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> Area51Werks starts another Autotopsy Resurrection of a Factory 6, Welding is Done! Fixtures are removed Onto the cleanup and paint work.
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post Feb 16 2024, 06:12 AM
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Very impressive! Looking good! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Feb 16 2024, 07:00 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) wow , huge project, cars like that were crushed not many years ago,
nice that they have become worth enough to put the time and effort into saving.
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post Feb 16 2024, 07:21 AM
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Just so pleasing to see a badly damaged car come back from that and look like it did when it was assembled at the factory. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Feb 16 2024, 07:26 AM
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Well done Rick!
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post Feb 16 2024, 07:34 AM
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Wow, just wow!

That is such a milestone, love to see those seams so tight and the welds started. You have got to be excited to see this coming back together.
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post Feb 16 2024, 08:27 AM
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Wow, just wow!

That is such a milestone, love to see those seams so tight and the welds started. You have got to be excited to see this coming back together.

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it's ART, as you majestically craft the pieces together. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif)

You have secret help? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alien.gif)
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post Feb 16 2024, 09:30 AM
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Looking fantastic!

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post Feb 16 2024, 11:33 AM
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QUOTE(majkos1 @ Feb 16 2024, 08:27 AM) *

QUOTE(infraredcalvin @ Feb 16 2024, 08:34 AM) *

Wow, just wow!

That is such a milestone, love to see those seams so tight and the welds started. You have got to be excited to see this coming back together.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

it's ART, as you majestically craft the pieces together. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smiley_notworthy.gif)

You have secret help? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/alien.gif)


Hey Kevin! Wish i had an Alien helping me. When you tack the seam it pulls tight. You need to be able to hold a dolly on the back of the weld and strike the tack. This spreads the seam out again. Otherwise by the time you get 6" the metal is overlapping. I really needed a second set of hands but I figured it out.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
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post Feb 16 2024, 11:25 PM
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Second day welding.

Not the prettiest welding I ever did but tig welding at the bottom of the gas tank well to me is like trying to build a ship in a bottle. I think my auto darkening hood was not working tonight. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I had a low battery light on. Once I am finished I will flush off the weld.

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Note the fixture I made to align hole in the panel.

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post Feb 25 2024, 11:02 PM
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I haven't posted any progress in a while. This type of repair is victory by millimeters.At this point I have the Frunk Floor welded to the inner wheelhouses. I have the bulkhead and cross support for the strut towers welded. I have the front panel lower supports for the front panel to floor to wheelhouse welded. I used my Lenco Panel spotter so it looks factory.

Here is the bulkhead fit prior to spot welding. Consiering this panel was buckled in half and rwisted this is a remarkable fit.
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Here it is after spot welding
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Right Brace
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Left Brace
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The best part of the progress is this right and left fender fit. There is literally dozens of hours in moving the upper body back into alignment. The right fender being the most challenging. As a reminder here is where I started.


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The first photo was over a month ago. The second photo was today.
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There are about 8 hours of welding left. Granted I only get to work on the car a couple hours an evening if I am lucky. But I am getting close. Even when the welding is finished I will have several hours on correcting work on the right fender that was done prior to this crash.

Victory by Millimeters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/assimilate.gif)
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post Feb 26 2024, 07:46 AM
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Great work, Rick!

I'm always amazed by the work that you do.
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post Feb 26 2024, 07:58 AM
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Man, that fender/hood gap.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Feb 26 2024, 09:01 AM
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That quarter gap is amazing!!! I’d be interested to see how you did that.
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post Feb 26 2024, 09:45 AM
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So much more to do before I can say I am happy keeping the right fender. There was a prior repair involving drilling holes and lots of body filler I don't like using. I will expand on the process later tonight.
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post Mar 1 2024, 06:10 AM
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Continued working on the right fender. There was a crack in the fender by the Headlight bucket and a kink in the vertical wheelhouse extension where the headlight pivot bolts. The metal eas overlapping at the crack.

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After about 3 hours the crack is repaired.
The hood is not bolted. I just wet it on and pushed it up against the cowl panel

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Still working on the end of the fender around the running light. There are a few other rips that need attension. I could replace this frnder but I would rather repair the original if it works out.


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post Mar 4 2024, 10:00 PM
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Finally brought the engine home. Kind of a special engine. I got this from Slits. It's a 73 2.7S

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post Mar 5 2024, 07:17 AM
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Finally brought the engine home. Kind of a special engine. I got this from Slits. It's a 73 2.7S

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post Mar 7 2024, 07:41 AM
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Little more progress on the right fender. This is one of the tools I made to planish out damage. As I started to strip this fender I discovered old damage that was pummeled with pick hammer marks and ground thin and stretched.

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I held a slightly curved dolly on the back of the panel and planished out the pick marks we well as I was able. Then I spent about 2 hours with a shrinking disc and various body hammers and dollies working out the stretch.

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I have the running/signal light fitting nicely now.

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Lots of work to do yet but I am getting closer to saying the original fender will remain with the car.
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You have the patience of Jobe, Rick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Mar 7 2024, 08:32 AM
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When the metal has been ground thin, how thin can it be and still be usable?
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