Project Fredybender V2.1 : NA with an attitude for the track by fredybender

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J'habitait St-jean il y a 5 ans... Je suis a Ste-Julie.
p4c = Pics for clics

Surgery has begun... Muahhhaaa!!!

Decide to attack the removable front clip project first: Since the engine work will not start until after the holidays, minus well chop up the front so all the measurements and front motor are still in place to fabricate stuff.

Drilled out all the spot welds on the front clip. I wanted to keep the top shelf, and lower valence skin intact; they will be attached to the new removable front cross member; the sheet metal is so lightt weight, and the fact that I can attach the light buckets, grille, and lower kamei spoiler to that seetmetal, with keeping the things where they should be, makes this decision easier. I also detached the top part from the lower part; They will be joined back later.

 

Lower part cut out:

NOw doesn't this look clean, and easy to work on ?



Unwanted weight, and makes accesibility a pain ...

Top shelf will be attached with Dzus fasteners to the remainder of the sheetmetal I left on both side, that are still attached to the car. I left about 2 inches, in order to squeeze in 4 Dzus total; 2 on each side.



Again, isn't this nice to look at ? 

Captive nut plates TIG welded, and then attached in the inside of the frame horns with a few tacks with the MIG both on the outside, and the inside. The removable cross memeber will attach to those anchor points.

Thats it for today