mmissile
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Lookin' good. LOTS of manual labor.
My 70/72 'Cuda (re) build.
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Adam
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Looks great! Try one of these for the wheel wells, if you haven't already: http://www.acehardware.com/product/...287725&KPID=997221&kpid=997221&pla=pla_997221
With a cordless drill they are good for tight spots and are tough enough to remove the old paint & undercoating...
Keep the pics coming!
With a cordless drill they are good for tight spots and are tough enough to remove the old paint & undercoating...
Keep the pics coming!
How did you do the drop offs? I need to do the same to my 73 (including the 70 tail panel)
tklockwood
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Actually, I haven't done them yet. I thought I was going to have to do one of them but now it looks like both. I am not looking forward to it and will be starting soon. I am also using AMD lower patch panels to fix my quarters. I want to keep as much of the factory steel as possible. I have the patch panels and one trunk extension. I need to order the other. I will document my process as I do it. I think that cutting that lower part of the quarter off will give me more room to work on the trunk floor extensions. I plan to make a bracket that will hold the quarters and extensions in place while I weld them. I want to make sure they are in the right place so the rear valence fits correctly.
Are you doing anything with your quarters?
Are you doing anything with your quarters?
tklockwood
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nvm
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tklockwood
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I actually have one of those but I am not sure where I bought it. It has been a long time. I like them but you have to be very careful with sharp stuff. They tend to self destruct if you are not careful, but you are right. They work very well to remove scale and paint.
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Cool project! Looks like it's in pretty good shape. I like the purple wheels,much more durable,you have to get the adapter for the wheel to screw on to.
http://catalogue.3m.co.uk/en_gb/gb-...ating_Removal_Discs/Roloc™+~Purple_Disc~XT-ZR
http://catalogue.3m.co.uk/en_gb/gb-...ating_Removal_Discs/Roloc™+~Purple_Disc~XT-ZR
ECPJT
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Fun project
tklockwood
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Mini update for 1/18/2015
I have been taking pictures but have been remiss about posting them. These three were from 1/18. Just more cleaning up under the car. Heated and scraped the undercoating out of the left rear wheel well. Looks pretty good under the undercoating. One little section will need a patch, but overall it looks good. I also heated and scraped the undercoating from the inner rear quarter panel/trunk extension. Unfortunately, I uncovered a lot of pin hole rust on the extension on the lower area where it follows the quarter panel lines. I have since ordered the trunk extension for this side. Bummer.
I have been taking pictures but have been remiss about posting them. These three were from 1/18. Just more cleaning up under the car. Heated and scraped the undercoating out of the left rear wheel well. Looks pretty good under the undercoating. One little section will need a patch, but overall it looks good. I also heated and scraped the undercoating from the inner rear quarter panel/trunk extension. Unfortunately, I uncovered a lot of pin hole rust on the extension on the lower area where it follows the quarter panel lines. I have since ordered the trunk extension for this side. Bummer.
tklockwood
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Mini update for 1/25.
Another quick, late update. Honestly not much to see here. Floor gets shinier and shinier as I continue to labor on it. Very tiring. Very monotonous.
Another quick, late update. Honestly not much to see here. Floor gets shinier and shinier as I continue to labor on it. Very tiring. Very monotonous.
aussiemark
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Imagine how hard it would be laying on the floor underneath it rotisseries are great still looks like hard work though.
tklockwood
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Update for 1/30
Ok. Not part of the project but I thought I would show the cool sign I got from the Dodge dealer not long ago. It is perfect because that is also the name of my wi-fi in my garage...
Ok. On to the real work. This is the left rear quarter. When I first built this car way back when this quarter panel was perfect. Not so much now. I actually found a 1/2 and 9/16 inch wrench behind this rusty area. I kind of wonder if that somehow caused this. Not sure. But I get to fix it.
This is a tool I made to show where the quarter panels should sit. Right now the rear valence fits fine, so I figured I would make a tool to show where the holes for the rear valence should sit. I made tabs that bolted into the holes for the valence then welded square stock between them so I could later use it as a reference. It also bolts to a couple of holes in the rear panel as a reference. Overkill maybe, but I want this to turn out right.
This is the rear valence I plan to use. I actually traded mine to someone several years ago because he wanted a less perfect one to modify. This one is pretty much perfect, but is black. Doesn't matter, I am painting the car anyway.
Another fun pic. This is three computer server racks bolted together that I use for storage. The front doors are smoked plexiglass so I put three of my Miss Direct Connection posters in the doors. Looks much better that way. Behind it you can see my television in the steel and plexiglass case I made for it to keep it clean. The case is screwed to the bottom cabinet of a Klipschorn speaker that I have on a shelf in the corner. The upper cabinet, with mid range and tweeter horns is on a shelf directly below it. Kind of upside down, but it works splendidly. These speakers are very efficient and can make an unbelievable amount of sound with very little power. Makes for a nice environment.
And here is my best friend of late. My Thermal Arc Fabricator 211i tri mode welder. This thing is awesome. Does mig, stick, and dc tig all in one welder. I have only used it for mig but I love this thing. They were recently re-branded Tweco, but it is still the same sweet welder, just black and yellow instead of red. I made the cart it is on. Turned out pretty nice.
Ok. Back to the car. This is close up pics of the rusty area in the left rear quarter. You can see the little holes in the trunk extension and the rusty area that was hidden by the lower quarter panel. At this point, because the car was on its side, this area was like 7 feet in the air. Not an easy place to work on it. To get the car rotated to where it is took two of us, but my friend Dan hasn't been back in a while to help me rotate the car. Time to figure something else out...
Ok. Not part of the project but I thought I would show the cool sign I got from the Dodge dealer not long ago. It is perfect because that is also the name of my wi-fi in my garage...
Ok. On to the real work. This is the left rear quarter. When I first built this car way back when this quarter panel was perfect. Not so much now. I actually found a 1/2 and 9/16 inch wrench behind this rusty area. I kind of wonder if that somehow caused this. Not sure. But I get to fix it.
This is a tool I made to show where the quarter panels should sit. Right now the rear valence fits fine, so I figured I would make a tool to show where the holes for the rear valence should sit. I made tabs that bolted into the holes for the valence then welded square stock between them so I could later use it as a reference. It also bolts to a couple of holes in the rear panel as a reference. Overkill maybe, but I want this to turn out right.
This is the rear valence I plan to use. I actually traded mine to someone several years ago because he wanted a less perfect one to modify. This one is pretty much perfect, but is black. Doesn't matter, I am painting the car anyway.
Another fun pic. This is three computer server racks bolted together that I use for storage. The front doors are smoked plexiglass so I put three of my Miss Direct Connection posters in the doors. Looks much better that way. Behind it you can see my television in the steel and plexiglass case I made for it to keep it clean. The case is screwed to the bottom cabinet of a Klipschorn speaker that I have on a shelf in the corner. The upper cabinet, with mid range and tweeter horns is on a shelf directly below it. Kind of upside down, but it works splendidly. These speakers are very efficient and can make an unbelievable amount of sound with very little power. Makes for a nice environment.
And here is my best friend of late. My Thermal Arc Fabricator 211i tri mode welder. This thing is awesome. Does mig, stick, and dc tig all in one welder. I have only used it for mig but I love this thing. They were recently re-branded Tweco, but it is still the same sweet welder, just black and yellow instead of red. I made the cart it is on. Turned out pretty nice.
Ok. Back to the car. This is close up pics of the rusty area in the left rear quarter. You can see the little holes in the trunk extension and the rusty area that was hidden by the lower quarter panel. At this point, because the car was on its side, this area was like 7 feet in the air. Not an easy place to work on it. To get the car rotated to where it is took two of us, but my friend Dan hasn't been back in a while to help me rotate the car. Time to figure something else out...
tklockwood
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And finally an on time update. From today...
It was time to be able to rotate the car by myself. Because the mounts I made for the rotisserie are too high on the car it makes it pretty bottom heavy. Too late to re-create the mounts, they are holding the car up. So I took another approach. I made a mount on the bottom of one end of the rotisserie to hold the bottom of the ram from my engine hoist. It actually ended up being kind of an involved bracket that allows the ram to pivot as needed to follow the car on the rotisserie.
I welded a couple of nuts to the cross piece of the rotisserie that the car is bolted to. I had to make a 9 inch extension to get the length I needed. I bolted the extension onto the ram and then bolted through the extension into the nut on the cross piece. Now I can rotate the car by extending the ram, or releasing it to let the car roll back down. This is so much better than it was. Now I can rotate the car to any position I want instead of just every 45 degrees. Then I can just tighten the jam nuts on each end of the rotisserie to hold it in place. It is awesome. Now I can get to work on the car because I can rotate it wherever I want to for the best accessibility.
The previous pics are kind of hard to see but this last one kind of shows how it looks, and should make it clear what I did and how it works. Now tomorrow I can start on that quarter panel...
It was time to be able to rotate the car by myself. Because the mounts I made for the rotisserie are too high on the car it makes it pretty bottom heavy. Too late to re-create the mounts, they are holding the car up. So I took another approach. I made a mount on the bottom of one end of the rotisserie to hold the bottom of the ram from my engine hoist. It actually ended up being kind of an involved bracket that allows the ram to pivot as needed to follow the car on the rotisserie.
I welded a couple of nuts to the cross piece of the rotisserie that the car is bolted to. I had to make a 9 inch extension to get the length I needed. I bolted the extension onto the ram and then bolted through the extension into the nut on the cross piece. Now I can rotate the car by extending the ram, or releasing it to let the car roll back down. This is so much better than it was. Now I can rotate the car to any position I want instead of just every 45 degrees. Then I can just tighten the jam nuts on each end of the rotisserie to hold it in place. It is awesome. Now I can get to work on the car because I can rotate it wherever I want to for the best accessibility.
The previous pics are kind of hard to see but this last one kind of shows how it looks, and should make it clear what I did and how it works. Now tomorrow I can start on that quarter panel...
moparlee
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That's a great idea on using your engine lift ram to rotate the car. Like you said, can rotate the car to any position now by yourself. Nice job!
rbbruno3
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Nice progress on the car and the tools to do the job
tklockwood
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Finally working on the rear quarters.
Got the lower part of the quarter panel cut off to allow me to remove the trunk extension. Below are top and side views of the new trunk extension. Looks like a pretty good reproduction to me. We shall see... Sorry for the mess on the bench.
It was not easy to get the original trunk extension out, but I finally got it. All of the access is terrible. I drilled the spot welds where it was attached to the inner wheel house and lower quarter panel. When I replaced the trunk floor a while back I left the junction between the trunk floor and the old extension detached in case I decided to do this. So glad I did that. That saved me a bunch of work and a bunch of likely damage to my new trunk floor.
I did briefly have the trunk extension in place but I removed it to drill holes to plug weld, and to coat it with weld through primer before I install it. It actually looks to fit pretty good, but I haven't used my home made tool to make sure the holes for the rear valence are in the right position. I think there is a good chance they are.
By this point I was pretty exhausted and called it a day. More to come...
Got the lower part of the quarter panel cut off to allow me to remove the trunk extension. Below are top and side views of the new trunk extension. Looks like a pretty good reproduction to me. We shall see... Sorry for the mess on the bench.
It was not easy to get the original trunk extension out, but I finally got it. All of the access is terrible. I drilled the spot welds where it was attached to the inner wheel house and lower quarter panel. When I replaced the trunk floor a while back I left the junction between the trunk floor and the old extension detached in case I decided to do this. So glad I did that. That saved me a bunch of work and a bunch of likely damage to my new trunk floor.
I did briefly have the trunk extension in place but I removed it to drill holes to plug weld, and to coat it with weld through primer before I install it. It actually looks to fit pretty good, but I haven't used my home made tool to make sure the holes for the rear valence are in the right position. I think there is a good chance they are.
By this point I was pretty exhausted and called it a day. More to come...
tklockwood
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I am not sure... I will have to check. Why do you ask?
tklockwood
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That is very true... I put the frame connectors in while the car was on its wheels while laying under it. It was decidedly not fun... But I think that particular task needed to be done that way to ensure the car was locked into the correct shape. As soon as that was done I was done being under there on my back. Well, until I put the car back together...
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