Rear Quarters

A whole weekend in the garage and it doesn't seem like I got much done. I started with cleaning up the area inside behind the quarter glass.
After this I started working on the rear apron. I needed to clean the edges up and weld some stonger edges because I want to be able to remove this anytime I need to do any engine work.
Removed all the paint from the dash, under the dash plus the deck lid itself.
Filled in the holes under the rear seat area as we won't be running any heat in this car.

Back at it

Well it's been a long winter and the cars been put on hold, till this week.
First was the rear deck lid, I needed to put relief cuts along each side of the lid so it would shut right.
Next I had to weld on the row of clips that run along the door pillars due to someone cutting them off at some point.
After that it was off to the inside to finish the rest of the grinding.

Megasquirt 2 just came in and Built

My Megasquirt II just came in the other day and I thought I would get a spot ready in the basement to put it all together. The Megasquirt is a Engine Management System, I will be able to monitor everything on the engine through a computer, boost, O2 sensor, temp sensor, tach/crank position input and fuel injection if I ever change to that.

Since the weather this week has been into the -18 to -24 having something to inside has been nice.

It's been slow, this is the first time I've built any kind of board like this. With about 160 different components I think I'll take my time to make sure it done right.

I've put a couple hours into all ready but have come to a part where i need to test what I've done so far and the Stimulator Board I need to do that hasn't come yet.
All the parts are here that I need to build the Stimulator board, which I've done now and as you can see I have finished main board itself.
Ran a test and everything seems to work just fine.

More roof work

After looking at the roof I wasn't happy with a few parts of it, so it was back to work on it. After a few more nights and a weekend on it I think finally it looks good. To bad it's gotten to cold to hit it with a coat primer.

I was also able to get the front apron cleaned up from the black stuff they spray on the new body medal. Plus removed the paint from the front and rear.

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Front apron welded up and roof primered

I we able to get the front apron section on and weled up. Put both fenders on to make sure everything lined up.

I then spen hours grinding all the welds on the outside of the car. I still have all the inside to do next.

I glassed a little more on the roof and then I sprayed a coat of primer on the roof to see how it looked. As you can see it turned out not to bad, just a few sections I need to fix up.

Front end, Roof and back rain rail

So little by little the chop is coming along. I don't get to many full or even half days so I don't always take the camera out with me when I'm only our for a few hours.

I've got got most of the welding done inside and out, other then the pinch clips that run on the B pillars. I've started the glass work on the roof which is looking pretty good I think.

I welded the rain rail in the back by the air vents as it looks like the 56 oval roof never had any to start with.

I also cut the front section again because the section I put in wasn't the best after I started looking at it. Tomorrow I'll through the fenders on and make sure the holes line up ok, then fit and tack the very front to see how the lid will close.

I will say this, the after market parts SUCK, the fit is crap. Lines don't line up pieces don't even look the same and some how you need to make them fit and look nice.

For this weekend, I'm going to try to get all the grinding done, a little more glass on the roof and a coat of primer to see how it looks and maybe work on the rear clip. I want to make the rear clip a removable one so it's a little easier when I need to work on the engine. Pictures to come, something is wrong with the blogspot site *@#&!@#%

Roof welded

Well after being gone on vacation for three weeks it's nice to be able to get back to work on the chop.

I was able to get the roof all welded up and started to get the grinding started. I hit one spot that I grinded down with primer and it looks pretty good. A little fiber glass to smooth it out and it will good as new.