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#1
01-28-2022, 01:08 AM
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Very nice work and very fortunate to find those super clean donor pieces for the inner structure.
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles 
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01-28-2022, 10:27 PM
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Tub time. The flange of the tub is sandwiched between two layers at the top. Getting the old metal out from in between was a challenge. The huge holes on the outermost flange were two-fold. 1) because it was so hard to separate, it required a larger drill size. 2) My game plan was to plug weld to the inside flange first (through the larger hole). Then finish welding the outer flange.
Mock up with tub Drill, drill drill, drill And getting welded... You can see I took the opportunity of no quarter to work on the trunk floor.. lots of old drilled holes (battery in trunk ?) and lots of hammer and dolly work. While things were opened up I was stripping the "to be painted" surfaces to bare metal and the "no show" surfaces were getting wire wheeled sanded and either Por-15 if surface rusted or DP90 if bare and clean.
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22
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01-28-2022, 11:19 PM
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Continued welding
Front lower inside, with faux spot dimples... plug welded in between. Rear Lower inside Bottom rear edge Top flange
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22
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01-28-2022, 11:24 PM
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22
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01-29-2022, 02:17 AM
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Nice work! I don’t have the skills for this, but I love to watch this part of a build more than anything for some reason…
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02-01-2022, 07:36 PM
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It all looks great.
I hope you fit the quarter panel along with the wheel house before welding.
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles
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02-01-2022, 11:32 PM
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02-01-2022, 10:03 PM
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Stripped out the old sandwiched quarter at base of rear window/trunk
A little repair in the corner (sorry poor picture)
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22
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02-01-2022, 10:14 PM
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1970 L-78 Nova Restoration; Saga of The Green Bastard
Tail panel had been cut out as it had to be replaced due to some old repaired damage. Earlier in the sequence but had not yet included photos.
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22
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02-01-2022, 10:35 PM
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One advantage to having scavenged the replacement used inner door panel from the wrecker... I now had an original jamb to harvest the "telephone receiver". Recall the quarter which was cut off was a replacement GM panel with only half a receiver as with the replacement NOS GM panel I was now putting on. Well, we can fix that detail.
 I tig welded the receiver in only because I wanted to practice with the tig. Because of the previous jamb and inner door panel damage, It was best to also attach the jamb/striker reinforcement to the panel first. That way the quarter can be perfectly aligned and welded to the inner panel afterwards.
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68 Acadian SS-350 auto/AC driver 70 Nova SS-396/375HP Bench Stick 72 Nova SS-350 5sp Mini Tubbed 67 Chevelle Conv. SS-427 clone 70 Chevelle SS-454 LS-5 M-22
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