Ivan's coupe: roof stuccowork
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10-16-2012, 10:58 PM
Post: #375
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Ah, finally I can reach the forum again.
Here's the latest episode in my painstakingly slow resto: Bashed the front sill seams back in shape and removed the factory jack reinforcement brackets. Turns out there was rust lingering beneath those on both sides, so I patched that up. Penetration (yes yes): Made me some sturdy platforms and welded them in: All in all an easy job to weld, but about 3 hours just to clean those 2 bits of the floorpan (very irregular shapes make for difficult scraping). Just realised I will need to modify the on-board jack, or the jacking points to work with eachother. Otherwise I'm fooked in case of a roadside problem. Thought this little spot could be patched up in an hour: I was wrong. Rust had gotten into the seems apparently, and my old welding geezer had not done a neat job of fixing it up before he welded gussets in. Was a b*tch to get the gussets out, and I ended up with a big old exploratory incision. Where I would least want it with the car in the rotisserie: It'll be patched up in the next garage session I'm sure. FABRICA MI DIEM, PVNC! |
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