After about a year, I pulled out the inner fender that had a small crack\tear in it that I was welding up. Was able to grind down the welds – there are still a couple of areas I want to touch-up with some welds before I can put them to rest.
Outside where I left off:
Grinding with the stone:
36-grit:
80 grit – you can see some of the areas I want to touch-up to make smooth:
Insdie where I had left off:
This is the grinder I initially used:
36-grit:
80 grit – also has a couple of spots I will touch-up.
Got the hole cut out. Cut out a section, then judged how far out to cut by the rivet holes and then trimmed closer with a grinding disc. Made it handy being able to remove from the car to cut:
Will be doing some work on the inner fenders next. Need to strip and prime these, but that will have to wait a bit.
Doing some final confirmation of my measurements before cutting the hole tomorrow. I think I am as ready as I can be… Won’t be doing the transmission until 2019 and want the floor to be done before that. The goal for 2017 is to have the bottom of the car complete so I can work on the suspension next year – I attached the console to all of the mounting points and looks to be spot-on:
Tomorrow I will be cutting this out – I will be using 3M bonding adhesive soon along with the rivets to ensure I can get the placement I want.
ok – so I already have a complete set of these braces, but the long fender bars are NOS. I was able to obtain another set which all of the pieces are used OEM which is what I will mount on the car keeping my NOS bars. This is the first set I have: https://dougbratton.info/blog/2015/12/1973-camaro-rs-braces/
Here is the new set I just obtained – they were required on the 1973 RS Camaro due to stronger government rules:
Just picked-up a set of Rally Rims – complete with SUPER NICE chrome trim rings and wheel caps. The rubber is going back to the owner, but I will be purchasing new tires when ready. I will also be painting them another color.
So some of my block sanding supplies arrived today – still waiting for Rage Extreme filler and need to order some more Epoxy primer next:
7 piece dura block kit, a variety of different grit sand paper and some guide coat to help detect the low areas. I am getting Spring fever and anxious to start the 2017 work!
