1 hour ago, Patcon said:

For the chimney, I have a parts car that is gonna get cut up anyway. I have a plasma cutter, probably a ten minute job. I took the plates off the parts car, I would get a set off a donor car

ooh, a plasma cutter, I'd love to get one those. Well that really is a 10min job then, yes I will take you up on your offer, thank you.

I will look on Saturday..."Toys" are good  Oh I meant "tools"

Granny, my solution was the Zeddfindings frame rails...

Mine are pretty bad too...

From the new rails I will be able to weld in good metal. I will have to beat a section of metal to the right shape first however... a source for the plate would be nice.

This is what I found, more complete than yours but would still need a flange all the way around. The other one I thought I had is gone. I don't remember when I cut that section up...

If shipping were cheaper it might be worth it, but I don't know. Free for shipping if you decide you want it...

Hey I got one of those, thanks for the offer but I will try to fab one up using this one as a template.

Wheee, I wish Charlie Osborne or Baddog would produce a replacement for those plates, I guess there is just not enough call for them. I have a buddy who is trying to start a Blacksmith business, maybe I'll go see what he can come up with.

Here is something I would like to address before the body work is done, I have never liked the idea water pouring down between panels as good drainage. I would like to come up with some way to keep that water in a hose until it drains out underneath the car or maybe redirect that hose by 90 degrees so it empties out through the firewall forward into the wheel well.

44 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

Hey I got one of those

I totally understand...

49 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

Hey I got one of those, thanks for the offer but I will try to fab one up using this one as a template.

Wheee, I wish Charlie Osborne or Baddog would produce a replacement for those plates, I guess there is just not enough call for them. I have a buddy who is trying to start a Blacksmith business, maybe I'll go see what he can come up with.

Here is something I would like to address before the body work is done, I have never liked the idea water pouring down between panels as good drainage. I would like to come up with some way to keep that water in a hose until it drains out underneath the car or maybe redirect that hose by 90 degrees so it empties out through the firewall forward into the wheel well.

It's been done, and documented with photos... somewhere (where?) on this site .

Is that strands of fibreglass I see across a hole at the bottom of the A-pillar?  Yikes!

 I think this is it. There is a link in one of the posts to one by Enrique.

 

I found the mother lode stink, the car has had no glass, doors, hatch or fabric in it for over 5 months but still reeks of mouse wizz, I discovered why today,

So I cut 2 access holes in the tops of the fresh ducts so I can get a vacuum cleaner in there and have an escape for air and acid when the car gets dipped.

Here I have cut out the crossmember attachment plates and the rotten fender above them. The plates are 12 ga and the inside fender skin is 20ga. Instead of trying to recreate the original crossmember plate I will probably make up 2 patches of 12ga, one on the wheel side and one on the engine bay side that will overlap and give some real strength for the shock tower.

``Don`t bother fixing that, just cover it up, he`ll never know``

 Those pics should be required viewing for any noob that wants to take on a Z project. 

Yikes....