Everat Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Got busy yesterday and todays cold as hell, I dont have a heater in the garage so Im working for a half hour then coming in to get warm and repeating. I cant weld it in yet cause Im prepping the inside of the rocker (yesterday with the rust-mort and today with the por-15) Quote Link to comment
dennis Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Looking better and better with every post. I know what you mean, I was in the garage for 3 hours today ripping useless parts off of my SR and I had to use one of those halogen lights near me to keep me warm. Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Welded the rocker in today. I might do another patch right in front of this one due to a dent I hadnt noticed before so I didnt weld the front. I gotta clean up the pinch weld a little more but I couldnt take the cold any longer. Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Heres what I did today, it took a lot of work to get it this close. I have to have another person to help hold it in the exact spot so I can draw my final trim marks. If I can get someone to come over then I might be welding tonight. Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Heres some pics of my newly painted valve cover, Im waiting on some hardware so its just sitting there right now but you get the idea. Ive welded my right quarter on now also, Ill put some pics up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Very nice it looks great Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Heres some before and some after shots of motor, Ill probably do a tuck later but for now this is how it will look Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Thought Id do an update today, Its been a while. Ive been working on it here and there but havent been super motivated.Ive finished up almost all the metal work, all that is left is final welding on rear valence. I stripped both my rear wheel wells down to bare metal, por15'd them and undercoated. I found some holes when I stripped it and had to do some repairs, I took some pics of one of them. Putting the valence on was a bitch, the guys that messed with the car previously had shaved the rear pinch weld and done a pretty crappy job of it,pretty wavy. I welded and strip of 18 gauge along the bottom and straight edged it then screwed the valence to the strip. Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 wow man, the pics of the quarters you took earlier and then now, huge difference, looks like Frankenstein, and now, looks like the side of a 510 again. Look great. The fiber glass rear valance didn't work out? Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Yeah the passenger side quarter was pretty hard, the piece I had wasnt really enough metal for what I needed, I would have liked to replace the whole quarter but didnt have one. Putting the piece on didnt take long but making it nice took a while.Ive learned a lot from doing these quarters, these turned out decent but if I do this again on another car it will turn out a lot better.I smoothed out the drivers side also and it looks ten times better, Ill have to take some pics of it. The fiberglass piece would have worked but I got the metal one for free and because I had to fab the pinch weld I thought it would be easier to go all metal. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Buy one of those Torpedo tube Diesel/kerosene heaters that plug in. well worth it. I got a big one fro Frank in Everatt and I got a smaller one. makes all the differance!!!!!!!!!I will I would have gotton one earlier seems like I alwasy had to replace a head gasket when it was 32degs in the garage Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Its funny you mention that, I bought a propane top two grill heater about a month ago and it has made a big difference, instead of being in the garage for 1/2 hr to an hour, im out there for four hours at a time. Part of the reason for slow progress is I went back to work for a couple of weeks and I bought a 220v 60gallon compressor and had to wire up the 220 for it, I also bought a hose reel and mounted that up so now I have a legit setup. This week Ill be working on the subaru cause Im getting ready to sell it and got to make it pretty, and probably gonna paint the wheels Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Spent a lot of time today smoothing out my welds on the valence. It doesnt seem like much but smoothing out where I had drilled out the spot welds take FOR-EVER. I was gonna take a picture but its just a pinch weld so not too exciting. I have buddys coming over tomorrow to start bondoing the car up so I will be spending a lot of time tonight getting the rest of the little stuff buttoned up. Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 James came over the other day and we started lining everything up, I was gonna roll the shaved doors for a while but upon closer inspection it looks like they are gonna need a bit of work. I was planning on putting door handles back on evenually so Im not gonna waste my time on these doors. James has a passenger door for me so I just need a clean drivers side door. Does anyone out there in the everett/seattle area have a door they want to sell me? I am thinking I might get a different passenger fender also if I can find a really clean one. Quote Link to comment
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