Updating the Super Street Mopar

[ckessel]

When I used the hole cutter on the cover, I dripped some Triflow on it. Going low low speed with the drill worked great on the carbide cutter. No clogs at all. I know there are more coarse ones for aluminum but I just made do with what I have. My Rage chop saw will cut aluminum, have used it but stop periodically to clean out the teeth.

 

[Nxcoupe]

I use MIG nozzle anti spatter spray, it works pretty well. I've also used nozzle tip dip gel.

Mondello used to sell a specific product for dipping the bits in and coating the aluminum but he's long since passed on.

 

[ckessel]

The VW Thing got dropped off yesterday. Darren will come by today so I can get a game plan going. 1st part of my project fund generation program. Actually thats not correct. The VW is the 2nd. 1st was doing some work on his 06 Honda Element. Cat converter, O2 sensors and lift gate body mount repairs. No pics of that.

 

[ckessel]

Started working on the first area to be repaired today. Sometime in its past, the car had this under area shoved up enough the stretch and tear the main panel where the bumper bracket welds to. I was trying to see if I could just pull the damaged portion down and do a quick weld etc. Thats when I discovered the additional damage. I cut the spot welds on the bumper bracket to get at the problem area. I'm going to cut the damaged stuff out and make up a new portion to fill the hole back in. From there weld the bracket back on.

 

[icetech]

Started working on the first area to be repaired today. Sometime in its past, the car had this under area shoved up enough the stretch and tear the main panel where the bumper bracket welds to. I was trying to see if I could just pull the damaged portion down and do a quick weld etc. Thats when I discovered the additional damage. I cut the spot welds on the bumper bracket to get at the problem area. I'm going to cut the damaged stuff out and make up a new portion to fill the hole back in. From there weld the bracket back on.

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I saw the pics and i was like... WTF happened to his car.. and i don't know any mopar that has bumper mounts like that 6am is fun...

 

[ckessel]

Gotta love "Hair Dryers". My old bosses nickname for VW's. Cheaply made for sure. If that car belonged to someone else, it wouldn't be in my garage. Can't stand them or many of the owners. The definition of "Alligator Arms". Nothing is ever cheap enough for them.

 

[ckessel]

Got the damaged piece out today. Once I had it somewhat flattened out I made a template. Transferred that to a piece of 20ga material. Cut it out, roughed it up with a Hamburger wheel, wiped it down with Acetone, let it dry, then sprayed it with Ospho. After lunch I marked it out to bend up weld flanges around most of it. Thursday I'll continue fitting it up. A friend said he has a spot welder, so thats what I'll use for most of it.

 

[ckessel]

Just about ready to weld the patch piece in. Got it fitted up fairly well, paint/grundge etc buffed off the weld areas. There was a bit of additional damage to some of the surrounding pieces, but I've got most of that stuff dealt with. Tomorrow after I give Tiny Boy[ Zeke] a bath, he's been itching quite a bit which the special shampoo will take care of, I'll get the welding done.

 

[ckessel]

I got most of the welding done on the patch piece today. Started off with the spot welder, an old Miller unit. From there used the Lincoln MIG unit. Tomorrow I'll finish the welding then get some coating spritzed in/on.

 

[ckessel]

Today I finished up the welding. Took a wire brush to the areas of welding, cleaned out the spall with the vacuum, masked a couple of areas off, doused it with the frame spray. Tomorrow I'll put the seam sealer on then work on seat mounting.