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> BUILD-OFF CHALLENGE: Tygaboy's '75 LS3, It seemed a good idea at the time...
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post Mar 18 2019, 04:51 PM
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With all 4 flares tacked on, I can't possibly be the first but I just had to:

I like big butts!


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post Mar 18 2019, 04:53 PM
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Last one on. Now the tedious task of welding and finishing those joints and adjusting the lower ends to match up w/the original shape of the lower panels.


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post Mar 18 2019, 06:24 PM
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“Tranquility base here...

The flares have landed! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

Looking good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Mar 18 2019, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE(tygaboy @ Mar 18 2019, 02:53 PM) *

Last one on. Now the tedious task of welding and finishing those joints and adjusting the lower ends to match up w/the original shape of the lower panels.



@tygaboy did you decide to TIG weld them?? I have done them 2 different ways and actually on my car some are TIG and some are MIG.
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post Mar 18 2019, 07:27 PM
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QUOTE(tygaboy @ Mar 18 2019, 02:53 PM) *

Last one on. Now the tedious task of welding and finishing those joints and adjusting the lower ends to match up w/the original shape of the lower panels.



@tygaboy did you decide to TIG weld them?? I have done them 2 different ways and actually on my car some are TIG and some are MIG.


@mb911 Hi Ben - Yes, the plan is to TIG the rest of the way. I used MIG for the tacks as that seemed the most expeditious way to get them on the car.
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post Mar 18 2019, 07:31 PM
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Sounds good.. Reshaping the bottom is fun..good progress..
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post Mar 18 2019, 07:43 PM
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That's.... Gonna take a long time to tig.....


Great practice though!


Looking great!!!!
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post Mar 19 2019, 03:02 AM
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Great stuff, flares really change the attitude of the car.

Nice progress.
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post Mar 20 2019, 08:38 AM
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QUOTE(Dion @ Mar 17 2019, 05:48 PM) *

The way the stance is now and those rims it looks like it’s ready for the
Baja or Monte Carlo Rallye. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
Nice to see the progress again Chris.


@Dion - Without the rockers, and at that photo angle, it does look high, but actually, the rear is about at ride height. The front will come down a bit.
As it sits right there, I measure just about 5" ground clearance under the lowest parts of the drive train.
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post Mar 22 2019, 06:17 PM
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Time to do some of the boring but necessary stuff. Today was starting the repair on the rust caused by the dreaded "foam in the rear fender".
In my case, both the inner panel that makes up part of the trunk and the outer needed repair.
Lots and lots of figuring out where to splice in the repairs, lots of "test fit, tweak, test fit again.
I got what looks to be a good fit on the inner panel and here it is temporarily tacked in place.
Yes, the outer panel/trunk gutter is proud to the inside of this inner piece. Looks odd at this point but it's in the correct location.


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post Mar 22 2019, 06:21 PM
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Early in the "test fit/tweak" process with the outer panel.


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post Mar 22 2019, 07:14 PM
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Nice hammer work there!!
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post Mar 22 2019, 10:56 PM
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I've been waiting a long time for that hole to be repaired! Your car and I thank you.
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post Mar 23 2019, 08:29 AM
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I've been waiting a long time for that hole to be repaired! Your car and I thank you.


@Krieger - Ha! Me too, Andy. It's just one that I haven't been looking forward to doing. Good learning experience, though.
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post Mar 23 2019, 08:43 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This car. Is going to look amazing!
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post Mar 23 2019, 06:05 PM
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Test fitting is getting there. Gaps are looking good.


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Now on the driver side, not looking so good. I knew this was going to need to be addressed and here you can see just how much of a crap repair someone did.

Any questions about how water got into the trunk?

I can't claim I'm the greatest metal worker but, come one. This isn't even close.


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And the crap repair also meant the tail light housings can't sit where they're supposed to so we have this lovely misalignment to deal with.


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Curvey template tool to the rescue!
Capture the shape from the good side, flip it, and...see how bad the bad side is.


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Cut some 18ga, measure and bend the flange, then it's into the shrinker to get the needed curve.
Then test fit/compare to the good side.


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