Fabrication Work Aug 2022

The following pics seem to have come in in a backwards order. August was basically welding month. I welded the majority of the frame and began work on the floor pans. I admit I have not been taking as many pics as I was hoping to, because once you get on a roll, it's hard to stop to snap a pic. Rather than summarizing, I will just caption each pic. The first pic is the last thing done in August and the last pic is the first thing done in August.

For September I have already started final welding on the frame and will take the time to clean it up before the next steps. Moving this frame around on my own took a toll on my energy so I have been resting this past week.

With the frame on its side, I was able to get a good look at how to mount the seats.

I went with 3/8" bungs for the front part of the seat rail, bolted through the tube with predrilled holes. The rear part of the rails have a couple of tabs welded to the car frame, with a 3/8" bolt securing the seat frame to the tabs.

One side of the floor pans, cut out. Turns out this pattern was not the best for using the metal brake to fold the metal. I had to cut the 2 side pieces off to weld them back on later.

This is the sheet metal marked up with cut lines for one of the floor pans. Sheet gauge used is 20 gauge and is the upper limit of what my sheet metal brake can fold.

Detail of frame weld. All joints have been welded all around.

Rear angle of the frame up on its side. I was still able to heave it up on my own in order to weld the bottom portion of the frame. I had turned it onto both if its sides for this welding period. It was very heavy so I was careful to make sure I didn't miss any joints or risk having to lift the thing again.

Another angle of the frame on its side. You can see I removed all suspension components from the frame before starting this.

Action selfie of me welding.

The transmission got new mounts, so that I could start fabricating frame mounts to match.

Fabricated frame mounts.

Pic of the car frame prior to moving it inside and removing all suspension for welding.

Detail pic of how the steering is going to fit with the pedal assembly. It was quite difficult to get the geometry right with the steering. I am still not 100% sure I got it right, but I am prepared to make adjustments if needed.

Another angle of the steering and pedals.

The new pedal assembly adjusting position prior to making parts for attachment.