The passenger side firewall is full of holes for the heater and various other bits. I don't have the original heater so it'll end up with a different one in. I'd rather fill all the holes and re-drill for what I need than end up with spare holes like I did on the Bel Air.t...
Now I could get at the passenger side, I could sort some of the bad bits of the chop out. It just doesn't line up that well where it's been stuck back together and although I could just bury it in filler, I'd like to get it as good as I can. There was a vertical strip weld...
I wanted to make a start on the passenger side of the cab, and as I couldn't get to it decided to move the workbench and all the other junk to the right hand side so that the truck could go over there too. I moved the cab back into the right position and bolted it down tem...
...a shrinker?. I cut out the cowl vent, and made a cardboard template for the new panel and transferred it onto a piece of the old hood. It curves in every direction, then is straight along the gutter and I struggled to make it even close to being right. I came to the conclusion it was tim...
I had to do a few quick jobs on the Camaro first today, so with that out of the way I put on the new gas bottle and the spool of .6mm wire that I got in the week. After a few test welds I got the settings about right and started tacking the filler panel that I made last week in. I really struggle...
I started out finish welding last weeks work slowly working from side to side and letting it all cool before doing any more.It was all going well, and I cut the edges of the old pedal hole so that I could bring it intol line with the new panel I'd made. After a few tacks, I bent the floor back in...
I pulled the cab off the frame, and lifted it up and back so that I could work on the firewall again. I decided to slice it all back out and start again as it overlapped instead of butted in places. After a lot of work it ended up a lot neater on the left hand side, and I started slicing up the b...
I decided to get rid of the original core support and crossmember as it wouldn't fit the bigger radiator I got for free from a BMW X5. I levelled the front, then put the front wings and hood back on and took a lot of measurements. I made temporary wing supports out of wooden blocks, then cut it o...
I decided to get rid of the original core support and crossmember as it wouldn't fit the bigger radiator I got for free from a BMW X5. I levelled the front, then put the front wings and hood back on and took a lot of measurements. I made temporary wing supports out of wooden blocks, then cut it o...
I've still been working on the truck, just haven't updated the site in a long time. I finally got the drivers side rear cab corner in decent enough shape to skim with filler. I also made a start on trying to sort the door out. It was a completely different shape to the frame at the back, and I de...