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More work on the exhaust yesterday. I hung the mufflers temporarily with inlet slid on over the head pipes. Then fitted up the outlet pipes. Tack welded the outlets, then removed the muffler/tailpipe pieces and welded all of this up with the flux core. Then ----------- YEAH, you guessed it! More grinding! haahaaa. Got to love it, ehhhhh?
Then put it all back together. I need to go downtown today and get some clamps. I am going to clamp the mufflers to the head pipe, then if I need to disassemble everything, I can seperate it here. With all of the twists and turns I would never be able to remove the whole system in one piece. I also need to get some hangers to tie everything up to the frame. I spent some time this past weekend on the Honey-Doo list and on straightening up my work area. Sorted out saved parts and stuff. Cut down and burned up a stack of old cardboard. Don't know why I save that stuff-------
Thanks Don for joining in. Great to hear from you. I'm missing your build posts! Perley

Here are a few more pictures! Enjoy

Here is a shot of the firewall. Looks like it's been a target for the Army! FULL of holes. I found some washers that would fit the big holes, 4 that were 1 1/8", 3 that were 7/8" and 2 more that were 5/8". These I stuck on a magnet, inserted from face so washers went into holes, then tacked. Then welded all of these, little at a time, weld-chip-brush, repeat! Then welded up all of the smaller holes, 1/4", 3/8", and miscellaneous others! Counted 42 holes all together. Then started---------GRINDING! haaahaaa. Getting to be my favorite part. heeheeee. I ground (grinded) did grinding till it got too dark to see what I was doing. I feared grinding so much I would create MORE holes.
So gave it up for the day. Up this morning, raring to go again! No call to work, so I'll go get clamps then grind some more! Perley

Originally Posted by oldrodder43

Here is a shot of the firewall. Looks like it's been a target for the Army! FULL of holes. I found some washers that would fit the big holes, 4 that were 1 1/8", 3 that were 7/8" and 2 more that were 5/8". These I stuck on a magnet, inserted from face so washers went into holes, then tacked. Then welded all of these, little at a time, weld-chip-brush, repeat! Then welded up all of the smaller holes, 1/4", 3/8", and miscellaneous others! Counted 42 holes all together. Then started---------GRINDING! haaahaaa. Getting to be my favorite part. heeheeee. I ground (grinded) did grinding till it got too dark to see what I was doing. I feared grinding so much I would create MORE holes.
So gave it up for the day. Up this morning, raring to go again! No call to work, so I'll go get clamps then grind some more! Perley

Perley
I think I welded up about 12 holes, then started plugging up the rest with plastic grommets that look like rivets. Still all in all must have been 50-60 holes in that fire wall! Your patience and hard work shows!

Hey 68Chevelle. Yeah, I think so too. Gonna be an attention getter. Among all of the high horsepower and cube V-8's, some with blowers, some with multi carbs, this little jewel will be like a breath of fresh air! hey?
Hello Steve. Yep, those firewalls seem to get mistreated something awful! Why so many holes I wonder? I have been watching your build for some time now, it's coming along fine. I may make startup this weekend! I need to get the coil wired, however that may be? And get a fuel can of some type and radiator hoses. Oh and something to plug off the heater ports!
Today I got the coil mounted, I painted it last evening. And got the condenser on and wired to dizzy. Then put on four hangers for the exhaust. Can't believe I ran short of clamps again. Short sighted, count count?
heeheee. Then I pulled the front wheels, took off the hub/rotors, cleaned them all up and masked off the braking surfaces, then sprayed them black. Probably won't last long, but it'll look good for first ride! heehee
Last thing was taking off the tape and remounting the hub/rotors. Then left them to finish drying. Tomorrow I need to get some caliper paint and paint them black, then mount the calipers, hook on the flex hoses, mount terminal plates to go from hoses to hardlines on the front brakes, then run hardlines to connect both sides together. Then I need to wait until I get the cab all on and hooked to mount the master cylinder and ---------------
Oh man, get me depressed thinking too far ahead!
Anyways, still heading in the right direction. Thanks everyone for the support and the comments. Nice to know people are enjoying the build. ME TOO.

Here I am cleaning, masking and painting the front hub/rotor combos. Messy work. I had as much black paint on my hands as on the rotors.
Anyways, got them done and put back on. There are also some shots of the machined increasers to build up the spindles for the bearings that fit in the '76 Camaro Hubs. The front brake kits are made by Chassis Performance Parts and Speedway sells them. I bought the basic kit which had the mounting plates for the calipers, the increasers, 2 bronze spacers (because the spindle is too long for the hubs), new spindle nuts and index washers, bolts, and instructions sheet. I bought the hub/rotors at Advance where my Grandson works! And the bearings and calipers also. Anyways, some more pics for those who enjoy them. I'm glad I'm not on dial-up anymore! Perley

To Pastor Bubba, sorry I missed you. Thanks for following along. I'm having a great time. Perley