Progress Thread The "grátis" 1966 Coupe - final sheet metal repairs

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..se ,you do know what you are doing .

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. A buddy of mine came over and helped me remove the cowl.

This makes it more fun! Best looking inside cowl I ever seen. I done 3 myself. Usually the vent hats are falling out.

Does anyone have any tips on keeping junk out of the cowl area in the future?

I have thought long and hard about this for years. I've used the magnetic cowl covers and used the clear plastic cowl covers on my 65. Both these options suck.
I think.
1. Top of cowl needs to be removable with fenders and hood on.
2. Cowl is critical structural support.

My plan is to make top inch or so of cowl removeable,
Hide cut line by cowl to hood seal.
Cut at 1/2 inch on both sides next to fender. and lip under windshield chrome.
This all would help to make it look stock.

To do this I thin i would use two cowls and make top one lip over the other. Basically your cutting top hole in existing cowl.
Then by removing windshield moulding you could access new cowl cover
You would have to run some 1 inch square tube around and box lower portion to put the strength back in it.
This idea needs further development.

I think that Horse Sense could think this thru and explain it better or even come with a better version of this idea.
 
Check out page 4 on my sticky thread ...coupe to fast back conversion ,i had to patch a rusty rocker ,this would be a easy ...sort of ,way for your repair
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I need some clarification. When you say that I need to support the frame rails and make sure it's level, I had some issues I mentioned before where I tried to get the rear level along with the middle and front of the car. The middle and front were easy to get level, but I wasn't sure where to put my levels to do the same for the rear. I initially put my levels on either side of the fuel tank flange. The showed that the driver's side needed to come up, however, almost as soon as I started jacking the rear driver's frame rail, the car started coming off the stands on the rockers.

So, where do I need to jack the car in the rear to level it, and where is the optimal place to put my levels to ensure it's level out back?

Would it make any difference for the car's rigidity if I installed the new floor pan before doing the rocker patch?
 
@horse sence Would you be able to get me some measurements off of your coupe (or fastback) for me? I wasn't able to get good measurements from the engine bay or the rear trunk support because of the damage.

I was wanting to try to get measurements from the cowl to the edge of both aprons, across the aprons, and diagonally across if necessary. Not sure where is the best place to measure in the trunk. All I really need is the measurements and the points to and from where they're taken.
 
@Davedacarpainter Do you have any experience with the DeKups disposable cups and lids for DeVilbiss HVLP guns? I've been looking at what's available on Amazon and am kind of stumped as to what would best suit my needs. I have the Finish Line 4 gun.

Amazon product ASIN B0015PKQ5IView: https://www.amazon.com/DeVilbiss-DPC601-DeKups-Diposable-Cup/dp/B0015PKQ5I

Amazon product ASIN B002K5NXPWView: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002K5NXPW/

Amazon product ASIN B001WAOP8AView: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001WAOP8A/
 
Got a couple of measurements for you .
From the notch in the top of the cowl from the front edge ,to the front of the radiator support is 44 1/4
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The radiator support centers its self ,it just fits between the rails and welds to the bottom lip of the front lower brace
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The rear aprons are 4 inches in from the side of the cowl to the flat part of the hinge aprons,not the bevel.
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The rear trunk brace simply sets in place with the outer edges meeting the trunk drop off ,dont have a pic but set your new one in place and you will see
 
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The rear aprons are 4 inches in from the side of the cowl to the flat part of the hinge aprons,not the bevel.
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The rear trunk brace simply sets in place with the outer edges meeting the trunk drop off ,dont have a pic but set your new one in place and you will see
Is any measuring required when replacing the trunk floors themselves? With the damage to the drop offs and elsewhere I'm thinking I may do those as well since they'd be fairly easy to get to with all the other work I'm doing back there.
 
Another question for @horse sence

I can’t find two-piece front torque boxes anywhere for ‘65-‘66. Only ones I can find that aren’t welded already are ‘67-‘68 torque boxes. Is there any difference in the torque boxes for those model years? Seems like everyone who buys the welded versions has to cut them apart to get them to fit correctly.

Edit: I also need to ask, how difficult is it to install torque boxes on a car that didn't have them originally? It looks like the best time to install them would be when I patch the toe boards?
 
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@Davedacarpainter Do you have any experience with the DeKups disposable cups and lids for DeVilbiss HVLP guns? I've been looking at what's available on Amazon and am kind of stumped as to what would best suit my needs. I have the Finish Line 4 gun.

Amazon product ASIN B0015PKQ5IView: https://www.amazon.com/DeVilbiss-DPC601-DeKups-Diposable-Cup/dp/B0015PKQ5I

Amazon product ASIN B002K5NXPWView: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002K5NXPW/

Amazon product ASIN B001WAOP8AView: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001WAOP8A/
Lots of experience John, they work great.

I like them more than 3M’s new PPS system by a margin.
 
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