Build Thread '83 T-top Coupe - Welding Holes in My Rear
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Oohhh! I bet that’s an interesting ride! Especially if your pant leg gets caught up in that contraption!
I just spent the last hour doing what might be considered a little task.
I straightened out the upper mounts the radiator support gets welded to.
Tomorrow I’ll have argon again and I’m going to fill in all of the holes that have been drilled into them and weld up the tears. If anyone cares I’m just going to clamp my chunk of copper to the backside and erase those holes with my welder. The copper is just a flattened piece of copper pipe.
I’m also getting some fiber wheels to make all of that area shiny bare metal before I weld of course.
My jobber is providing me with free consumables for the welder too, yay me!
I’ll finish off the rail too, obviously.
Then I’m going to go dark for a couple days to do something to the engine bay. I’ll be back with pictures of that so y’all can berate me then at your leisure, lol.
I straightened out the upper mounts the radiator support gets welded to.
Tomorrow I’ll have argon again and I’m going to fill in all of the holes that have been drilled into them and weld up the tears. If anyone cares I’m just going to clamp my chunk of copper to the backside and erase those holes with my welder. The copper is just a flattened piece of copper pipe.
I’m also getting some fiber wheels to make all of that area shiny bare metal before I weld of course.
My jobber is providing me with free consumables for the welder too, yay me!
I’ll finish off the rail too, obviously.
Then I’m going to go dark for a couple days to do something to the engine bay. I’ll be back with pictures of that so y’all can berate me then at your leisure, lol.
Pfft why wait?I just spent the last hour doing what might be considered a little task.
I straightened out the upper mounts the radiator support gets welded to.
Tomorrow I’ll have argon again and I’m going to fill in all of the holes that have been drilled into them and weld up the tears. If anyone cares I’m just going to clamp my chunk of copper to the backside and erase those holes with my welder. The copper is just a flattened piece of copper pipe.
I’m also getting some fiber wheels to make all of that area shiny bare metal before I weld of course.
My jobber is providing me with free consumables for the welder too, yay me!
I’ll finish off the rail too, obviously.
Then I’m going to go dark for a couple days to do something to the engine bay. I’ll be back with pictures of that so y’all can berate me then at your leisure, lol.
I don't need no license to berate somebody here....
I happen to be a card carrying member of the royal order of the prickly pear prick.
Promoted to the rank of 1st class prick just last year. Currently working on my " who does this prick think he is"? Merit badge.
So,.....let me see....
I got nothin'. Lets see those pics.
That works for me, I have to travel this weekend so I won't be able to keep up with this thread anyway.
By the way, this thread is the first thing I look for and I'm disappointed when I come here and there are no new posts, so take plenty of pictures.
I look forward to the horse/snake nostril mural.
Waiting for you to
actually go away
so we can talk
about you behind
your back.
Waiting for you to
actually go away
so we can talk
about you behind
your back.
You mean type about him when he is not viewing his digital computing device.
I said I was going away AFTER I fixed the radiator support mounts and finish welding the frame rail!
Radiator support mounts repaired: check
Right side.
Left side.
I’m taking a cool off break right now, it’s 100 and we have a bunch of humidity.
I’ll work on the frame rail next.
Radiator support mounts repaired: check
Right side.
Left side.
I’m taking a cool off break right now, it’s 100 and we have a bunch of humidity.
I’ll work on the frame rail next.
Waiting for you to
actually go away
so we can talk
about you behind
your back.
Okie dokie, The frame rail is welded in. It took a little longer than I thought it might (surprise!
).
I started by clamping the radiator support back on and measuring it out so it was in the correct place. Then I welded up the slot in the middle. After welding that I slobbered some more POR15 on the inside to coat the weld. Then I slapped the front top cap on, clamped it down and welded the living hell out of it.
Then I welded the top cover over the crush tubes.
I dressed (code for grinding, this way I can tell my wife how much I hate dressing
) about fifteen welds and grew weary of that and stopped. Only 50 or 60 to go, plus my perimeter welding.
BTW, if you're tired in the first place, welding pretty only happens about every third spot weld. Whatever, they're good welds and I would have had to dress them anyhow even if I had @Hoytster himself in my garage welding for me! Don't mean to keep picking on you, but DAMN, you weld nice!
So I won't start my double knot, super secret idea until at least friday, probably Saturday. I got to dress all of those welds and still weld in the sway bar mount as well.
So it might be a couple of days before you don't hear from me, you got that @Noobz347 ?
).I started by clamping the radiator support back on and measuring it out so it was in the correct place. Then I welded up the slot in the middle. After welding that I slobbered some more POR15 on the inside to coat the weld. Then I slapped the front top cap on, clamped it down and welded the living hell out of it.
Then I welded the top cover over the crush tubes.
I dressed (code for grinding, this way I can tell my wife how much I hate dressing
) about fifteen welds and grew weary of that and stopped. Only 50 or 60 to go, plus my perimeter welding.BTW, if you're tired in the first place, welding pretty only happens about every third spot weld. Whatever, they're good welds and I would have had to dress them anyhow even if I had @Hoytster himself in my garage welding for me! Don't mean to keep picking on you, but DAMN, you weld nice!
So I won't start my double knot, super secret idea until at least friday, probably Saturday. I got to dress all of those welds and still weld in the sway bar mount as well.
So it might be a couple of days before you don't hear from me, you got that @Noobz347 ?
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Okie dokie, The frame rail is welded in. It took a little longer than I thought it might (surprise!
I started by clamping the radiator support back on and measuring it out so it was in the correct place. Then I welded up the slot in the middle. After welding that I slobbered some more POR15 on the inside to coat the weld. Then I slapped the front top cap on, clamped it down and welded the living hell out of it.
Then I welded the top cover over the crush tubes.
I dressed (code for grinding, this way I can tell my wife how much I hate dressing
BTW, if you're tired in the first place, welding pretty only happens about every third spot weld. Whatever, they're good welds and I would have had to dress them anyhow even if I had @Hoytster himself in my garage welding for me! Don't mean to keep picking on you, but DAMN, you weld nice!
So I won't start my double knot, super secret idea until at least friday, probably Saturday. I got to dress all of those welds and still weld in the sway bar mount as well.
So it might be a couple of days before you don't hear from me, you got that @Noobz347 ?
Kinda wish I would have welded all the way across the frame rail where it meets the strut tower, as you did. Cant help but wonder if my patch job is as strong as I hope it is. I focused more on looking original than going for strength like I probably should have.
It’ll be fine on yours Nick. I’m just paranoid about the quality of my welds, so I figure the more, the better.
Why not forego the whole frame rail patch panel kit then, and just build the whole thing out of "weld"?
Wouldn't that be even better?
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