Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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I am bad at these updates - so many things going on the past few weeks. Mom had back surgery (she is doing OK), father's day and just all around "stuff" to deal with that gets in the way of Camaro time. Anyway, I began working on the pass side toe board patch. Welds are getting cleaner so I am pleased with that. I also am experimenting with using 40 grit flap discs to grind down the welds versus a grinding disc. The flap disc works surprisingly well and are less aggressive so it has a better smoothing effect and does not tear through the metal like grinding discs.

So for some pics

This is what I need to fix



The patch from the underside secured with a generous # of screws



The patch welded from the underside. Welds are getting better!



Some of the welds smoothed down with a 40 grit flap disc

6-27-2010

Not too much progress that is picture worthy. Mainly been cleaning up all the welds in preparation for spraying the underside and the firewall. The idea is to do that on Monday July 5. I'll sand blast some on Friday July 2 and do prep work on Sat July 3. That's all in theory though

Decided to replace a pitted area on the cowl area - this seems to be a pretty common area to get rust damage. There were still a few small pitted spots that did not get cut out, but I figure I can treat those and fix with some body filler. Got the worst part repaired.

the piece that was cut out



the hole

after a little grinding with a 40 grit flap disc

Oh yeah, I had my first "real" welding related scare today. I have the cowl vent holes covered with newspaper and tape just to keep junk out and when I was welding the above patch some of the paper caught on fire. I assume some sparks caught the paper on fire or the heat on the inside was enough to catch the paper on fire. I smelled something and looked up and I had my own campfire, just no marshmallows. No harm though, thankfully.