OzyDuster74 full rebuild and hemi conversion!!
So been slow with progress however got the connectors welded in and will do the torque boxes this week. Wanted it done by new years but went overseas for 4 days to Bali then its been 35-40 degrees Celsius every day so welding in the factory not been appealing.
So was a bit of a mission as had to carefully grind the primer paint off the floor without thinning the floor pan to much.
I used a flappy wheel and a speed file to make sure had nice metal to get nice welds.
Tacked the stiffeners on and then stitch welded with arc welder, will use a mig to get into some tight spots. Seam welded where the braces cover the original chassis points.
A keen eye may notice the handbrake slots on the wrong side, thats because these are made for a ozy A body which are right hand drive.
We did burn the odd hole in the floor, mainly in the low spots. The floor did have a few pin holes that we patched and also some areas where the floor was a little pitted. However was sand blasted and acid washed i suspect the thinner metal in these area caused the holes.
You can see in the pic below we have linked all the seam welds up even where the hole is in the original chassis to avoid crack points
Engineer was happy with the welds although mentioned we had the odd pin hole.
The gheto stand worked although started to get in the way due to how i ran it like planks under the car. I will cut those sections out for when doing the torque boxes. Ans simply re brace it, however less critical as the connectors will be 100% finished. I also have the hoist under the car just not taking weight to be safe
So been slow with progress however got the connectors welded in and will do the torque boxes this week. Wanted it done by new years but went overseas for 4 days to Bali then its been 35-40 degrees Celsius every day so welding in the factory not been appealing.
So was a bit of a mission as had to carefully grind the primer paint off the floor without thinning the floor pan to much.
I used a flappy wheel and a speed file to make sure had nice metal to get nice welds.
Tacked the stiffeners on and then stitch welded with arc welder, will use a mig to get into some tight spots. Seam welded where the braces cover the original chassis points.
A keen eye may notice the handbrake slots on the wrong side, thats because these are made for a ozy A body which are right hand drive.
We did burn the odd hole in the floor, mainly in the low spots. The floor did have a few pin holes that we patched and also some areas where the floor was a little pitted. However was sand blasted and acid washed i suspect the thinner metal in these area caused the holes.
You can see in the pic below we have linked all the seam welds up even where the hole is in the original chassis to avoid crack points
Engineer was happy with the welds although mentioned we had the odd pin hole.
The gheto stand worked although started to get in the way due to how i ran it like planks under the car. I will cut those sections out for when doing the torque boxes. Ans simply re brace it, however less critical as the connectors will be 100% finished. I also have the hoist under the car just not taking weight to be safe