Mike67
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I just wanted to start documenting my journey here, and apreciate any and all help over the next year or two, so here it goes..
So a couple of years ago I bought my first Mopar that wasn't a truck...nothing special, (could not afford a Bee or RR), an old drag car (roller) from Mn that was what I thought ( still do) to be in good shape. Goal is to put a protouring/ prostreet type of mopar back on the road. Keep the cage, tubs, w/440- not a Barret Jackon or 100 pt. contender just a ride that will get some attention.
Its been sitting in the shop patiently waiting for some attention while I finished up my wifes 68 mustang. During that time I have been slowly collecting bits and pieces as deals presented themselves. Well I have most of the bugs worked out on the wife's car (she's happy w/it), so I have started to do some things on the ol girl.
After I stripped out the interior I was checking the pans and knew I would have to do a quarter pan on the right side which went in without much difficulty except most of the rust was at the toeboard about 1 12" further up than where the replacement stopped... No big deal I replaced full pans in my wife's car and was able to fabricate the extensions and roll the beads to match.
I thought the driver side was pretty solid with the exception of a few pin holes that I thought I could weld up with some plugs...So week before last I was poking around with a tinners hammer and found that was not exactly as I thought. I've cut out a piece roughly 5x8" again higher up on the toeboard right next to the hump where the dimmer switch is... I wasn't to worried about it as it will be hidden from view but about a third of the way through tacking it in I started blowing holes in it...
So my question is should I buy another quarter that I will have to certainly cobble together or just keep on cutting back until I get to good metal and patch the other smaller stuff? The floor board is actually in decent shape, but the transition up is where the problem lies... I haven't found anyone that makes a lower firewall to toeboard type piece.... Any help is sporeciated!
So a couple of years ago I bought my first Mopar that wasn't a truck...nothing special, (could not afford a Bee or RR), an old drag car (roller) from Mn that was what I thought ( still do) to be in good shape. Goal is to put a protouring/ prostreet type of mopar back on the road. Keep the cage, tubs, w/440- not a Barret Jackon or 100 pt. contender just a ride that will get some attention.
Its been sitting in the shop patiently waiting for some attention while I finished up my wifes 68 mustang. During that time I have been slowly collecting bits and pieces as deals presented themselves. Well I have most of the bugs worked out on the wife's car (she's happy w/it), so I have started to do some things on the ol girl.
After I stripped out the interior I was checking the pans and knew I would have to do a quarter pan on the right side which went in without much difficulty except most of the rust was at the toeboard about 1 12" further up than where the replacement stopped... No big deal I replaced full pans in my wife's car and was able to fabricate the extensions and roll the beads to match.
I thought the driver side was pretty solid with the exception of a few pin holes that I thought I could weld up with some plugs...So week before last I was poking around with a tinners hammer and found that was not exactly as I thought. I've cut out a piece roughly 5x8" again higher up on the toeboard right next to the hump where the dimmer switch is... I wasn't to worried about it as it will be hidden from view but about a third of the way through tacking it in I started blowing holes in it...
So my question is should I buy another quarter that I will have to certainly cobble together or just keep on cutting back until I get to good metal and patch the other smaller stuff? The floor board is actually in decent shape, but the transition up is where the problem lies... I haven't found anyone that makes a lower firewall to toeboard type piece.... Any help is sporeciated!
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