03/06/08 – Body Work,
cont’d
Last night more time was spent on the body. First, some pictures from what was done yesterday:
Front fender cut out with nutsert installed:
Rear fender cut out and nutserts installed. It's hard to see but there is now a gap between the inner fender and the outer fender... This will need to be welded closed.
That was about all I got done yesterday... Here's a a pair of different views, showing the NARROWBODY CONVERSION:
So then on to new stuff.
The first thing I did was to weld up the gap created by cutting out the rear fenders:
Next I laid down more weld on the sunroof... don't want that to crack (only did half)
Then I welded up the hole where the fuel door was:
Meanwhile Xeon was doing his thing:
It's getting a lot closer. Removing the moldings is really going to modernize the car, while still maintaining the boxy hotness!
WASSAAAA