For those who haven't seen my previous posts, I'm replacing the upper
section of the windshield frame and Ttop cross bar.

Well, the title says it - finished the final grinding to bring the WS pilllars
into spec and even out my cuts. A bit more prep work on the steel and it
will be ready to weld in.

It all sits together great and all my measurements are within 1/8".

First, a couple shots of the three joints:








Here are a couple shots showing the curves of the pillars:






Here's the whole thing sitting in place by itself:




That's it for now. Stay tuned ... We're rollin !! :cheers:
:seeya



[Modified by Daves_rusty_75, 12:43 AM 9/13/2002]

 

Bro, all I can say is, this is definately a labor of love!

 

You´re doin very good, awesome!
Now grab the welder and make some nice seams.
Now that you came this far I´m curious about your welding skills, haha ;)
A shop couldn´t have done it any better, IMHO I don´t think that any shop I know would have done that this accurate :yesnod:
:cheers:

 

Dave, looking damn fine there...good job....

GENE :D :D :cool: :cool: :cheers:

 

Dave you and we all you! :cheers:

 

ABORT!! ABORT!! The paint does not match!! :lol: :lol: :lol: OH Yea, now thats a professional looking job!! :cheers: :cheers:


[Modified by mpro72vette, 7:33 AM 9/13/2002]


[Modified by mpro72vette, 9:36 AM 9/13/2002]

 

Wow! I'm impressed. The photos on your website "before" are frightening. :eek: Be sure to take lots of photos for the record. In another few years you'll look back hardly believing you did that much work! :cool: :smash: :yesnod:

 

I must apologize to Juliet and others. I haven't updated the website in
some time (over a month). The web site pix are of my 75 - which has been
degraded to donor status. The BC and frame were just TOO much work
to justify fixing. The '70 chassis and rear clip - with nice BC - came along
and I couldn't resist. I bought that - but the windshield frame had been
torn apart up top, and left in distorted pieces. I decided the best thing to
do was to use the upper section of my 75 WS frame to replace it.

There are also some rust holes starting to come through around the lower
WS corners - but patchable. These repairs will be the focus of my next
series of posts, after I'm done with the top section.

Measure twice - cut once. It seems to have worked.

ps - Markus
You think the vettes get rusty - you should see my welding skills. :D
I used to be quite good with a stick welder - but wire-fed is much better,
and I assume my skills will get better as well. I plan to do some practicing
on the left-over pieces - to get the feed/power settings dialed in. Lately,
I've been doing a lot of sheetmetal spot welding on my steel cars - which
is quite different from putting these pieces together. Anyway, the joints will
be ground down smooth when I'm all done. After painting, you shouldn't
be able to tell it was welded. :lol:

ps - Mark
You're next - pull it into bay 2 !! Actually - the 75 is in there now.
As far as I know, Saturday is still on. If you're not busy, I'd like to get over
to your place to take a set of measurements - just to be sure. Measure
three times - weld once. I'll email or call you later. I was hoping to get to
the 'vette show in Chelmsford this Sunday - but damn - it looks like rain for
sure. :(
The bright yellow and donnybrooke green definitely clash on the Ttop bar,
but the pillars are consistent in their shade of splotchy rust. Soon to be
a nice uniform POR15 + black.

ps - Juliet
I hope I can convert those few years into a few months until I can drive
her. Paint and details - well that's a lifetime journey. I'm hoping to have it
"nice" enough to take to Carlisle next year.

ps - Gene Jay and SD
Thanks for the encouragement, enthusiasm, and rock star status.
Forget the encore - the wife wants a BB 4sp Camaro next - for herself.
Maybe forget that. Like Jay - I need some sleep. Daily progress takes a toll.
:sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep:

It'll all be worth it, when I'm smiling in my Chevy: :chevy
:seeya


[Modified by Daves_rusty_75, 2:21 PM 9/13/2002]

 

Funny - no-one commented on the new gas tank location. :lol: :lol:

 

WTG Dave! Keep up the good work :cheers:

 

We just thought you had one of those rare "big tank" 70's that were rumoured to exist! Seriously, you're doing a great job here. You're going to end up with a nice solid car in the end.

:cheers: Shannon

 

Dave, YOU DA MAN

Now that you have done it, a question.. if no doner car was available, how hard would it be to fabricate a frame like that?

 

Well done my brother,well done. :cheers:

 

test new member

 

Mark. In a sentence:
No way in hell would I try to fab these pieces from scratch !!
Without a donor - or junkyard parts - I would be forced to purchase
the replacement pieces (new). I didn't even want to use the '70
windshield header (top section) because it looked like it had a slight
bend to it. I was bidding on a NOS WS header in Ebay - but it went to
within $40 of list price. For $40 more, I can return the thing if my plans changed.

IMO - you want the BC (and WS frame) as good and straight as possible.
Without a good base, all the body will turn out like crap. In this case, I don't
want the windshield to leak due to a wavy frame. Next thing you know, the
BC is full of water and rusting from the inside out (like the 75 did).

I will be fabbing some pieces to fill in the rusted holes in the lower corners,
but these will be small simple pieces with 1 or 2 bends.

:seeya

 

Welcome Toronto-C3.
I hope this open - birdcage surgery doesn't scare you away.
There are plenty of happy and pretty projects going on, too.
Stick around - in less than a year you will see me painting this baby.

:seeya

 

Dave, it looks great!! I knew you could do it, even if you are a nosey guy!!

 

I was going to say......"you do realize that the tank goes UNDER the back floor, right?" :smash:

AC

 

I have been following your posts,I take my hat off to you.You are doing major surgery there,& It's looking good so far.

 

My hat goes off to you! That is a pretty impressive piece of work.