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Thursday, October 06, 2011

Welding Sheet Metal

I've been making progress on the 66 Chevelle over the past week or two, but I haven't taken many photos. I got the left quarter panel on, the drivers door fixed and have moved on to the left fender. I swapped one of the 71 Chevelle's 18" Coys on to see how they would look....not too bad. The backspacing is good, although the rear sits a bit high due to the extra lift from the anti hop bars on the top trailing arms. I might have to shorten the springs or remove the Lakewood pieces altogether. I also cut the left quarter to match the wheel moldings so it would look nice.

I pulled the driver's side window out so that I could weld up the holes in the door, but left the passenger's side glass in for now. I also noticed that the fender emblem holes were not the same, obviously someone swapped in a fender from another car, but Zach helped me weld up the old holes and carefully measure and drill out new holes. When I finish this last fender, I'll finish drilling out the screw holes for the wheel moldings (only did the left rear so far) and then on to the last weld....the rear window.

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