When I bought the Lords Fusor bonding adhesive, I also picked up a tube of the Fusor brushable Seam sealer to seal up my welds, and the factory seam once I was complete. I decided to try it out on the floor pan welds, since I was finished with that part of the car for a while. The seam sealer requires that […]
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The replacement floor brace, is wider than the factory units, so I had to weld an extra block of 3/16 plate steel on the end of the subframe connector that inserts into the floor brace. This made for a good tight fit, and made welding easier. Otherwise the subframe connector install followed the passenger side. If you want all the details, […]
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The Drivers side floor pan went in pretty much the same as the passenger side, except that I had the toe board on the fire wall to also patch. Patching the toe board: The toe board comes as a universal 65 – 70, and slightly oversize part that you trim to fit. For a convertible, this means notching the part […]
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The lower part of the cowl where the air vents are located also had a some rust. The passenger side was easy, just a small rust hole. I cut out the rust, made a patch part. Then stitch welded it in place. The first five pictures show the steps. If you have been following along, this is the same process used on several areas […]
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In this post, I’m taking a break from the car, and building a frame alignment jig. My friend was telling about the one they use at their body shop, and said I could make my own out of HW store parts. This post walks through the items needed, and what I did to build them. We will build two simple […]
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On a convertible the lower seat pan helps box in the floor to stiffen up the area where the seat is located. I decided to also add tinman subframe connectors. For the main part I followed the instructions that came with the subframe connectors, however these parts are made for a coupe/fast back. But I chose them since they are […]
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With the frame rails repaired and the rust removed, it’s time to weld back in a floor on the passenger side! Floor Pan: I don’t have any pictures, of the paint and prep, but the floor pan was painted with weldable primer, like pretty much every part of this repair. The next step was to weld on the seat belt […]
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