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Things are rolling - Finishing Wheel Well and Floor Mods
Things really fell like they are starting to roll along nicely. It took me so long to figure out the alignment of the A and B pillars, the roof cross braces, the quarters, and so on; so it feels nice that starting to progress along faster.
Here's the result of the widening of the passenger side wheel well, just like the other side:
20190803_123059 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Now it was time to take the back of the car back apart and get the floor into the car. This was a nice realization because I used to fit the floor in through the door opening but that was difficult and required the door to come off. I'm not removing the doors until I weld in the quarter panels since they are perfectly aligned at the moment.
20190807_185744 by 7T02S, on Flickr
20190804_173342 by 7T02S, on Flickr
You can see that I already drilled all the plug weld holes. I'm pretty sure I did that 1.5 years ago! It's nice to see it back in the car!
Now it's time to modify the back "ears" of the floor that mate up to the wider wheel wells. I made some templates from a shoe box.
20190805_115708 by 7T02S, on Flickr
I did my best to transfer the radius with this curvature gage. It was too long to get all the way done into the lower section, so it just got me close.
20190805_130344 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Here's the transferred cut line.
20190805_123955 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Here are my marks and initial cuts. I am keeping the both sides of the flange but going to have to fab up a flange for the middle of the curve. I don't have a picture but I flattened out both sides and then bent the flange down 90 degrees to match my contour line.
20190805_142435 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Here is a shot with the floor cut on both sides. I got the cut pretty close, so that made me happy. I'm probably going to make a 90 degree flange on the sheet metal brake then shrink/stretch it to fit the curve. That can then be welded into the floor to replace the missing flange to the wheel well.
20190805_143933 by 7T02S, on Flickr
:cheers:
Things really fell like they are starting to roll along nicely. It took me so long to figure out the alignment of the A and B pillars, the roof cross braces, the quarters, and so on; so it feels nice that starting to progress along faster.
Here's the result of the widening of the passenger side wheel well, just like the other side:
20190803_123059 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Now it was time to take the back of the car back apart and get the floor into the car. This was a nice realization because I used to fit the floor in through the door opening but that was difficult and required the door to come off. I'm not removing the doors until I weld in the quarter panels since they are perfectly aligned at the moment.
20190807_185744 by 7T02S, on Flickr
20190804_173342 by 7T02S, on Flickr
You can see that I already drilled all the plug weld holes. I'm pretty sure I did that 1.5 years ago! It's nice to see it back in the car!
Now it's time to modify the back "ears" of the floor that mate up to the wider wheel wells. I made some templates from a shoe box.
20190805_115708 by 7T02S, on Flickr
I did my best to transfer the radius with this curvature gage. It was too long to get all the way done into the lower section, so it just got me close.
20190805_130344 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Here's the transferred cut line.
20190805_123955 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Here are my marks and initial cuts. I am keeping the both sides of the flange but going to have to fab up a flange for the middle of the curve. I don't have a picture but I flattened out both sides and then bent the flange down 90 degrees to match my contour line.
20190805_142435 by 7T02S, on Flickr
Here is a shot with the floor cut on both sides. I got the cut pretty close, so that made me happy. I'm probably going to make a 90 degree flange on the sheet metal brake then shrink/stretch it to fit the curve. That can then be welded into the floor to replace the missing flange to the wheel well.
20190805_143933 by 7T02S, on Flickr
:cheers: