69 Mach 1

[enjenjo]

the last of the points on the front end are just ahead of the shock tower, I bolted and angle to them, and welded tubing from them to the 3" tubing.

[enjenjo]

I then finished cross bracing the body so I could remove the floor.

[BFS57]

Hello;
WOW! That is some really great work. I said it before and I'll say it again, I wish you were in Florida! Plenty of rusty cars here need this kind of attention. I can't hardly wait to see the finished product although that might be some time coming, I am sure that the owner of this car will be greatly pleased with what you have done!

Bruce

[enjenjo]

I spent the week cutting out the rusty parts, there were a bunch of them  It was made harder because there was some parts I had to save, the seat reinforcements, Ebrake brackets, ect.  Most of it was cut with a plasma cutter, a few places I had to use a spot weld cutter. I still have a bunch of cleanup to do, removing strips of metal that are spot welded to the rocker boxes, ext.

No pictures, I broke the camera New one should be here soon. The old one only lasted 9 years.

[enjenjo]

Borrowed a camera for this week. I spent a couple days cutting out the bad parts. It was complicated by the fact the owner wanted to save the original seat mounts, and core support.

[enjenjo]

I have some rust repair to do on the right lower cowl, just a small patch.

[enjenjo]

Spent a couple hours cutting the core support out of the front end, and another hour doing repairs to it.

[enjenjo]

Here is a better picture of the Rt front of the jig, with the old body parts out of the way.

[enjenjo]

This is another jig I made to hold the front end parts in alignment while they are welded back together. There are some more pieces to be added before it's put back on the car.

[enjenjo]

Amother view of the jig. bolted in 5 places on eack side, ans two on the front.

[Danimal]

The boys and I were out last weekend and I've got to say it is a nice set up that Frank has on this car. The body isn't going anywhere even though the floor is out and the quarters and wheel wells have seen the light. I think I'll pay lots of attention to how he did this if I ever get the inertia to move on one of my truck cabs out here!

[Jbird]

The 67 I was gonna slice and dice like Frank, my hero, is doing has been slid onto the back burner. I just hope the economy hasn't eaten another job.

           Jbird  

[enjenjo]

Well, I worked on it last week, got all the bad pieces cut out and the mating surfaces cleaned up. I have a couple patches to make for the drivers side rocker box, too much rust to reuse it. the front suspension is welded up, ready to go back on.

[enjenjo]

Here is the front suspension, all ready to go back in.

[enjenjo]

And here is the last rust patch, ready to weld in.