My '79 Vert project

[DrummerDaveB]

A whole 10 months have passed, and sadly I've hardly worked on this thing. Time has been . . . tight to say the least.
The only updates I have are:
1) I have finished my rear brakes. The right rear hard line was a huge pain to replace, but it is finally done.
2) I have acid prepped and painted the inside of my drivers side heater channel, and the running board panel is ready to weld in, if only I can get somebody to help me do it, because if I try to do it myself. . . well, lets just say it wont be pretty.
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79 SB Vert, in pieces.
Kadrons, SVDA.

[DrummerDaveB]

Progress!

Got some metal-work accomplished. Not Done, but accomplished.
I'll have to have a buddy who knows how to weld come help me finish, cause my welding sucks.

Running board panel fitted and tacked in place.

And no pics, but I also got the front channel/wheel well area prepped and ready to weld some new metal in there too. But I still need to cut and form the sheet metal to go in there.
Maybe I can do that this week.


Question: Who can tell me how to grind out the welds in corners where the angle grinder cant fit?
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79 SB Vert, in pieces.
Kadrons, SVDA.

[DrummerDaveB]

I fabricated this over the weekend.

Still needs welded in.

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79 SB Vert, in pieces.
Kadrons, SVDA.

[DrummerDaveB]

Started removing the rear half of the floor pan.

Still have to remove another bolt or two from the front so i can get it low enough to cut off on the heater channel side.

I was finally able to see how these were mounted...
They welded the new pans to the bottom, rather than to the top.

Im trying to figure out how much metal I want to remove. The new pan quarter reaches to about the halfway point on the seat tower. Not sure I want to go through the hassle of removing all that metal. So I might either cut the new quarter a little shorter, or overlap them a few inches. Probably I'll cut to be safe and make less place for rust, although the new part is much better than the old.
Any thoughts?
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79 SB Vert, in pieces.
Kadrons, SVDA.

[DrummerDaveB]

6+ months later, I've not got much more done.
My wife went and had a baby.


But she's getting pretty anxious to get the (inoperable) bug out of the garage.
Either fix it, or dump it.

So, I finally found someone to help me with the welding. A guy is coming over in a week to spend the entire day cutting and welding my floor pans, rocker panels, etc etc etc. He's trading me for a motorcycle jacket (I own a company that makes custom motorcycle gear). Long story short, it'll be a good deal for him, and a good deal for me. And hopefully a week from Saturday, all my welding work will be done and I can start getting her operable again, and ready for a quickie cheapie paint job.


PS. I did get that driver's side pan quarter out and the new one in place (not welded, but bolted in for welding).
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79 SB Vert, in pieces.
Kadrons, SVDA.

[DrummerDaveB]

Pics!

Disclaimer: Yes, I do know the pans are not put in quite the right way, but that's the way the previous ones were done, and I didnt want the hassle of changing it. I do know the patch in the pass rear wheel well is a mess. But I dont care.

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79 SB Vert, in pieces.
Kadrons, SVDA.