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runchman
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 Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject: My 1971 super body-off project, and rotisserie |
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New member, just a few weeks ago bought this 71 super, drove it home, buzzed around town for a couple days, then started tearing into it.
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runchman
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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In its new home...
Interior looked nice, not so nice now...
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runchman
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Fast forward a few weekends:
My dad had these "proctor wall jacks" used by housebuilders for lifting walls - I took them, cut 'em up and did some tig welding to make my rotisserie:
Nice little t-handle bolts, love the tig !
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runchman
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Lastly, a bit of an overview of the rotisserie stand. I'm not 100% happy with it, the sliding carriage binds up when I lower it, I have to kind of jump on the ends to coerce it down.
I was also surprised how low the balance point ended up being. Guess I didn't need such a long vertical piece on the bug end.
On the plus side, it rotates like a dream, it's balanced perfectly. This is going to be SO nice for welding in replacement sheet metal.
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runchman
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:42 pm Post subject: how thoroughly do you grind your welds? |
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I got my replacement battery pan welded in. Filling in the frequent holes I blew thru means my weld is pretty ugly in places.
What's your philosophy on how well you grind down something like this, where it isn't really visible? Go all the way making it as an invisible repair just on principle? Or just say screw it and go for a mediocre job...
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Ethan17
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| i plan to do my battery tray in the future and i think your welds are fine as is. just my opinion. someone may disagree |
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Big Hoss
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I'm in the process of doing the same to my '70 bug. I always try to make the repairs "invisible" as you stated. That's just me, though. If the welds are ground smooth and prepped properly, you reduce the chance of future corrosion. A rough weld has too many "hiding spots" for rust to get started in and ruin your hard work.
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1975 Kombi
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Man those mounts to the car concern me but that is one great effort. I wish I had the room to pull the body off a car.
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runchman
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| 1975 Kombi wrote: |
| Man those mounts to the car concern me but that is one great effort. I wish I had the room to pull the body off a car. |
The mounts are actually really fine, pics can be deceiving. I wish I had the room too - it's pretty tight in my little 2 car garage!
Loving the rotisserie though, how nice to work on the pan at chest height. |
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marklee
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:28 am Post subject: Re: how thoroughly do you grind your welds? |
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| runchman wrote: |
I got my replacement battery pan welded in. Filling in the frequent holes I blew thru means my weld is pretty ugly in places.
What's your philosophy on how well you grind down something like this, where it isn't really visible? Go all the way making it as an invisible repair just on principle? Or just say screw it and go for a mediocre job...
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either grind them flat, filler, sand and paint or grind the peaks off the welds, etch prime, prime, seam seal and paint. that is your choice...use the sealer in case of a porous weld, it does happen
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runchman
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Progress has been very slow, as I'm taking my time to put it mildly. I did manage to get the pan all cleaned up and painted in masterseries silver before the weather turned too cold on me:
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Cmontoya9
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Really like the silver pan!  |
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runchman
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| Really like the silver pan! |
well, it will be black eventually, just ran out of warm enough weather. What where the ancestors thinking when they decided Chicagoland was the place to be? |
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Kabasue
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| runchman wrote: |
| Cmontoya9 wrote: |
| Really like the silver pan! |
well, it will be black eventually, just ran out of warm enough weather. What where the ancestors thinking when they decided Chicagoland was the place to be? |
Come to Reno, been sandblasting at 19 degrees. Love the silver, you sure you want to paint it black, I think it's pretty cool.
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Big Hoss
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I like the silver, too. Everyone has a black pan, the silver would make yours really stand out in a crowd. What color are you painting the body?
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runchman
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| I like the silver, too. Everyone has a black pan, the silver would make yours really stand out in a crowd. What color are you painting the body? |
Haven't decided yet. I'm thinking sahara beige, although it isn't true to the year. |
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runchman
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Some engine progress in the basement, now that it is colder than a witches t*t outside.
My homemade flywheel brace from 4 pieces of tube I had laying around (yes I used a stick welder to melt holes for the bolt head socket access)
What a dirty mess:
After a trip to a wash tank and an hour or two with steel wool, she's looking good!
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woodendad
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I like the silver pan, it would look awesome under red, blue, black! But if you paint the body beige , black would be my choice.  |
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anima40000
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| Can you post pictures of that Flywheel brace... that is kool |
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runchman
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Well, if by cool you mean hillbilly, I guess so
I will say though it made getting the gland nut off pretty much effortless, I was really surprised.
It's 4 feet long.
drilled holes for mounting to flywheel
stick weld melted holes so I can get a socket on the bolts - I didn't have any long bolts and no desire to drill a monster hole. Plus melting metal, well, much more fun than drilling
Welded from 4 sections of tubing I had left over after making the rotisserie
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