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post Mar 14 2020, 08:11 PM
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And the right side.


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Left side bracket in position.


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post Mar 14 2020, 08:12 PM
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And welded.


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post Mar 14 2020, 08:13 PM
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And right side.


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post Mar 14 2020, 08:56 PM
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Yeah, those engine lid brackets need to be in the correct position. If too low, your engine lid will be too low and have a big gap on the leading edge. If too hight you could use some washers to space the lid down to the correct height.

Moral...better to be too high than too low.
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post Mar 15 2020, 08:19 PM
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I will find out before too much longer. Before any final body and paint work I plan to mount all the lids and doors to check alignment.
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post Mar 15 2020, 08:20 PM
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Last task in the engine compartment area is dealing with the festival of holes in the firewall, left by POs.


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post Mar 15 2020, 08:21 PM
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Here's my favorite. How and why did somebody do this?


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post Mar 15 2020, 08:24 PM
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After straightening the sheet metal at some holes, I got the grinder with the paint stripping disk busy.


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post Mar 15 2020, 08:27 PM
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Looking ahead to the next job: repairing the sides of the cowl panel where it meets the tops of the front fenders. The front trunk lid opened too far, probably many times, and made contact with the cowl weatherstrip channel. This deformed the channel and tore the corner joint.

Here is the right side, where I have previously removed the fender.


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post Mar 15 2020, 08:28 PM
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And the left side.


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post Mar 15 2020, 08:29 PM
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But the left side had a surprise! First, some bondo in the channel, hiding distortion of the channel side.


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post Mar 15 2020, 08:32 PM
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And then LOTS of bondo on the cowl top surface, hiding a big divot in the sheet metal. I can imagine the trunk lid flying up and whacking the cowl hard enough to bend it. But I can't imagine why somebody did not straighten it better, before slathering on 1/4 of bondo.


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post Mar 16 2020, 09:03 PM
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Festival of holes, part 2, is done. I patched and welded all the holes in the passenger side firewall...


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post Mar 16 2020, 09:04 PM
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...driver side firewall...


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post Mar 16 2020, 09:05 PM
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...and dash under-panel. Plus the front right inner fender wall.


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post Mar 16 2020, 10:34 PM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Mar 15 2020, 07:19 PM) *

I will find out before too much longer. Before any final body and paint work I plan to mount all the lids and doors to check alignment.


Put windows in the doors and seals too.
I had a big issue of the doors seeming to fit, but when I installed the door glass and seals, nothing fit above the doors.
Meaning the opening for the side glass in the doors wasn't wide enough.

It necessitated me to push the entire windshield assembly, posts and all, forward.
Not the best of situations.
I accomplished it though and the side windows fit much better.
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post Mar 16 2020, 10:35 PM
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Bob....seems like you're going to have a field day grinding down all your welds?
Or are you doing it as you go?
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post Mar 17 2020, 08:28 PM
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I try to spend time grinding as I go, but I have fallen behind. I definitely have some grinding party days ahead.
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post Mar 17 2020, 08:30 PM
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Speaking of grinding, at least bondo grinding, I decided to check out the right side of the cowl. Sure enough, about 1/8 inch of bondo. And then another surprise (but not completely).


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