Restoration Literati914 Build, A clipped car rebuild Options

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Passenger side installed .. I swear I gotta quit going back to “improve” the weld (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

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Driver Side before shaping the piece to fit:

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..and driver side welding complete:

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Went back and installed the rear sway bar reinforcement plates inside to trunk space. Again, this is a nonstandard rear sway bar and so it was necessary to weld the plates in a slightly different location compared to stock. In this picture the plate sitting on the left side is the stock placement (just there for illustration purposes) and the one one the right is where mine needed to be welded. This illustrates the difference in bracket placement widths that I’d mentioned earlier:

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Before making the welds though, I needed to weld the circular “factory access caps” so that they would not shift under hard cornering (the brackets I welded underneath are welded over the seam slightly), and not create a crack in the mount’s attachment welds. Highlighted with purple arrow:

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Passenger side installed:

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Driver’s side too..

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Clutch cable tube forward of the shifter area is next. Remember I’ve already dealt with the other two possible failure areas regarding this tube, so mine was broken in all three spots. Started off by measuring up 3.5” and marking where the internal bracket is and also the area I’ll be using for access:

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..access area cut. Note I purposely cut it to hinge on the opposite from any other time I’ve seen this repair done - why? because the throttle cables mount sort of attaches to the top of the other side and I didn’t want to cut though it.:

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Here’s what I found inside, the tube was completely pulled away from the retaining bracket :

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Getting a good ground was a challenge (access port too small mostly) but I was able to get it firmly welded. A big ‘ol screw driver passes thru the tube with no obstruction:

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The top of the original bracket was easily accessed from my port but I needed to drill a couple holes and plug weld the bottom from the outside:

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..repair complete and closed up :

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Weld 'er up! Fun stuff, getting in all those fiddly areas, huh? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
You're getting it done - way to keep at it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

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Thanks tygaboy ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

This is next:

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I cleaned the metal up real good, and primed the metal after laying tape at the weld spots.. and then welded on the seat adjuster bracket holder that I saved from the old cross-member. I finished welding this new unit in place but it got too dark for a good pic:

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Cross-member installed:

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Parking Brake mount went back on today. It was in good enough condition that I recycled it. I sprayed a protective coating on the backside and on the inner long side too:

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.. welding process:

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After that I slapped back on the original cable cover after coating both sides with a protective coat: