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A little more progress. My sheet metal has arrived from AMD, thank you to Ron at STS imports for providing help with the shipping!

The Chally is now up on a chassis jig and the front floor is out, will hopefully be measuring it all up today from the points that are still there!
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chassis jig
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Great Stuff Nige.

Are you going to cut out those rust holes in the firewall (1st pic)on the bend and replating out of interest, it looks too thin to weld the holes shut?



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Hi Tim, yes ill be cutting a rectangle out and making a new piece for in there at some point.
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Too late to turn back now!
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Wow, scary stuff!! Good luck :thumbright:
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nigeltaylor wrote:Too late to turn back now!
The dog thinks so too.
1968 Ford Fairlane 500 Wimbledon White. Currently a 302 auto but to be 410 4 speed.
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Post by autofetish »

Great stuff

I would put a set of chassis connectors in while your there if you intend on putting any real power in it

You can get lazer cut ones to match to shape of floor from machiniin racing
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autofetish wrote:Great stuff

I would put a set of chassis connectors in while your there if you intend on putting any real power in it

You can get lazer cut ones to match to shape of floor from machiniin racing


Who? :scratch:


Presume you mean Mancini, but I thought I'd check in case there's someone else... :read2: :D
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Yeh that's it sorry was a woke up on hotel floor with mouth like gandees flip flops post :oops:
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Wow you really have a project there, looking good ,I bet you are tired of drilling spot welds :roll: here is another company that has lazer cut sub frame connectors.

http://xvengineering.com/collections/all
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autofetish wrote:Yeh that's it sorry was a woke up on hotel floor with mouth like gandees flip flops post :oops:

:drunken:

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Quite a lot more progress on the Challenger, old frame rails and cross member are out, the K frame came out with the bottom part of the frame rail, not what I expected.
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Test fit of replacement frame rails and cross member, old one cam out with some of the inner sill so they have been cut and patched.
Test fit of replacement frame rails and cross member, old one cam out with some of the inner sill so they have been cut and patched.
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replacement test fit
replacement test fit
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rusty window lower corner
rusty window lower corner
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Trying to undo the bolt and it came off with the underside of the frame rail!
Trying to undo the bolt and it came off with the underside of the frame rail!
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more rust and repair
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diff back from being checked, painted with two coats of rust inhibitor and black epoxy, ready to go back into the newly painted housing
diff back from being checked, painted with two coats of rust inhibitor and black epoxy, ready to go back into the newly painted housing
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not sure what used to live in the old chassis!
not sure what used to live in the old chassis!
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nice new metal
nice new metal
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not much left down under the clutch pedal, rocker panel has been cut and repaired, inner door support has also been cut out and repaired with 3mm plate
not much left down under the clutch pedal, rocker panel has been cut and repaired, inner door support has also been cut out and repaired with 3mm plate
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last one for now, new Green bearings installed and hubs cleaned up, threads chased, except the ones which go the other way as I don't have the right die for them!
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