{"id":23,"date":"2008-06-29T19:08:36","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T19:08:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-13T22:41:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T22:41:36","slug":"f100bodyone-bit-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"One Bit Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 struggled to get the wire speed right and kept getting the wire sticking to the tip as I finished a bead and jamming the feed. After doing it 3 or 4 times in a row, I swapped back to .8 to finish off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/Truck\/Misc\/PrimedFirewall.jpg\" alt=\"Primed Firewall\" width=\"443\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"F100ArticleBody\">After a load of dollying to get the original bits roughly straight, I joined up all the tacks and got the grinder out. With it all ground nearly flat I used the DA sander to get it smoother and show up any low or high spots. Another half hour with the hammer and dollys, plus a bit of help from a block and lump hammer and I was pretty happy that it was ready to fill. I plan to get the column drilled and any other bits and bobs done before I get the filler out tho, so a quick coat of rattle can primer will keep it rust free for now. Next up is the cowl vent, but it was getting a bit late to start that, so it;ll have to wait till next time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/Truck\/Misc\/Next.jpg\" alt=\"NEXT!\" width=\"443\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 struggled to get the wire speed right and kept getting the wire sticking to the tip as I finished a bead and jamming the feed. After doing it 3 or 4 times in a row, I swapped back to .8 to finish off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/Truck\/Misc\/PrimedFirewall.jpg\" alt=\"Primed Firewall\" width=\"443\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"F100ArticleBody\">After a load of dollying to get the original bits roughly straight, I joined up all the tacks and got the grinder out. With it all ground nearly flat I used the DA sander to get it smoother and show up any low or high spots. Another half hour with the hammer and dollys, plus a bit of help from a block and lump hammer and I was pretty happy that it was ready to fill. I plan to get the column drilled and any other bits and bobs done before I get the filler out tho, so a quick coat of rattle can primer will keep it rust free for now. Next up is the cowl vent, but it was getting a bit late to start that, so it;ll have to wait till next time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/Truck\/Misc\/Next.jpg\" alt=\"NEXT!\" width=\"443\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-f-100","category-f-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}