Ivan's coupe: roof stuccowork
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03-30-2013, 11:41 PM
Post: #407
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Keeping at it:
Thought I would get a lot more done today than I did last time, but I was mistaken. Oh well. Spent the better part of 2 hours cleaning up the wheelwell before I could start welding. Damn brown undercoating is very hard to get rid off. Found a severly surface-rusted bit of steel lurking beneath a crunchy bit of undercoating, so I cut it out and patched that up first. After that, I made a start with the front reinforcement, this time added an inner one to start with: After that, I built the outer using the template I made for the other side. Off course I forgot I added a lip to the other one, so I ended up having to weld one to it afterward. I also took the time to make 2 internal gussets to really stiffen things up. As you can see they are U-shaped, this is a must because the wiring loom still has to fit through there. By this time I was ready to go home, after a failed attempt at making a stiffening piece for the roof to B-pillar section, but I pushed myself to at least do the spotwelding to the door seams. Next time I'll be trying to retrofit the new gussets to the front reinforcement I built last week, doing some spotwelding around the rear window, left rear side window, and probably a whole lot of cleaning up again, in preparation for it's eventual sandblasting. FABRICA MI DIEM, PVNC! |
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