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240z - fabbing new front rails

ConVerTT
ConVerTT
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Flipped over to the DS and made a little more progress...

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Still finding lots of clean metal.   A little spot along the firewall is going to need some TLC (I've already got a plan LOL)

 

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The rest of the Firewall is coming along nicely...got most of the paint stripped at least...

 

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Under the battery tray is looking better than expected ....before...

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After...Needs more blasting but ran out of air again ....but looks pretty serviceable with some minor patchwork...

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So far so good....fingers crossed....

PS:  and the worm gear drive on the rotiserrie?  Priceless 😉 (just in case you were wondering LOL)
 

 

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    Well... she's blasted and tent is disassembled ... now to finish the remaining rust repair and test fit everything.  I hope to have a roller in March sometime...

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    I did not try to blast the roof section.   I'll be using the Eastwood Contour SCT instead when it's time ...

     

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    It looks a lot better than I thought it would actually.  Cleaned up nice !!!

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    And started test fitting some of the ApexEngineered bits...Here are some teasers...Full review to follow...

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    And last but not least...Black Friday BC Racing weld on coilovers showed up... right on time 😉

     

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    Getting ready to weld the compression rod boxes back on to the new front rails.  Even though I have the factory dimensions I deliberately waited to have the Apex Engineered K frame in hand to "cheat" and help line everything up...

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    Funny thing about letting a project sit ... I decided I didn't like how I had done the compression box supports so ... more surgery ....

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    Also... the Apex rear subframe interferes with the spare tire well... so I notched it and roughed in the patch as well ...

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    and finally...rebuilt the floor supports from 14 Gauge sheet metal...belt and suspenders 😉

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    Just about out of Clecos so going to have to crack out the welder and then loop back and finish up the remaining patches...
     

     

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