How I spent my lunch break today :>)

Stopped by a shop today that belongs to a coworkers husband. Check out the pics... they will speak for themselves !!!

                                             1984 Ferrari 512 Flat 12 Cylinder in for service

Another Ferrari, but not sure what model.

Aston Martin

Red Porsche Carrera 4 from Dubai

Maserati

Ferrari F430 489 HP Paddle shift :>)

Me after a ride in the F430. All I can say is WOW..... I now have a Perma Grin on my face. 

That's one fast car and it stops on a dime with the Carbon Brakes. 

Rocker patch complete :-)

Here are some pics from the work I did on the rocker patch this Sunday.

Pin holes welded up and smoothed out and skim coated with Metal 2 Metal filler over the weld seams.

After a coat of Zinc primer.

This will be primer will be scuffed and receive a coat of epoxy primer prior to welding the A Pillar back in.

Still have to close up some of the spot weld holes and patch some pin holes in the two sections of the pillar before I weld them back together. Then I can weld the whole section back to the rocker and then to the inner windshield post (black section) that you see behind the outer Red section in the picture.

That's all for this past weekend. Hoping to get some more work done on this over the upcoming weekend.

Till next time.

Rocker Patch completed..!!!

Well, I was able to swap my empty Shielding gas tank for a full one at the local Tractor Supply on Saturday.

After the new tank was hooked up, I was able to finish up filling the pin holes in the weld seam of the Rocker Panel patch and got it coated with with phosphoric acid to treat the bare steel before I prime it. I will let this sit overnight and shoot the primer tomorrow.

Can you tell where the seam is...????? I can't :>)

And to top it off, My Wonderful Wife got me a Welding Jacket this morning from Northern Tool for my Birthday tomorrow. She was worried about me getting burnt again like like last weeks welding episode. I had a Welder's tan on my left arm and lower left leg from wearing shorts and a t-shirt while welding. It's like a sunburn from the light the the welder puts out. It sure hurt like a sunburn to..... OUCH!!!!
Anyway, here it is....

That's all for this week...

See ya next time!

Progress continues....

Welding, grinding and more welding...... Then it came to a Grinding Halt,,,,, No Pun Intended :~)

Here are the results so far for this weekend's progress.

 Before Welding :

After :

Need to fill in some of the pin holes, but I ran out of shielding gas, so I had to stop for the day.
I will pick back up on this next weekend after I get the welding tank refilled this week sometime.

Here, the A Piller panel is clamped in place for a test fit to make sure everything lines up in preparation for welding next week after I get the tank refilled.

The Saga continues........!!!!!!

This Weeks Progress on the '67 Coupe.

Here's the progress on the rocker panel from the last two weeks. Remember this badly pitted section of the rocker?

Before :

During :

A heavy coat of Zinc Primer to prep for welding.

Here's the patch panel that I will weld in place of the rust pitted section that I cut out. This will have to wait till next weekend, It's just too hot in the garage to work all day on it. But hey, once a week is more than nothing, right?

I was able to get the patch welded in on the upper windshield frame last week, but just now getting the pics uploaded to the Blog. I know... Slacker, Right :>/

Here is the patch panel that will replace the original Door Post that was rotted out.

Outside:

                                                       
                                                            Inside after Epoxy primer:

 It will attach to the top of the rocker panel patch after it is welded in. Then I can replace the outer section of the windshield post with the remaining section from the donor car.

Progress on the '67 Coupe

Well, I was able to get quite a few hours of work done today on the '67 Coupe project. I finally cut out the remaining section of the inner windshield post and welded in the patch section I had from a donor car.
I know this does not sound like allot of work, but trust me, it took several hours to get it done. I was also able to get this patch and the inside of the door post section coated with some of the black PPG Omni Epoxy primer.

Epoxy is some really nasty stuff, but it coats very well. I used a cheap disposable paint brush to apply it instead of spraying, but it works just as well. This being my first time using anything like this, I mixed up too much. I did put a cover on the mixing cup, but not sure if it will still be usable by the time I get back in the garage. Oh well I guess I can chalk it up to lessons learned. Here's a few before and after pics of the repair.

Before:

After:

Comparison:

Next week's project:

Till next time... : >)

More Rust removal/repair.....

Well, I finally decided on the PPG Omni line of Epoxy primer and picked it up yesterday at a Napa nearby. I also picked up some Klean Strip phosphoric prep & etch from Home Depot to use in place of Ospho, because I cannot find Ospho anywhere local and this is the same stuff. I did get the section of the roof cut out that was in the pics from the last post and was able to make a patch for it. However, I did not get it welded in yet, because I ran out of time today and needed to let the Ospho do it's job anyway.
Here is a of pic of what I managed to accomplish today. I know it's not much, but these things take time, cut, hammer, grind, cut, hammer some more....... you know the drill.

(After I welded some pin holes and built up some low spots with the welder. No pic of the patch at the moment)

I should be able to get the Epoxy on by next weekend to seal it before I weld the patch in. After that's all done, I will need to move on to this section in the picture below. It's the top of the rocker panel where the A Pillar welds in at the bottom. It's heavily pitted due to all the rust damage that caused this mess to begin with. The water got trapped in there as well and started to eat away at it to..... Anyway, the Forum member I got the donor pieces from cut more than I originally needed. Now I'm glad he did, because I have a rust free section of the rocker panel that I can cut this same piece out of to use as a patch... WoooHooo, I don't have to try to fab this, it would be a real pain to fab with limited tools....

( The Rust pitted rocker panel )



More to come in the next few weeks........

Secondary page added

For all of my followers (3 to be exact) I've added a secondary page on the side that links to the progress on my '67 Coupe project. Check it out when you get time :~)

Back home.

After the 700 mile trip back home, we unloaded the car and tucked it into the garage with the help of the same Winch. It worked great with the mounting plate I anchored to the floor of the garage.

Now just need some rest from the trip and then I will start to sort through all of the junk that has been stored in it for the last 25 + years.