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#11
Projects / Re: '79 Camaro - Major surgery
Last post by Jamieg285 - April 07, 2017, 09:11:05 AMPictures Update....
I (almost) finished off welding in the rear most part of the inner wheel house. Here you can see I've welded it up along the seam and the spot welds on the edge. I've started grinding back the seam, but there's a thin spot where I've gone through and need to re-do. I sprayed on some basic primer to give it a bit of protection over the winter, and will strip it back before putting the epoxy primer on.
Here's the void left just after the trunk drop off has been chopped out. It doesn't really show the rough edge very well, but I'm currently planning to make a patch that will fit the whole area between the green lines.
I (almost) finished off welding in the rear most part of the inner wheel house. Here you can see I've welded it up along the seam and the spot welds on the edge. I've started grinding back the seam, but there's a thin spot where I've gone through and need to re-do. I sprayed on some basic primer to give it a bit of protection over the winter, and will strip it back before putting the epoxy primer on.
Here's the void left just after the trunk drop off has been chopped out. It doesn't really show the rough edge very well, but I'm currently planning to make a patch that will fit the whole area between the green lines.
#12
General Banter / Re: Howdy from across the pond...
Last post by Roadkill - April 07, 2017, 08:07:06 AMDamn, was just thinking the other day that it's been ages - even hunted through my old emails to find your email address.
Yeah, as a parent I notice it's the un-written primary goal of a grandparent to wind-up their grandchild as much as possible (normally using sugar) before setting it loose on it's unsuspecting parents !!!
Yeah, as a parent I notice it's the un-written primary goal of a grandparent to wind-up their grandchild as much as possible (normally using sugar) before setting it loose on it's unsuspecting parents !!!
#13
General Banter / Re: Howdy from across the pond...
Last post by ianjpage - April 02, 2017, 05:23:53 PMWow grandchild no 6 - lol yeah i bet that is nice, spoil em, wind em up and hand them back :D
#14
General Banter / Re: Howdy from across the pond...
Last post by sixpack2639 - April 02, 2017, 05:01:14 PMWere all doing well Ian! My oldest son is getting hitched on Friday and #6 grandchild due day after my birthday! I've found grandkids to be great, I can spoil the hell out of em then give em back to their mamas! LOL
#15
General Banter / Re: Howdy from across the pond...
Last post by ianjpage - April 02, 2017, 04:32:32 PMWow howdy stranger long time no speak -we're all still about, forum is very quiet these days (the curse of Facebook!), how are you and the family doing over there?
#16
General Banter / Howdy from across the pond!
Last post by sixpack2639 - April 02, 2017, 04:04:41 AMWhat's up peeps? I know it's been a while but I see all the usual suspects are still here! Hope everyone is doing well. Cheers, Carl
#17
Projects / Re: '79 Camaro - Major surgery
Last post by Incursus - March 20, 2017, 02:58:28 PM[emoji106]
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#18
Projects / Re: '79 Camaro - Major surgery
Last post by ianjpage - March 16, 2017, 11:01:08 AMyeah we still here, hopefully weather being better now should mean more progress for you on teh car :)
#19
Projects / Re: '79 Camaro - Major surgery
Last post by Jamieg285 - March 16, 2017, 09:12:06 AMJust in case there's anyone still out there....
Having spent the 2016/17 winter playing with manual tyre changing tools I got for Christmas, I've finally started back on the Camaro for the first time this year.
Yesterday lunchtime was spent removing the driver's trunk drop off. Armed with the air hammer (my new favourite tool), I was able to rip through the seams quite quickly. There were a few rips to the trunk lip, but that wasn't too bad as it was clear that there was some excessive rust along here too, so I will be looking to patch most if not all of it.
This may make the job of welding the new drop off in a bit easier, as I'm now looking at the possibility of welding the trunk pan patch the drop-off before it's welded into the car, then tying it onto the frame rail and the surviving trunk edge. Time will tell if that works as well as I imagine.
Sorry for the lack of pictures, I ran out of time, but will snap a couple when I get back to work next time.
I tried to mock fit the drop off, and it looks like there will be some massaging required with the outer wheelhouse, which hasn't been welded in yet.
Having spent the 2016/17 winter playing with manual tyre changing tools I got for Christmas, I've finally started back on the Camaro for the first time this year.
Yesterday lunchtime was spent removing the driver's trunk drop off. Armed with the air hammer (my new favourite tool), I was able to rip through the seams quite quickly. There were a few rips to the trunk lip, but that wasn't too bad as it was clear that there was some excessive rust along here too, so I will be looking to patch most if not all of it.
This may make the job of welding the new drop off in a bit easier, as I'm now looking at the possibility of welding the trunk pan patch the drop-off before it's welded into the car, then tying it onto the frame rail and the surviving trunk edge. Time will tell if that works as well as I imagine.
Sorry for the lack of pictures, I ran out of time, but will snap a couple when I get back to work next time.
I tried to mock fit the drop off, and it looks like there will be some massaging required with the outer wheelhouse, which hasn't been welded in yet.
#20
Projects / Re: '79 Camaro - Major surgery
Last post by Jamieg285 - November 15, 2016, 08:46:33 AMTime for another update, just to show I'm still here and working!
First up was the removal of the rusted section of the inner quarter. This was the first opportunity I'd had to use the air hammer with chisel attachment. (You can also see my nice new carpet, which has a deep pile and is kind on the knees :-) )
All I can say is wow - I wish I had this when I started, it would have saved me hours of pounding away with a lump hammer. I need to get used to using a bit, as it can be a litte over agressive, but will make a big difference going forward. Anyway, it took just a few seconds to cut away 5 spot welds to the inner support and the piece was out.
With that piece out of the way, I noted that it gave me good access to re-do the repair done to the trunk floor, many years ago when I was still working out which end of the welder to use. To say it was ugly and poor is an understatement, and needed to be taken out. I didn't get a 'before' picture, but here it is cut and primed ready to go.
When it was a case of weld it in, clean it up and apply some epoxy.
Before applying the epoxy, I took the chance to clean up the last lot of welding (to the inner wheel house) and some of the trunk support and frame rail and make good use of that batch of epoxy.
The final part of this installment was the insertion of the new part to replace what was cut out at the top of this post.
I carefully aligned it at the lower edge, where the arch is, to ensure the contour remained smooth across the pieces. A couple of butt weld clamps held it in place, and once tacked in, I was able to massage the upper parts to get them to line up as I needed.
When the seam was done, I was then able to clamp the piece onto the inner support and refill the spot welds.
I've ground down the welds on the lower part of the arch, as these will be visible behind the wheel. The upper parts will be behind the outer wheelhouse, so I'm not going to worry about cleaning those up. There is a section of welding that will be visible from inside the trunk, so I plan to clamber in there sometime to clean it up. I'll need to do that before I apply any epoxy, so for now have just sprayed some cheap paint over it to protect the metal until I'm ready to sand it back of, clean it all up and epoxy both sides.
Before I do that, I plan to fix the trunk floor (where I'd cut some away to allow access to the frame rail) and make it whole again, so that it's secure enough to work inside when working on the arch.
The weather has well and trully turned now, and is a lot colder and frequently wet at the times when I'm available. Work rate will have to slow, but I do want to keep plugging away at it.
First up was the removal of the rusted section of the inner quarter. This was the first opportunity I'd had to use the air hammer with chisel attachment. (You can also see my nice new carpet, which has a deep pile and is kind on the knees :-) )
All I can say is wow - I wish I had this when I started, it would have saved me hours of pounding away with a lump hammer. I need to get used to using a bit, as it can be a litte over agressive, but will make a big difference going forward. Anyway, it took just a few seconds to cut away 5 spot welds to the inner support and the piece was out.
With that piece out of the way, I noted that it gave me good access to re-do the repair done to the trunk floor, many years ago when I was still working out which end of the welder to use. To say it was ugly and poor is an understatement, and needed to be taken out. I didn't get a 'before' picture, but here it is cut and primed ready to go.
When it was a case of weld it in, clean it up and apply some epoxy.
Before applying the epoxy, I took the chance to clean up the last lot of welding (to the inner wheel house) and some of the trunk support and frame rail and make good use of that batch of epoxy.
The final part of this installment was the insertion of the new part to replace what was cut out at the top of this post.
I carefully aligned it at the lower edge, where the arch is, to ensure the contour remained smooth across the pieces. A couple of butt weld clamps held it in place, and once tacked in, I was able to massage the upper parts to get them to line up as I needed.
When the seam was done, I was then able to clamp the piece onto the inner support and refill the spot welds.
I've ground down the welds on the lower part of the arch, as these will be visible behind the wheel. The upper parts will be behind the outer wheelhouse, so I'm not going to worry about cleaning those up. There is a section of welding that will be visible from inside the trunk, so I plan to clamber in there sometime to clean it up. I'll need to do that before I apply any epoxy, so for now have just sprayed some cheap paint over it to protect the metal until I'm ready to sand it back of, clean it all up and epoxy both sides.
Before I do that, I plan to fix the trunk floor (where I'd cut some away to allow access to the frame rail) and make it whole again, so that it's secure enough to work inside when working on the arch.
The weather has well and trully turned now, and is a lot colder and frequently wet at the times when I'm available. Work rate will have to slow, but I do want to keep plugging away at it.