My 72 Comet Build.....

Made the Monte Carlo bar, welded it to the mounting plates and got it bolted in the car today..... I was trying to decide if I need to put more support on it, but I do not think it is necessary with the stout rear support from the firewall to towers.....

 

Awesome!

 

Thanks......


I removed the driveshaft loop from the front of my car, it was in position for a C4 trans and needs to be moved forward for the shorter glide to be track legal..... In the process of doing that I screwed up my carpet..... I had o pull up a section of the carpet which I had glued down and the damn nylon loop pile stuck to the glue better then the backing, so it pulled the loop right through the backing(bullshiz for sure)..... I forgot my phone today so no pic's of this mess.....

I also found a mark on the inside skirting of the lower cushion on the pass side seat base..... Apparently rubbed through on the retainer clasp for the chute release cable when someone sits in that seat..... Luckily I have plenty of extra material, I have to get it over to the upholstery guy so he can fix it..... It's not a big deal to move that bracket closer to the shifter.....

Seams like the more work I do the more I have to do.....

 

Many of us know that same feeling. But in the infamous words of Joe Dirt.. "you just keep on keepin' on".

Consistency with a few "mental sanity breathers" mixed in along the way and you'll be done in no time. Positivity all the way.. and we're all rootin' for ya'.

 

I removed the interior/carpet today, and cleaned the floor up..... Then I drilled new holes for the driveshaft loop and got it bolted in, I was able to move it forward 2.5" which will make it legal..... I also cleaned the old mount position to bare metal and panel bonded a couple 16 gauge aluminum squares to permanently plug the holes up.....

I took a couple pic's of where the carpet was pulling apart, the first shows what the top looked like and the second shows the bottom.....





Here the interior and carpet have been removed again.....





Here you can see the drive loop position moved forward and the panel bonded plugs.....

 

oh snap! well.. at least you can say that you have "1 1/2 layer backed carpet" after you get the new stuff reinstalled.

 

Today I got the repairs from moving the drive shaft loop cleaned up and touched up the area with Lizard Skin.... Then I got the entire front suspension removed.....

Here is the touched up area around the drive shaft loop, it will blend right in once it dries completely.....





Here the front suspension is removed(at least have the interior removed gives me a place to store the struts/rack and stuff while I clean up and paint the front end)....

 

Off topic but kind of welder do you use? I'm in the market for one and would like your opinion on a good hobbyist unit that won't break the bank. I plan on using it for automotive fabrication.. 18 gauge to 1/4" steel

 

I use a Miller 140 XL..... It uses standard 110 power and will weld everything you want it to..... There not the cheapest, but Miller is what I prefer.....

 

I havent been keeping up with your build but its been so long since Ive read anything about it I thought you might have been done by now. its coming out great. I like the underside the lizard skin is some really nice stuff. is that called lizard skin? or is it rino liner?

 

That lizard skin is some good stuff comes in two different kinds one for heat and one for sound .works great I've used it on a 69 Stang and it does work plus easy clean up.

 

Frank, may I ask how much Lizard Skin you have gone through so far?.. and how much do you anticipate using altogether once everything's complete?

PS. If I had to just pick one process?.. it would also be a gas shielded wire feed machine. Although I have just about every iteration of welder in my shop, wirefeed is the most versatile with this kind of stuff. I do however plan on using my TIG machine for the more delicate things where reduced heat and weld cleanliness are a bigger priority. All 3 of my machines are Lincolns and I have no complaints about any of them other than I wish I would have learned to use them much much earlier in life.

 

It is Lizard Skin..... http://www.lizardskin.com/

It does work great and clean up is incredibly easy(it cleans up with water).....

I used both the sound control and ceramic insulation...... My car has a firewall behind the rear seat and under the quarter plastics...... I have coated the entire interior from the rear deck all the way to the windshield, and the under side from the bottom of the firewall all the way to the tail light panel..... I have used just a little more then 2 gallons of sound control and almost 3 gallons of ceramic insulation..... All this was done after everything was coated with POR15.....

 

I like the rear firewall u made. What gauge material was used and how was it affixed to the car? Looks like it might be spot welded? Also, what is the tube coming thru that firewall. I assume the firewall will do much in reducing flex in rear part of the car.

 

wow!.. not to rub it in but that's a lot of cash laid out just on those products alone. I wouldn't have guessed you'd have gone through 3 gallons but you seem to have been more than thorough with its application so I it's not all that surprising after all.

Looks awesome so far.. keep up the good work.. and thanks much for the reply.