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Today the baffle got welded into the core support, here with the plug weld holes drilled.
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The modified relief we fabricated shows to be about as low as we could have made it..
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Then attention was turned to the rear quarter on the passenger side where we had shaved the lead seam..
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We had held off on the tail light opening as we wanted to fit the opening to the light bezels. We had received the reproduction chrome light bezels a couple weeks ago, and gave them a protective layer to keep the chrome nice and shiny..
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The light opening seemed all out of sorts, with a bulge protruding out past the corner of the bezel here....
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Let the modifications begin!
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And we had the opposite problem on the inner side...
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The vise grip dent puller and the special hook was used to spread the opening...
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A bit better.....
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...and the tail light bracket is welded back together.. This mod seemed to make the attaching holes align better as well..
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202478.jpg
And Kyle continues to finish up the seam and we'll fine tune the opening once more when the welding and planishing is complete.
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Well, it's that time of year again, and the local Arby's Wednesday night car shows are in full swing, so we've changed the shop nights from Mon & Wed to Tues & Thurs so that we'd have Wednesday free to stop by the shows. We plan on taking Brad's Fairlane (the shop's last project) to a couple of the events this year, Arby's is just over a mile away from the shop, so his 4 gallon tank may just make the trip.. :lol:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...Picture522.jpg
This is one of those cars that you'll feel and hear well before you see it, so it should draw a nice crowd :eek:
Last night's shop progress had me doing more block sanding, and Kyle continued on the rear quarter seam shave. The top weld is about done (except at the edge), other than final bumping and planishing. The weld through the middle of the mounting bracket was dressed out. The final weld seam that travels over to the gate opening will be addressed once the body is on the rotisserie, the planishing is a bit cumbersome working around a corner, so with the car up on it's side it will make the task a bit easier.
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The tail light fits much better but some final tweaking will be done after the gap at the top edge is completed..
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Well since Kyle has the top weld all the way back to the tail light opening, we checked the top crown and found a low spot by the 90* in the weld seam. We had to change the hoop on the Watervliet but since this one fit in the tail light opening so well, this will make short work of raising the low area..
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We decided to go ahead and work on the opening a bit more, it was wide in spots as shown here...
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Some "friendly" persuasion...
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Much better fit....
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thanks for sharing Robert. :cool:
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Looks great Robert! I did something similar to my 56 taillights and I removed the stupid '56 rubber seals. They always looks like crap on these cars, imo, because they don't stay in right. So they're gone. My bezels don't actually touch the body anywhere, except at the 5 mounting points. They're "floating". :)
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Yeah, we're still working on the gasket/seal issue. :)
Got a care package in the mail yesterday, we had the hood hinges rebuilt at Wilson's Antique Car Parts....
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I had talked to a couple dealers about the reproduction hinges and did not hear good things, they indicated they had replaced a few sets due to the gears jumping teeth from being too loose. A member on one of the forums had recommended Wilson's rebuilding service, and I gotta say, this is top notch work. If you're having hood hinge issues, I highly recommend their services..
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Kyle was looking for something else to weld, so on to the dash. Here he's prepping for welding the seam, bumping the panels a bit for better alignment before welding....
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Checking across the gap using a 6" rule...
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Next on the agenda was to shave the radio holes...
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Weld, planish, grind, repeat...
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Looks like Kyle is really learning some skills from you Robert. I'm curious why you're filling the radio hole. What are your plans for the dash?