FInally got moving on my 64 Barracuda!!

Little bit of an update.

Finally got the mounting points cleaned up for the passenger side inner fender, did some cleaning up(undercoating removal) on the donor inner fender.

Hadn't had much time to put towards the car since last postings, lots of other things going on and work is a *****.

Today, got the final positioning done on the replacement inner fender, drilled small holes, used self tapping teeny tiny screws to hold it in place, and as a plus, they made the seems near perfect. Worked it a bit with the body hammers and dollies to get the lines just right.

Fired up the mig, climbed into the engine compartment, and had at it, started with the upper shock mount points, welds were ok @ best. Now, I haven't done tons of welding, and am for the most part a beginner, but had taken a 10 week welding class in prep for the Barracuda @ the local community college, and fared pretty damned good in the class. After adjusting the feed and voltage, I finally got the feel for what I needed.

Made 80 % of the weld ok, some just didn't seem to want to work out. Finally figgered out the problem, the ones that were being obstinate, the backing metal I was welding TOO, which I had cleaned and stripped and wire brushed some time back had a little surface rust and that seemed to impede the welding process. I finally got fed up, and, after a 10 hour day working not only on my car, but a buddies car(about 4 hours + on that car) called it an evening, but not until smoothing out the good welds and looking at how bad they might be, and figuring out how much putty would have to be mixed to do the final hide on the welds. not much.

May work on it some tomorrow, but have to be @ a picnic @ 3, and some other things going on in the morning, soooo, if it don't rain, I'll work on it monday while the racks of ribs slow cook during their journey from fridge to grill to my, and my family's stomachs.

FF