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Jul 10, 2022 12:24:50 GMT
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Can the door still fit back on with the bars welded in? It’s handy to check gaps and see if everything lines up especially if your doing work on the sill area. It cannot, no. I thought about basically building a "door" out of the bars that bolted to the hinge and striker locations, but went with this thinking more strength was better. However, as you both suggest I may be better off letting it move if it moves, and using the door to simply make sure it's right before I weld in the new panel. Have a look at how this guy is doing it. He's a respected restorer (not Uncle Tony, he's a youtuber, no more). Thanks a lot for that, it does confirm my thoughts that I can work from the inside out instead of cutting everything up to get the outer rocker off and coming at it from that direction. Which, as above, means I could work with the door on...Hmmm. Thanks guys! |
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Jul 10, 2022 16:54:04 GMT
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Can the door still fit back on with the bars welded in? It’s handy to check gaps and see if everything lines up especially if your doing work on the sill area. It cannot, no. I thought about basically building a "door" out of the bars that bolted to the hinge and striker locations, but went with this thinking more strength was better. However, as you both suggest I may be better off letting it move if it moves, and using the door to simply make sure it's right before I weld in the new panel. You can weld the bars to the inside of the pillar so the door still functions. |
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Jul 11, 2022 10:16:31 GMT
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You can weld the bars to the inside of the pillar so the door still functions. Yes, but at this point I think if I cut off the brace bars I'll just leave them off and use the door to check everything. Leaving the outer rocker in place gives me the confidence to do that. I did take measurements before I removed the door, so I have that too. |
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Jul 24, 2022 12:24:21 GMT
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In this episode of "What lies beneath" we see what she's been hiding... Well, not hiding precisely, as we knew the floor pan patch panels were just laid in and booger welded in a few spots (poorly) and then seam sealer gobbed in over the edges, but as usual I found more when they came out. Remember, this is a horror show... When the rear carpet came out, I found gaping holes in the footwells done in similar fashion, and galvanized tin patches just riveted in  So it all had to come out. I started in the driver's footwell    And then decided they were all coming out before I quit    That clean edge of the passenger floorpan patch panel is where it had just been tacked to the inner rocker and then "sealed" with fiberglass. So now I can see what's left of the original sheetmetal.    Oh, and that inner rocker, where the seat belt bolts in?  Sigh. Oh well, might as well keep going at this point, right? The plan is to take out the upper and lower seat pan braces, then what's left of the floor. I'm hoping to re-use the patch panels and get the floor pan right, maybe even while it's out of the car when I can get to the top and bottom equally well. Then drill out and replace the inner rockers and build it back up from there. One thing at a time, though...the upper seat pan brace has lots of spot welds to drill out. Yay. |
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Sept 17, 2022 23:53:54 GMT
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Nov 26, 2022 22:13:55 GMT
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Feb 18, 2023 23:29:03 GMT
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So with the truck back on the road, I can get back to the project car... After staring at it for a while this morning I figured it's all got to come out and I've got to start somewhere, so out with the torque box and what remained of the driver's floor pan, then I cut the inner rocker along the top before I remembered to take a picture  Oof. Gotta order front frame rail extensions too. Sigh.  Then started peeling off the inner rocker    Well the outer rocker is in pretty good shape, actually...the front extension will take some rust treatment, but I think I can get away without replacing it. The back part is still trapped in with the rear torque box, gonna have to stare at it a while and formulate a plan to get that part out without destroying the rear quarter, etc. The floor was clean when I started...  |
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eurogranada
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To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question...
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Feb 20, 2023 11:22:21 GMT
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Makes me appreciate my 66 V8 coupe I had before the Granada so much more. It was totally rust free apart from 2x6" right behind the rear wheel arch on the left... Was a santa barbara/carpinteria area car...
Are you going full floor pan? As that became available some years ago. And looks likr the easiest/best fix for your situation.
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dazee
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Feb 20, 2023 13:14:47 GMT
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I'm liking this. Nice work so far, will follow with interest.
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Feb 20, 2023 13:34:42 GMT
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Makes me appreciate my 66 V8 coupe I had before the Granada so much more. It was totally rust free apart from 2x6" right behind the rear wheel arch on the left... Was a santa barbara/carpinteria area car... Are you going full floor pan? As that became available some years ago. And looks likr the easiest/best fix for your situation. Every time I work on the truck I tell my son he just doesn't understand how lucky he is that it's so clean. The complete floor pan is definitely the right way to go, but I haven't ordered one yet. When the inner rockers, torque boxes, frame rails, and everything else are in place and I have a good base to weld it to, I'll probably get one on it's way. At least without a top it'll be relatively easy to drop in... |
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Cleaned the floor  Got it dirty again, but it's hidden by the transmission tunnel.  Had to drop the rear axle and springs to get to the rear torque box. Shopping list keeps getting longer, but at least it's all available. The mantra lately has been that as it is, it's nothing but a worthless heap of scrap, so I might as well keep going. At this rate, there's not much left to cut out of the middle of the car though... |
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eurogranada
Europe
To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question...
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Do it right the first time and you'll have a lovely car to enjoy someday!
I still miss my 66 coupe. Although if I were to go mustang again it be 69/70 or 71-73... But prices are very prohibitive and my garage may prove too small as well.
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