Aaron's 76 Type LT Project

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Thanks guys, this toe board actually ended up being my practice piece, which I can live with. I didn't intend on that happening, but would rather have practiced on this patch than other pieces. I expect the floor pan welds to look much nicer now that I have *somewhat* of a clue. But I am definitely becoming more comfortable with the welder, just gotta keep at it.

Didn't mention that I sliced the bottom of my right hand on a metal shard from one of the holes I drilled in the floor pan for the brace welds. Was about 1" long but not terribly deep. That wasn't too pleasant and ended my day early I'll be lucky if I get to work on my car one day this week before we go on vacation. Have things going on tonight and tomorrow night and gotta mow the law Wed or Thurs night. So the progress will pretty much come to a halt until May 15. It will just make me want to get back at it after the layoff.

5-7-2010

No progress to share, just figured I would share some pics of the hinges 78LT383 (Douglas) built for me. These aren't just re-built hinges, but re-engineered to better withstand the heavy 2nd gen doors. I read through his how-to document and decided in this case it made more sense to ask if I could pay him to build me a set  Can't wait to get these on and test them out. Will have to use them when I replace my 1/4 panels this summer.