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Progress, The 2011 Hershey show gave me another shot of motivation |
saigon71 |
May 2 2011, 07:33 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,000 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Dillsburg, PA Member No.: 10,428 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I have now attended the Hershey Porsche show three times without an operational teener...NOT being part of the caravan is getting old. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
Finally got my new inner long welded in with doubler plates on all seams. Verified the incline of the new long with an incline gauge (with the car level) following Jeff Hails build thread. Door operates well! Entire inner long has been coated with rust encapsulator. Still have a long way to go but I am hoping that this was the toughest part. Thanks to Scotty B, Jeff Hail, and everyone else who has posted a build thread on this topic. I have read all of them & learned a lot. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Bob |
saigon71 |
May 23 2011, 07:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,000 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Dillsburg, PA Member No.: 10,428 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
The area where the front hood release was rusted so bad, the hood release was just hanging there under the dash, supported only by the cable tube:
The cable assembly had to be removed to gain access to the area. Plus, the bolts were a rusty mess. Vice grips were the only way to break them loose: Welding upside down really sucks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) I had better access to this from under the dash. After hitting everything with a dremmel tool wire wheel attachment, I bent up a doubler plate out of 20ga sheet metal and tacked it on with my body folded up under the dash. I had some burn through on some of the weaker metal so I had to rule out completely welding the seams, but was able to get it tacked in place. Raked my spine on the body braces twice getting out of the car - ouch. |
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