Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I didn't get anything done on the car yesterday because I needed to focus on yard work. That's another duty I've put on my 'hate to do' list.
More Charger mayhem. With the templates I made transferred to the steel, I went ahead and cut the new replacement panels.
Then I began chopping the radiator wall. I started with a cut-off wheel to make the major cuts.
Once I had the panels loose along the sides and bottoms, I knew I had to get the spot welds holding the panels to the top loose without damaging the top. I used a flapper disc on my angle grinder to shave the top of the side panels down until they were thin enough to break the spot welds.
I still need to work on the edges to align and round off any sharp points but the fit seems pretty good.
With the sides cut off the opening is big. I will have to fit the sections of angle iron yet. My cuts were conservative so I know I'll need to do some more trimming.
I'm not sure if I'll get any more done tonight. I'm supposed to go to a buddy's place later to help him set the body on his '30 Dodge sedan chassis.
I didn't get anything done on the car yesterday because I needed to focus on yard work. That's another duty I've put on my 'hate to do' list.
More Charger mayhem. With the templates I made transferred to the steel, I went ahead and cut the new replacement panels.
Then I began chopping the radiator wall. I started with a cut-off wheel to make the major cuts.
Once I had the panels loose along the sides and bottoms, I knew I had to get the spot welds holding the panels to the top loose without damaging the top. I used a flapper disc on my angle grinder to shave the top of the side panels down until they were thin enough to break the spot welds.
I still need to work on the edges to align and round off any sharp points but the fit seems pretty good.
With the sides cut off the opening is big. I will have to fit the sections of angle iron yet. My cuts were conservative so I know I'll need to do some more trimming.
I'm not sure if I'll get any more done tonight. I'm supposed to go to a buddy's place later to help him set the body on his '30 Dodge sedan chassis.
