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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:09 am
by Ausjacko
Harsh...
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:45 am
by ozbilt
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:46 am
by ozbilt
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:11 am
by hybrid
ozbilt wrote:
Common mistake when people replace floors in these cars is not getting them set in place. If these floors had been welded in the position they are in now, the seats would not be parallel to each other. It is always necessary to check with the seat risers in there before tack welding ......
Can confirm
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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:58 am
by ozbilt
hybrid wrote:ozbilt wrote:
Common mistake when people replace floors in these cars is not getting them set in place. If these floors had been welded in the position they are in now, the seats would not be parallel to each other. It is always necessary to check with the seat risers in there before tack welding ......
Can confirm
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You were not the first & there are still many more to follow ........
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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:29 am
by ozbilt
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:34 am
by ozbilt
So the reasoning for not putting in a complete floor (very expensive to purchase & then cut up) was the extensive mods for the exhaust pipes.
Nice thing about these exhaust mods is that nothing will hang below the sub frame connectors & therefore prevents damage.
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:00 am
by ozbilt
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:24 am
by Dwayne
This build is certainly moving along much faster than mine
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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:02 am
by ozbilt
Dwayne wrote:This build is certainly moving along much faster than mine
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It was finished late last year. I am just writing it up now I have permission of the owner ......
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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:19 am
by ozbilt
The plenum chamber was the next section to be united with the shell.
I only like the 2 piece (top & separate lower) as many of the complete plenums, I have tried to fit over the years, have had a twist welded into them. That has meant hours of drilling resistance spot welds to separate them to get the twist out.
The method I use, is to fit the lower in place & clamp the top half to it. Then "cleco" the two together & remove the assembly so I can resistance spot weld the two together. I am fortunate enough to have an upright, water cooled resistance spot welder. It is a vintage machine circa 1930/40 & funnily enough, I can still buy parts for it, such as the special tips.
The assembled plenum was then glued in place on the body shell ......
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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:23 am
by ozbilt
Note in the two photos above, the two cylindrical pots glued into the A pillar panels.
These are for large front speakers. The car had two plastic ones when I pulled it apart & they had been butchered in place & were no longer useful. The benefit is no any size speaker (up to 150mm) can be fitted.
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:33 am
by ozbilt
Can anyone guess what the purpose of the circled rectangular piece of metal was there for? On all early cars (64 1/2 to 68) it is there along with another on the left side or the firewall at the plenum join.
Because I had made a new top edge of the firewall on this car, it is missing.
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Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:08 am
by Dwayne
My guess is assembly tabs for lining up everything consistently when they were put together.
Re: Ozbilt's last build for a client
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:18 am
by ozbilt
Dwayne wrote:My guess is assembly tabs for lining up everything consistently when they were put together.
Nope. I did not mention that there was another tab on the right side as well, making 3 of them. Would that help the guess?