GAS 1600
Re: GAS 1600
I should know better!
Because when you spend a silly amount of money on a silly, trivial thing that will help you not one jot, you are demonstrating that you have a soul and a heart and that you are the sort of person who has no time for Which? magazine. – Jeremy Clarkson
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_005_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
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.
GAS1600_005_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_005_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
Last edited by Garvice on 30 Jul 2017 00:26, edited 1 time in total.
- two_68_510s
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Re: GAS 1600
golden!
Joel
2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_006_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_08 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_09 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_10 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_12 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_13 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_14 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_15 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_16 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_17 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_18 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_19 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_08 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_09 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_10 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_12 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_13 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_14 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_15 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_16 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_17 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_18 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_006_19 by Garvice, on Flickr
Last edited by Garvice on 30 Jul 2017 00:30, edited 1 time in total.
Re: GAS 1600
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.
Byron
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.
Byron
Love people and use things,
because the opposite never works.
because the opposite never works.
Re: GAS 1600
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.
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_007_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_007_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
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- two_68_510s
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Re: GAS 1600
Complain all you want, that looks good!
Nice to see it resurrected!!
Nice to see it resurrected!!
Joel
2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
2 '68 510 2 door sedans
'95 240SX
“We will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_008_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
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.
GAS1600_008_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_008_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
Last edited by Garvice on 30 Jul 2017 00:35, edited 2 times in total.
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_009_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_08 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_09 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_10 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
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.
GAS1600_009_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_06 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_08 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_09 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_10 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_009_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
Last edited by Garvice on 30 Jul 2017 00:38, edited 1 time in total.
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_010_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_010_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_010_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_010_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
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Re: GAS 1600
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
Keep the posts coming its nice to see another dime saved
Re: GAS 1600
Thanks Ash, comments like these keep me motivated.
Re: GAS 1600
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.
GAS1600_012_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
Forgot to take in progress photos this time.
GAS1600_012_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_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
GAS1600_012_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_09 by Garvice, on Flickr
Few sections to rebuild along rear, this is probably worst.
GAS1600_012_08 by Garvice, on Flickr
My mate also helped me out with the boot, whoops. Got a line on another though.
GAS1600_012_10 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
Front dogleg was much better then passenger side, only needed the outside panels replaced.
Started with this.
GAS1600_012_01 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_02 by Garvice, on Flickr
Forgot to take in progress photos this time.
GAS1600_012_03 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_04 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_05 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_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
GAS1600_012_07 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_09 by Garvice, on Flickr
Few sections to rebuild along rear, this is probably worst.
GAS1600_012_08 by Garvice, on Flickr
My mate also helped me out with the boot, whoops. Got a line on another though.
GAS1600_012_10 by Garvice, on Flickr
GAS1600_012_11 by Garvice, on Flickr
Last edited by Garvice on 30 Jul 2017 00:43, edited 1 time in total.