If I had the money for a bead roller I wouldn't worry about it. I don't, so the skin is coming off the door. It should be more than enough metal for both quarters.
Christmas for Dave!
It zips right through sheet metal. When you hear terms like,"a hot knife through butter", they don't do justice to how smooth it is. If you didn't see the cut, you wouldn't believe it's doing anything. I'm in love!
Here's my first cut, that's supposed to be a D. The smaller marks next to it are practice gouging.
Gouging apparently is the word for cutting out spot welds. As y'all know, I've got approximately 13.5 billion spot welds to remove this summer. I need to get that technique down.
I'll practice with it for about 15-30 minutes every day this month. First thing to practice on will be this extra convertible door I have. The bottom of the door jamb is wasted with rot. I'm going to disassemble it to keep the extra parts for my stash.
Then?! I'm going to use that brand new plasma cutter to cut the skin off. I will need that for when I widen the quarters. The moulding line specifically. If I had the money for a bead roller I wouldn't worry about it. I don't, so the skin is coming off the door. It should be more than enough metal for both quarters.
Christmas for Dave!
Tomorrow I'll make a place for it on the bottom shelf of my roll around cart.
Scott Rod called saying my engine bay panels are ready! They don't want your money until they make the parts. Y'all remember how much I loved that other set I got. That's the last of this times buying spree. It'll keep me busy for a few months too, lol.
I'll post a picture tomorrow of the headlamp mounting panel. It's good enough for me right now. I might still paint it, we'll see.
Tomorrow I should get my radiator support and headlamp buckets back from the sandblaster as well. I can't wait to cut the bottom of the radiator support of with the new pc. I may wait till it's welded up to Booger though.
Scott Rod called saying my engine bay panels are ready! They don't want your money until they make the parts. Y'all remember how much I loved that other set I got. That's the last of this times buying spree. It'll keep me busy for a few months too, lol.
I'll post a picture tomorrow of the headlamp mounting panel. It's good enough for me right now. I might still paint it, we'll see.
Tomorrow I should get my radiator support and headlamp buckets back from the sandblaster as well. I can't wait to cut the bottom of the radiator support of with the new pc. I may wait till it's welded up to Booger though.
When you bought the plasma-didya order any of the consumables with it?Playing a little bit!
A little more fun, I got all I wanted off the door now. Skin, glass, mirror, mirror trim, etc....
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Yeah, you'll want to get a stock of consumables. Luckily that's a Trifamet S25 torch so parts are plentiful and cheap.
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