blacksheep-1

Finished the roof today.....sand, sand ...sand...sand.... ended up using an air file to get things close, then graduated to an "idiot stick" to finish it up. What a PITA.





Used a spray bomb of black primer to check my work between sandings.

blacksheep-1

Ok it's time to attach the fuel cell brackets into the car.


First, I had to go through the living hell of removing all the under coating from the trunk


I made up some round tubing to raise the cell .



Welded it to the original brackets.



and............




Marked and cut the hole in the trunk for the cell using a sawz all



Finished welding sheetmetal pieces that had been cut out so they would have welded ends instead of becoming razorblades.




Fit the fuel cell, worked like a champ only about 5 hours of work.

stang stroker

Nice work man top notch!!

blacksheep-1

So it's now time to build the firewall that is required, between the fuel cell and the driver's compartment, this has to be made out of steel. I was only able to find the partial sheet metal panels at the local hardware store, which is an expensive way to buy sheetmetal. The bad news is that there will be seems, the good news is that the seems (once they are double welded) will act as stiffeners, negating the need for extra tubing.

first I jigged up the tube bracing.



Then made cardboard templates for the sheetmetal.



Fit and tacked the sheetmetal panels



and worked my way to the center of the car



Done..



caulked and sealed

MiDiablo

Great work, keep it up

blacksheep-1

Update:
I decided to put some of the door bars in, along with the dash..



To build the dash I used two pieces of flat metal, bent the ends and welded bolts to them, I reinforced them with a piece of 1/4 inch rod, this made a very sturdy dash bracket.






Then I fabricated a piece of aluminum for the dash face.



This way the whole dash comes off with just two nuts.
I also did some cleaning under the car..........

stang stroker

Nice!! coming along great!!

slowmoving1

nice

blacksheep-1

I've painted the interior and the trunk in satin black, I chose satin black because it could be easily touched up with a spray can if needed. Sorry it is hard to see in the pic.

1BADP71

Looking good ! I would wear some goggles while spraying under there .

Any concern about a glare from the matte black paint ? I'm thinking flat black so there is no glare on the windshield.