Sunday, May 19, 2013

Finally more progress.

Well, after a long break of not working on the '67 Coupe over the winter, I am back at it. This time, I finally got somewhere :-)

While taking a much needed week off of work, I was able to finally get this A Pillar put back in along with the Cowl Side panel (aka. kick panel). I still have a bunch of grinding to do, in order to clean up all the welds, but atleast it's welded in now. Only a few plug welds remain to be done where the cowl side panel meets the back of the A Pillar on the inside where the door closes. No pics of this, but my blog followers will know what I am referring to.


              Think I had the wire feed speed up a bit high, as there is more material in the welds
              than there should be. Nothing an hour or so of grinding won't cure....Yuck :-(
     
                                                        Windshield post welded on.


Still need to weld in the top outer section that I had to remove to get at some rust on the inside of the winshield post. This will have to wait as it's soaking in Evapo Rust to remove the excess surface rust.

I was shocked at how well the door lines up now that I have a solid A Pillar in place. The door gap is near perfect :-) Not bad for a Novice, Huh?

And now I have to give thanks to my Wonderful Wife for my early Anniversary gifts to help with the process.
A Welding table from Northern Tool and a Weld and Sealant assembly manual from CJ Pony Parts.

She's the best. Even though I had the work week off, she still gave me a few hours in the garage this morning to finish welding the pillar to the cowl side panel.

Thanks Dear :-)

Hopefully I will be able to get back to working on this regularly over the next few months.
We will see how it goes.

Till next time,
           See Ya...........

4 comments:

  1. Looking good! Nice door gap. That weld and sealant manual is a godsend. I darn-near wore mine out.

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  2. Thanks for your Support Alex! I have you to thank for diving into this head first. I read your blog a few years ago and it showed me that it can be done even if you have no bodywork or welding experience when you start. I don't have the $$$ to pay someone to do it and would rather do it myself anyway. I have always done all my own repairs and since my dad was a 25 year Ford mechanic, it's in the blood.

    I'll try to keep the momentum going.

    Oh and it looks like you are in the home stretch with yours. Great job so far.

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