1971 Speedipus Rex by dangina

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12-7-2011

and so it begins: 

painted my torque boxes and started spot welding the frame - sorry for the cell phone pics - I tried taking pictures of me spot welding the frame, welds are ground down just before I apply the body sealer and paint

will take more pics here in the next couple days when I get to work in the garage

12-9-2011

Thanks for the comments guys! Here's what I did on my days off:

focused on the rear passenger framerail - grind, then spot weld, then paint with rust coat, then body sealer, then por-15 - ugh, seems like more work actually doing it, got 1 torque box in, the more I look underneath the car - the more panels I see the previous owner missed. Makes me want a hoist even more now - I'm tired of working on the floor - will have to wait till i buy a new house to get a shop to fit a hoist in, as my garage is only 7 1/2 feet high! 

now the pics:

test fit the rear spring plate before I welded in the torque box,

some items that came in!

wilwood 12.19 rear kit

what you get from hotchkis:

Now I feel really stupid - I thought the AndyF's Viper calipers on 13" Merecedes rotors from Doctor diff came with the Viper calipers. Stupid me. To top it off I talked to Cass at doctor diff and he says the kit is meant to run a 5 3/4" BS rim (ie Mustang rims). Great. I like my rims with as much negative offset as possible. Lesson learned. Heres a pretty pic of what the rotors look like:

now its back to the grind for another 4 - 12 hour days....