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Don, perhaps I should have said no-filler fusion weld. The adjacent panels are nice and tight together so you can just fuse the panels together...
Not done yet, more tricks to come.
More work on the Caddy air cleaner, time to fabricate the pocket for the coil. Our radius brake that is bolted to the front of the shear is used...
Thanks fellas!! Time for some welding.. TIG used to tack the new bottom in place..... [IMG] [IMG] I thought my eyesight was going.......
Thanks guys!! So I've had some questions as to why this or that with modifying the air cleaner. I was going to hold out with the REAL reason,...
The size of the filter is changing so the bottom needs to change to reflect the new size.
At this point we need to hem the flange so the bottom isn't quite so sharp.. [IMG] A 1/2 x 1/2 aluminum angle is used as a height gauge so we...
Wagon progress! So Jared has been tackling the fun task of prepping interior trim pieces, getting them ready for another round of epoxy.....
As a follow up to the air breather post, the owner has it welded up and in final primer. I think this has the "factory" look he was after......
The ends did need a bit of trimming to fine tune the fit.
Dayco PN 72384, lower radiator hose for a V6 Ford Explorer, I forget the year range. I had made a conduit profile of the shape I needed and went...
Sorry for the hiatus, more travel for the day job.. hanging more TV's... Back on the wagon, sometimes I get ahead of myself. The core support...
We used Hand hammers, a Snap on linear stretch hammer, a rounded face hammer, and a door skin hammer. There was a bit of marking hence the...
Had a request to make a snout for an air cleaner to increase the available intake air. Loosely based on the OEM 55 Chevy breather, this snout...
door skins yet?
Danny, I think it was PB was jacking around again. I was under their limit for my subscription but kept getting prompted to upgrade. Finally...
Looking at the fan shroud, the top and bottom will be stepped where it bolts behind the rear edge of the core support. [IMG] The sides will...
More progress on the fan shroud... Wire edging!! In order to stave off any rust issue as long as we can, I normally treat the wire channel to...
More progress... using our rare earth magnets on the end of the bead roller die to correct the "back spacing", the fan shroud has the center bead...
More progress on the (second) fan shroud, but I had a request to show the process in greater detail.. So we'll start with the beginning. First...
So now for some hindsight. When we had done a flat test sample we noticed the edge of the lower die had made a crease (finger point). To...
The next couple of posts will seem more of a lessons learned than progress of any sort.. Back in my youth many decades ago I was witness to what...
The cowl vent in front of the windshield, window and door garnish moldings, and the front bumper filler panel are the only body panels that have...
Well after about two months of travel for the day job, hangin TV's.... [MEDIA] …..we finally got back to work on the wagon and some long overdue...
Happy Easter everyone! Our wagon progress from this weekend, we finished up the interior lights. Here wiring up the rear light. The included...
Progress from yesterday, while Jared was blocking out some of the window garnish moldings, I worked on the door panel stainless trim to ready them...
Thanks for the kind words fellas... Next one will be a Divco Milk truck, painted to match the trucks that used to be at our local Dairy many...
So part of our fitment exercises with the bumpers has been to get them in a little closer to the body for more consistent gaps to the body. The...
Butch, I am right there with you. BELIEVE ME! :D In another back up and punt moment, we found some interference with the new bumper...
Thanks!! #fingerscrossed Back to our door panel stainless, the correct studs came in for the CD stud welder, and tests have shown them to...
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