67/68/69 cuda dilemma
Well the bumper reinforcements are in. My welding job in this area certainly isnt my best work, but its fully penetrating, and solid. I will slick a little seam sealer over it to smooth it down after I knock some high spots off. Used silver sharpie on the valance to figure out where I want to drill it for spot welds. I traced the trunk floor lip to get the location height for the spot welds. Then I used the spacing of the spot welds on the old one as a guide.
I used the bumper bolts to draw it all together to weld them. I left the front and back ends of the bumper reinforcements open to prevent moisture build up under them, and so after the trunk is painted I can shoot some corrosion prevention compound up inside there. Last pic is the factory welding job on my 67 notchback. I am guessing that this job I did is 100× better than the factory "Stevie Wonder" weld job.
Well the bumper reinforcements are in. My welding job in this area certainly isnt my best work, but its fully penetrating, and solid. I will slick a little seam sealer over it to smooth it down after I knock some high spots off. Used silver sharpie on the valance to figure out where I want to drill it for spot welds. I traced the trunk floor lip to get the location height for the spot welds. Then I used the spacing of the spot welds on the old one as a guide.
I used the bumper bolts to draw it all together to weld them. I left the front and back ends of the bumper reinforcements open to prevent moisture build up under them, and so after the trunk is painted I can shoot some corrosion prevention compound up inside there. Last pic is the factory welding job on my 67 notchback. I am guessing that this job I did is 100× better than the factory "Stevie Wonder" weld job.