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Re: GAS 1600

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:shock:

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Re: GAS 1600

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Finally finished the passenger side front dogleg. It was a long section to repair because everytime I started on it, I just kept finding more and more rust and kept removing more and more metal. This is how it will stay now. One day I might rebuild the car properly and pull the full sill off and do a nicer job, but not anytime soon.

Here are the photos, they didn't come out very well because the flash kept throwing funny reflections so it is a bit hard to make out.
ImageGAS1600_005_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_005_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_005_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_005_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_005_05 by Garvice, on Flickr

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Re: GAS 1600

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golden!
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Re: GAS 1600

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Did some work on the rear passenger sill dogleg. Will need a little filler on this panel as I am not that happy with the welds/shape/finish, but it will do. I also think I need to get an oxy as I am not that happy with the mig on these outside panels. Fine on the inside panels where you can't see and great for doing spot welds, but not that good for doing butt welds on thing sheet as it is hard to metal finish the join. Enough words, here are the pictures.

ImageGAS1600_006_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_05 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_06 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_07 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_08 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_09 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_10 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_11 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_12 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_13 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_006_14 by Garvice, on Flickr

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Re: GAS 1600

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There are a lot of parts needed to build a dog led section, been here a few times.

One trick I have used is to utilize a section if the front fender lip in order to get the nice formed and curved section you need. Otherwise I've built them the same way you've done, lots of work.

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Re: GAS 1600

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Good tip on the use of front guards Byron. My front guards are not the greatest though and it want too hard to get the curve. Bigger problem was getting the welds nice with a metal finish. will have to fill them and might have a crack at lead wiping.
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Re: GAS 1600

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Got the rear dogleg filled up. Not happy with this panel (but it will do), it was the simplest looking corner, but it beat me. Metal was very thin and the corner turned several different directions. Ended up have to fill a lot of holes with weld from the metal being so thin. Will have to get a carbide bit so I can get into the tight spots to get the weld down. Will be quite a bit of lead fill in this panel.

ImageGAS1600_007_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_007_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_007_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_007_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

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Re: GAS 1600

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Complain all you want, that looks good!
Nice to see it resurrected!!
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Re: GAS 1600

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Cheers Joel
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Re: GAS 1600

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Got some time to work on the 1600 this weekend.
Front A pillar underneath the windscreen had a little rust, unfortunately the more I cutaway the more I found. Had to fix an internal panel which was rusted out. Also this was a factory leaded join (was wondering why the grinder was not sparking) so it wasn't the pretiest from the factory, hence why I left those lower spot welds. I'll just lead over them.

ImageGAS1600_008_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_008_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_008_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_008_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

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Re: GAS 1600

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And I had a go at the rust hole in the rear passenger wheel arch. I did a very rough bend over some 1/4" rod just to get the curve started, then I clamped it to the wheel arch and used the wheel arch as a hammer form. Worked surprisingly well. When I welded it the panel deformed a little, but managed to hammer some of it out. The rest I will just cover with some filler. Pretty happy with how it turned out though.

What was hard was trying to get cut the panel to match the replacement panel. Ended up using some carbide bits to try and get the panel cutout right. Took ages to get the opening nice (longer then making the replacement panel).

Oh yeah, also as seems to be the norm when I pull the outside panels off, I found more rust underneath that needed fixing.

ImageGAS1600_009_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_009_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_009_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_009_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

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ImageGAS1600_009_06 by Garvice, on Flickr

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ImageGAS1600_009_08 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_009_09 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_009_10 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_009_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
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Re: GAS 1600

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And finally I started scrapping the road deadner off, stuff that had been affected by oil came off easy, the other stuff will take a while.

ImageGAS1600_010_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_010_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
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Re: GAS 1600

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Nice work, most people don't have the patience to do this kind of work. Keep it up and you will have something to be very proud of,
Keep the posts coming its nice to see another dime saved
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Re: GAS 1600

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Thanks Ash, comments like these keep me motivated.
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Re: GAS 1600

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Had some time in the shed today, got onto drivers side of the car.
Front dogleg was much better then passenger side, only needed the outside panels replaced.

Started with this.
ImageGAS1600_012_01 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_012_02 by Garvice, on Flickr

Forgot to take in progress photos this time.
ImageGAS1600_012_03 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_012_04 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_012_05 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_012_06 by Garvice, on Flickr


Also had a mate over so i put him to work stripping the rear of the car back to see what we had to work with.

Rear quarter needs some rebuilding and some panel beating
ImageGAS1600_012_07 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_012_09 by Garvice, on Flickr

Few sections to rebuild along rear, this is probably worst.
ImageGAS1600_012_08 by Garvice, on Flickr

My mate also helped me out with the boot, whoops. Got a line on another though.
ImageGAS1600_012_10 by Garvice, on Flickr

ImageGAS1600_012_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
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