SS100 “replica” Project Car

[CaddmannQ]

After dinkin’ around with aquariums for 3 days, I finally got the other side patched. There is a lot of torch repositioning to weld this crazy patch.
I also got the reinforcements on and hook welded down and it came out OK. Not beautiful Internet art welding, but a step up from farm hand stick welding.

[CaddmannQ]

Woohoo! I have trimmed the patches, and tacked in the little frame closures, the big connector/gussets, the doubled pan corner reinforcements, cast hooks, and subframe hangers.

[Tim KS]

Have you considered something like this for sealer?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CSD...6-662902b7d803

[CaddmannQ]

I wasn’t going to undercoat. Just paint and seal joints & seams.

[CaddmannQ]

It was too breezy to do any more welding, and I decided I would put some “speed holes” in, to lighten my huge gussets.

There were two unnecessary slots in one gusset, and this would make them match.

I was just starting the second one when my hole saw decided to croak. I sharpened it, but that was wasted effort.

It has lost temper and is useless for cutting even this mild steel.

I should have done this on the drill press before welding. I could cut the welds and use my flycutter, but I decided to do it the hard way.

Drilling a hundred little holes, bust it loose, then grind smooth.

I want to do this to the two subframe hangers, but not without a better hole saw.

[CaddmannQ]

Busting the slug out with a prybar, and slow grinding, as I use the saw as a gauge.

[CaddmannQ]

All those tack-welded bits in the rear are welded on solid now. I started doing all the skip welds on the frame rails, but I only got about 12 on before the bottle ran dry.

I ran & got more gas before Fresno Oxy closed, but was too tired to continue.

More tomorrow.

[CaddmannQ]

The frame rails are fully seamed on the bottom now. That bought me about 5/16” welcome positive camber. I hope to keep some when I weld the top.

Which is indeed on top now, as the frame is back over.

I did have to invert my big clamp to get things on center. It’s still wrong in this first pic.

But now I finally have the frame flipped back right-side-up.

I’ve never seen it in this position before, with the frame rails and firewall crossmember attached.

This is indeed a project milestone.

[CaddmannQ]

Here is the passenger seat arrangement showing the correct risers.
But these mount the seat directly to the tin floor and that is no Bueno.

[CaddmannQ]

Originally the car came with four of these seat risers. Unfortunately (and I don’t know how soon or if ever the original builder realized this) they sent him four right seat brackets and no left brackets.

When I got the car the driver seat was mounted all crooked in the chassis because of the mistake.

How I temporarily corrected it is like this.

One of the brackets I cut and welded to make it opposite hand.

One of the brackets I heated up with a torch, and hammered it backwards over an anvil.

All four of them will go in the junk as I am not mounting the seats directly to the floor. Not just because of my scabby welding. That was one of the first things I ever Tig weled with this new machine, and I made a royal mess of it.