73 on a slow road to recovery... by Done Yet?

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Inching foward...

Out of Sat and Sun i only had about 1 full day of maro time. Me and the wife had previous arrangements to go over a friends house Sat afternoon for a little get together. And on Sunday the thunderstorms threatened on and off all day. On Sat i wanted to get epoxy primer on all of the welds on the L/S rocker, both of my floor patch panels and to make it worth while to dirty the paint gun i decided to strip the header panel and prime it as well. Here are a few pics of that work.

Heres a few pics of the cross members and rear frame rail on the drivers side cleaned up treated and shot with epoxy primer.

Then i began to install my donor rear seat patch panel, after double checking the fit i ground all the weld points and began to weld it into place. Once welded i ground down all of the welds and put a coat of temporary primer on all of the exposed metal. Its not as much as i would have liked to get done over the weekend but i guess something is better than nothing.  Thanks for stopin bye to check out my thread. Rob

6-15-2010

Weekday progress..

I had to go to DMV today to take my CDL written test and left work early. The test didnt take to long and i got home early. So I break out the welder and start to weld in my toe kick patch panel. I was able to weld it inside and out and ran out of time so grinding will have to be wed night i hope. Here are a few pics of the toe kick welded in place. Next up will be the drivers side floor pan once the toe kick is finished.

6-16-2010

A little more weekday progress...

I had enough time to do some grinding on my welds from last night, on my toe kick. Once that was finished i began the drooling task of fitting my repo floor pan i got it pretty close but it still needs a little tweaking before the welder comes out. I was starting to run out of day light this is where i left off.

6-19-2010

Floors are done....

WOOOHOO floors are finished... Metal work that is... I started out drilling all of the weld points and cleaning all paint from around all of the weld holes. Then i welded the e- brake bracket and what i believe it is the brake line bracket onto the new floor pan.

After fighting with the floor pan what felt to be a few hours i finaly was happy with the fit and began to secure it in its final position with vise grips and cleco fastners.

Heres a few pics of the pan tack welded in place and the panel welded all the way around.

And here a few pics of most of the grinding complete on my drivers side floor pan.
I did leave a little extra weld on the inside for strength being it will be hidden by the carpet any how.

Thanks for stoppin bye to check out my work Rob

6-23-2010

Thanks guys..... still have a little more grinding on the underside but boy am i glad the floors are basicly done.  Aron i probably have that e- brake brkt on my donor if you dont feel like making it, i will have to see how good a shape it is in if your interested. 81 Camaro You can do the same if you put your mind to it. I think its more determination than talent, I do alot of research and will practice something new until i feel comfortable before trying it on my car. You learn as you go, this is my first attempt at a resto on any car and so far im happy with the way things are turning out. But when it is done you can say I Built this car, Not that you paid someone to build it for you. (Braggin Rights) Rob