Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Syphilis, lol. Nice description buddy.
And nice work too!

Thanks, Mike! Here is what these things do, looking toward the back of the car.
Right side before. Still digging on the undercoating!


Left side after. They tie the subframe to floor, fender, and inner fender.



Looks like Plum Crazy! That thing got a Hemi?[/QUOTE]

Yes...Plum Crazy. A '71 340, Steve, with a ridiculous 10 3/4 compression and a huge solid-lifter cam.
Someday, I will give it a nice, more driveable hydraulic stick. Too much motor for my purpose.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

'74 Barracuda, Beautiful prostitute with syphilis!

Looks more like leprosy to me.

oh well. It's a 48 year old car. Will be solid as a stone when I get done

IIRC, those 340s were beasts but most guys that had them ran them hard and the 340 was blowing oil out the pipe at about 20,000 miles.

Bob

That should be sweet when it's done Tom. A friend of mine has one you'd probably like. A '70 Roadrunner with a 383, Air Grabber hood, all numbers matching, in the process of restoration.

So I am making some progress on the Freddie. I just haven't had a bunch of time the last few days. Decided to go with some streaked horn for scales. I had one really nice piece which I ruined being a doofus so I'm working with another, also nice slab.

I decided to go with a nickel silver wedge cut from the head of an old key.




...which was no small feat I might add. Should have a nice effect when it's together though.

Going slow..Keep having to quit and work on someone else's car. Imagine THAT!
Managed to get my welding gas refilled and I have my right front Torque box on and decided to install the subframe connectors before performing the rear boxes so I can tie them in to the connectors as I do. Got the jankey old fuel lines ripped-out..



These connectors are for E-body Chryslers, Barracudas and Challengers.
Who knew Challengers have a longer wheelbase? Took them to a friend's welding shop and borrowed his bandsaw.



I then set the car down on 4 identical stands to get things as level as I could and all the door gaps were much better.
Figured to roll under on a creeper, weld them in on the sides, raise it back up and weld the bottoms.
Welding the tops will come after seats, carpet is removed as that one is too close to the floor.





Doused them with weldable primer (Works GREAT!) and crawled under to find the bars were now too long. Everything got pushed together by 3/8 of an inch with the car supported as if on the wheels. Figures!
So back to my buddy's shop, apologizing for bumming again.

He suggested that I could have a small saw he had back in a corner. I paid him a hundred for it anyway. Came with a dozen blades too!
Works great and will allow me to do other things without resorting to more archaic devices!

Those unibody frames were a Nitemare once you start to cut them open. My old 67 ragtop mustang had rot and the door gaps were awful on her.
I took it to high school and put her on the lift over the weekend with the lift points almost all 4 on the centerline of the car.
Things sagged back into place by Monday and I welded new 1/4”steel angles front to back to her underside.
Firmed her right up and the doors were straight again.
Wasn’t the correct fix for the underlying rot, but it worked on my teenage budget.
Course I only had the 289 in her, not that monster Hemi..
She’s a beaut Tom and the work looks great.

Oh no Hemi here, Mike. A 340. Yes, verts are horrible about it!
The more I dig through the undercoat, Everything is quite solid. The welding is going nicely, esp as I started using both hands on the torch. Have not blown through anywhere yet. Seems like it is mostly tired spot welds and plain old metal fatigue.
If I can, I will pick back up on it tomorrow..?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Going slow.

I have if not the same one a similar one in my garage. A few braces to keep it from shifting.

You could put a roll cage in it. That is amazing how it stiffens it up if done right.

And makes it look cool!