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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Currently I run a single 3" exhaust that exits behind the passenger rear tire. I want to keep the single 3" but wanted to do something different- have it appear to be duals as folks will expect a performance car to have and exit somewhere else. In keeping with the overall design of the car I...- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Now on with the box and the well, sort of sounds like a Disney movie, lol! Here's a shot of the pattern I used for my battery box. It will be cut and folded from .063 aluminum. I wanted a nice smooth look so the sides will fold around and meet in the middle of the back, having only one...- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Thanks and yep, satin black and glossy orange. I'll have silver and carbon fiber as an accent colors here and there.- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
I was on date night with my wife last night and as we were getting into the car a guy pulled in next to us in an orange 2011 Caravan. I liked the shade a lot, similar to Vette Atomic orange. I've looked at lots of orange paint colors and I think I've narrowed it to one of these two paint codes...- SRD art
- Post #96
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
It's only about 3". You're right though, it'd work great with a cover over it. I'm all about hidden bottles! :D Trust me, I am having fun! :mrgreen:- SRD art
- Post #95
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Next item to get in place before I can start building the roll bar is the battery. It needed to move to the rear to clean up the engine bay and help a little with the weight bias. I want to keep as much room available in the back so I can still use it to haul stuff around, so tucking it was in...- SRD art
- Post #92
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Finally my most anticipated new thing to learn- TIG welding. For practice with this we worked with steel butt welding with and without rod, vertical butt with rod, stainless, and aluminum. Although I thought it would be easier, aluminum turned out to be harder. Although it's softer and you'd...- SRD art
- Post #91
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
For the welding side we started with several gas welding projects, including butt welding with and without rod, vertical welding, welding up 1/2" holes, brass brazing steel to steel and copper pipe to steel. Gas welding uses a lot of heat so it warps the sheet quite a bit but it leaves a soft...- SRD art
- Post #90
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
The next projects were a little more complicated. First I had to use the mallets and sandbag to beat a flat sheet into a bowl that actually looked like a beat up mess when I got done. Then using the hand shrinker on the edges and a hammer and dolly in the center I worked it until it was a smooth...- SRD art
- Post #89
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Here I thought I'd take a moment and talk a bit about what we have been learning. First half of the semester we've been getting familiar with the machines in the shop by doing small projects. This included forming steel sheet metal and getting familiar with gas and tig welding. We covered mig...- SRD art
- Post #88
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
On Monday evenings I go to the "paint your own car" class at the school. This gives me another 4 hours a week to get work done, only draw back is it's in a different shop. So instead of working on the car itself I have some individual body parts over there that I work on. This past Monday I...- SRD art
- Post #87
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
I had to take a 2 week break from the car to wrap up a bunch of class assignments for mid term grades, more on that in a few. Getting back on the car I finished up the floors. The pullmax did a great job with the strengthening ribs and the end result looks great and matches the integrity of...- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
I bought a heavy duty wire wheel for my electric grinder and hit the driver's floor. Under the flakes I did find some holes, so I decided to go ahead and replace the area marked out. To protect it from any stray sparks I covered up the rear window with some heavy butcher paper doubled over...- SRD art
- Post #82
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Finally got the motor and trans out. Also finished up stripping the rest of the car. I find it fascinating to see how things were engineered and imagine how they put it together at the factory. Unfortunately I found this on the rear passenger side wheel well, rotted clear through. I'll...- SRD art
- Post #81
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
I already removed the a/c evaporator a while ago and modified the box a little so I would have more header bolt room. This time around with full access because there's nothing in the way I'll be building an even smaller box that will basically bypass the evaporator area and have a smaller duct...- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Are you referring to the heat/ a/c box?- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
And last for today, new goodies came in. I ordered 2 LS swap books from Joseph Potak and Shawn Henderson and Marcus Savitske's handling book from Amazon. Right around $50, free shipping. I glanced through Marcus' book so far and I like the way he writes. I'm artsie fartsie so when people talk...- SRD art
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Here's a shot of the passenger side floor. I knew this was there and screwed down a piece of sheet aluminum a couple years ago until I could get to this point to fix it. Funny, the parts car on page one had a large hole in exactly the same spot. My guess is that because this is right above the...- SRD art
- Post #72
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79 Cutlass Wagon G-machine build
Finished pulling doors and interior today. Last ugly seat photo, I'm really glad to see these things hit the dumpster. On this passenger side I pulled out the foam which was in great shape so that I can fab a small jump seat that will fit in between the buckets so that I can still fit my wife...- SRD art
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