Day 36 - Trunk 2

This weekend we worked on the trunk, By “We” I mean Travis. Travis got the panels fit and drilled them and also clekoed them in place. Clekos are those pins stinking out of the metal. They allow us to place a piece in place temporarily and remove with ease.

From 2010-07-31 (by Eye-Fi)

From 2010-07-31 (by Eye-Fi)

Day 35 Trunk 1

Travis stripped out a lot of the trunk and cleaned up a lot of the rusted areas. Although half of the trunk extsion panel just sort of fell out.

Day 34 - Even Still More Floors

Travis and I got the rest of the floor in, basically the 2 rear sections of the floor pans. With these installed the floor is complete. We still have to weld a few pieces from the other side and clean up the welds but its a big milestone. Now we are on to the trunk.

Day 33 - More Floors

Today, Travis and I got the Driver side floor in. This time around it was a little bit more difficult the new floor pan required some…” persuasion” to fit properly. After some negotiating with a hammer, we got the panel settled in and began to hammer and dolly the panel to fit. Travis began welding and we were off. We did hit a snag where the pan wasn’t making contact with floor brace. So we had to grind and re-drill the pan, hammer it down then re-weld.

Day 32 - Passenger Floor Installation

This weekend we busted out the welder and started putting the floor back in. We were using “0.23” welding wire which was pretty forgiving on the sheet metal but proved to be a bit more difficult welding the sheet metal to the frame. I also found I should have used many more plug welds to secure the floor to the floor supports. We will probably have to drill a few more just to secure the floor a little bit more. Travis cut out the driver side after we had the passenger side welded in. We just need to reset the Driver side panel tape line and then perform a few final cuts and it should be ready to weld.