Bostonian 71 demon

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Last night did a bit of quarter prep and fit the upper window trim to make sure it covered the added holes and it will work out perfectly now I'm debating on running drip rail trim like Carltons car... or none, they didn't seem to start shaving them till 73 so just a thought.

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Didn't do much on the car last night but here's some work on the car. The rear cross bar/ wheelie bar mount came out great, Instead went ahead and bought a new horse for the wife. Tonight will be a lot more progress.

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Last night after work, we got out to the shop and got the quarter panel hung and about 50% fitted. We ran out of time, but after work today we’ll knock out the rest and finally wrap up the sheet metal replacement.

Also, I’m gonna stir the pot a bit—I’m looking for someone who can do acid dipping or chemical milling, preferably on the west side of the Mississippi. I’d rather not send my doors all the way back to Pennsylvania. I’m planning to send out the doors, some small trim panels, and a few miscellaneous parts to get dipped for weight reduction, so if anyone has good leads or firsthand experience, I’d really appreciate the insight."

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Had a late night in the shop yesterday, but I got the quarter panel about 98% finished — even filled in the gas filler hole. Once I smooth out AMD’s rough stamp work, I’ll move on to wrapping up the trunk channel and welding out the cage.

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Things are a bit all over the place right now with personal things, but the car’s at a stage where it’s just waiting on the chassis welder to come out and get started on the cage. To keep the momentum going in the meantime, I decided to make a block-off panel behind the grille—done like they used to back in the day to help with aero. My buddy came through clutch with a perfect driver’s side quarter window, which was a nice score. I also tossed some of the grille parts into an Evapo-Rust bath to clean them up. Plus threw around the idea of a possible short run tee design....

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B.R.E.Demon said:
Things are a bit all over the place right now with personal things, but the car’s at a stage where it’s just waiting on the chassis welder to come out and get started on the cage. To keep the momentum going in the meantime, I decided to make a block-off panel behind the grille—done like they used to back in the day to help with aero. My buddy came through clutch with a perfect driver’s side quarter window, which was a nice score. I also tossed some of the grille parts into an Evapo-Rust bath to clean them up. Plus threw around the idea of a possible short run tee design....

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Lol, the shirt.... classic !
I now have to find another 40 pounds to get off of the nose, filling the block, adding milodon gear drive, probably added a pound or so to my tunnel ram to make that better & I may possibly be going to a dry sump system, that's probably about 50 pounds extra in all. I'm out of ideas unless I glass the fenders and hood.
 
MOPARMAGA said:
Shoot you're doing all that work, I figured you'd do the cage too ?
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I used to weld cages but unsupported tig welding my hands shake to much for doing that now after all the years of chemical exposure working. So I have learned my limits and know when to have some one come out (it kills me as I know I can do it)
 
Had a quick night in the shop yesterday with the car—got the trunk channel prepped for seam sealer and laid down a light skim coat of glaze to fill the divots. Also seam sealed part of the trunk floor.

Now it's back to editing TX2K photos, dialing in the car budget for the next six months, and starting on my titanium parts list...

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B.R.E.Demon said:
I used to weld cages but unsupported tig welding my hands shake to much for doing that now after all the years of chemical exposure working. So I have learned my limits and know when to have some one come out (it kills me as I know I can do it)
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Oh , very sorry to hear that that's terrible.
Unfortunately at 47 my mornings are becoming like that. Good choice then.
 
MOPARMAGA said:
Oh , very sorry to hear that that's terrible.
Unfortunately at 47 my mornings are becoming like that. Good choice then.
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Yep at 32 (and I'm a work out nut) my health is not great due to working in heavy industry and oil field early on before switching full time to racecars and the aftermarket now
 
So today I’m on the hunt for good quality doors for my car—mine have been repaired poorly before, and it’s time for an upgrade. I’m picking up a passenger side tonight that looks like it’ll work, but a good-condition driver’s side is still proving hard to find.

That’s got me thinking: in the spirit of the class and the way they used to “cheat,” maybe I just order fiberglass door skins at a thin race weight. Then I could have them mix metal shavings or dust into the resin (like my front bumper) to make them magnetic and bond them to my already-lightened frames. Could be a clever workaround if I can’t find what I need.(pic is just to show fiberglass doors)

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B.R.E.Demon said:
I used to weld cages but unsupported tig welding my hands shake to much for doing that now after all the years of chemical exposure working. So I have learned my limits and know when to have some one come out (it kills me as I know I can do it)
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I'm not trying to make light of your situation, I am truely sorry for the condition. MAYBE, and this could help alot of people, with all the talent here, could you devise some way to put a "shock absorber" on your hand to simmer the shakes down? Steering dampner, that's what I'm thinking of. Like the 4X4's with the huge tires that caused the front ends to go all wobbly at certain speeds...till you put the dampner on.
 
abdywgn said:
I'm not trying to make light of your situation, I am truely sorry for the condition. MAYBE, and this could help alot of people, with all the talent here, could you devise some way to put a "shock absorber" on your hand to simmer the shakes down? Steering dampner, that's what I'm thinking of. Like the 4X4's with the huge tires that caused the front ends to go all wobbly at certain speeds...till you put the dampner on.
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I've tried that before and it worked I've had my wife (in full welding gear) before support my arm when tig welding but for the extent of needed work on this I'm gonna get a buddy to do it.
 
B.R.E.Demon said:
So today I’m on the hunt for good quality doors for my car—mine have been repaired poorly before, and it’s time for an upgrade. I’m picking up a passenger side tonight that looks like it’ll work, but a good-condition driver’s side is still proving hard to find.

That’s got me thinking: in the spirit of the class and the way they used to “cheat,” maybe I just order fiberglass door skins at a thin race weight. Then I could have them mix metal shavings or dust into the resin (like my front bumper) to make them magnetic and bond them to my already-lightened frames. Could be a clever workaround if I can’t find what I need.(pic is just to show fiberglass doors)

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Haha, here’s a shot of that very same door as it sits (in very slow progress) on my car…I bought those doors from @GTX JOHN

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