"Pixel" (Improbcat)
04/14/2015 at 11:28 • Filed to: None
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"Pixel" (Improbcat)
04/14/2015 at 11:28 • Filed to: None | 2
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I've spent the last two evenings working on my new !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
First it was stripped to the bare body shell, this involved pulling the front suspension & steering column, rear suspension, bell & windshield. Every. Last. Screw. Had to be cut off, not one budged even a fraction.
Getting the step off the rear was obnoxious, and I ended up damaging the rear bumper trying to cut through the screws. I'll just add it to the list of things needing the attention of the welder.
Just getting everything stripped off and cataloging the stuff that will need welding took all the time I had the first night. So last night I started actually welding. First up was filling in the holes in the hood from the bell.
The biggest projects are two holes on the rear fenders where something had been bolted and had long since been ripped off, leaving a jagged & bent hole, also the rear deck behind the seat was completely perforated with rust.
The messed up metal was cut out of the first quarter, and a new patch was formed & welded in.
Then the rotted deck was cut off, and a new one was made & welded to the seat. I'm waiting to weld it to the body until I've figured out if I'm making any other modifications back here. I also tacked closed the hols from the step in the tail lamps.
That was all for the night, I still need to fix the other quarter, and repair the damage I did to the rear bumper. Then comes stripping the old rust & paint off the body and starting in on the modifications...
CalzoneGolem
> Pixel
04/14/2015 at 11:34 |
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Haha the back looks like the front of a 50's Buick.
Frank Grimes
> Pixel
04/14/2015 at 12:44 |
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you are customizing a pedal car? AWESOME!