meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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and here is the small section welded in
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My 72 Squareback project
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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just before i left today i started on the area around the fuel filler here it is before ive cut the bulk out.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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sorry that wasnt very clear here is another one. your looking at the inside of the bonnet on the RHS of the car. the bonnet sealing lip has already been cut out it was even cheesier than whats left.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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there is a bracket here to hold the fuel filler line in place its relatively solid so I'm going to use it as a surface to work to.
the old metal is cut away and you can now see the back of the bracket it needs cleaning up a bit.. but its solid. anyway thats all i had time for unfortunately now i have to wait it out till monday.
the old metal is cut away and you can now see the back of the bracket it needs cleaning up a bit.. but its solid. anyway thats all i had time for unfortunately now i have to wait it out till monday.
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Beastieboy Slammed & Awesome Dubber
89 posts · joined Oct 2013 ·
Geez. You really are smashing it!
I really need to get to work. You've out me to shame!
I really need to get to work. You've out me to shame!
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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where are you based? I just checked out your other post id happily cut up the other side of the square if you still need some sections and the mounts?
Beastieboy Slammed & Awesome Dubber
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Oh thanks, that's very generous of you! Do you have a donor square as well?
I'm in melb.
I'm in melb.
telf Officially Full-On Dubber
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Just wondering what year the 1 you have to chop up is? Cheers Telf
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·
Yeah i have a doner square its a 74 in red. cool im in melbourne the square is in sunshine. throw me a PM and we can exhange details im more than happy to help you get going.
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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ok so i got a bit done today focused on the fuel filler area. this is what i started with
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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a dodgy repair in the past had removed part of an outer skin :/ anyway here is the section ive taken to use im going to take bits out of.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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you can see here that the hole for the fuel filler is slightly smaller on the 72 compared to the 74 so i neeed to section it and use just the bottom third where the rust is worst. Also the flanged edge is larger on the 74 so ill have to grind it into shape later. here it is after ive welded it into place. you can see here the holes i need to fill.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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can someone tell me how to upload images without the doubles appearing?
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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anyway this is the easiest way to fill a hole..
get a nice thick bit of copper.. copper called a non ferrious metal and steel is a ferrious metal. now what that actually means is they dont party together so you can use the coper as a backing for a weld and it wont get stuck to your steel. also it cools the weld down heaps quicker and your much less likely to blow holes in your work.
so here are a few pics of how its done, or rather, how i do it.
get a nice thick bit of copper.. copper called a non ferrious metal and steel is a ferrious metal. now what that actually means is they dont party together so you can use the coper as a backing for a weld and it wont get stuck to your steel. also it cools the weld down heaps quicker and your much less likely to blow holes in your work.
so here are a few pics of how its done, or rather, how i do it.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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because i have used a flat peice of copper against the other side the weld is flat on that side this means you dont have to grind it to shape as much.
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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now i need to trim the section im going to use to reinstate the fuel breather line.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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now some more trimming and then weld it in. because the car has had a few really dodgy repairs it no longer has the factory shape in this section and the donor section isn't quite the right shape. ive tacked it in and im going to make the two skins meet somewhere between the butchered shape and the factory lines.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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and now for the welding
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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more of the same and a view from the inside of bonnet
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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and the last of my welds before i gave in for the day, i spent 3-4 hours today working on the car i already had the section to use already cut off the donor. ill be back at it on thursday i might sneak back and fabricate something tomorrow but we will see. i definitely wont be welding tomorrow.
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L469 Officially Full-On Dubber
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nice job lots of rust to play with! just one thing i think that car is a 1970 model . flat firewall and no vents in the rear pillar
. i have the same model in a fastback. keep up the good work . good to see another one saved !
. i have the same model in a fastback. keep up the good work . good to see another one saved !
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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yeah thats what i thought but the rego sticker and vic roads say differently. ill get a photo of the vin and some other info see if we can figure out whats going on. it would be nice to know a bit more about the cars history
meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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I have finally been back at it! i spent 5 hours on the square today. I started on the top section where the bonnet seals against the fender on the RHS.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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and here is the donor section im going to cut up ive already started removing the outer fuel line skin.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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once removed i have placed the Donor fuel skin up again the car... you can see just how much this section of the car has been butchered in the past.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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here im just lining it all up before welding it into place. next i strip all the rust from the inside of the two panels and paint them before welding it into place.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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now its all welded in. i just need to fabricate a small section where the donor skin was rusted out and fill a few small holes i couldn't avoid. ill use a combination of the coper rod to weld against and sections of steel ill shape for the patches.
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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here is a shot of the lines after the panel is welded in... not to bad i did put the quarter panel up to it and all the bold holes lined up and there was no gaps so im happy.
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dragsters for life Fahrvergnugen
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as said above your car is a 70 and your parts car cant be a 74 as production stopped in 73
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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber
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cool thanks mate! im just going by rego stickers maybe they were sold later on?