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![]() Corvair Center Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
MattNall
() Date: February 07, 2010 09:54PM You're kicken' butt! MODERATOR Sea Mountain, between Charleston Harbor and Coos Bay! SW Oregon Coast Click HERE for My Website...Click HERE for My TechPages! ...............110-PG.................................................Webered-Turbo ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: February 16, 2010 12:36PM More pics of the work I did last weekend - Took the dash down to bare metal ![]() Drilled six 3/4" holes in each subframe ![]() Got all the undercoating underneath all buffed off to bare metal & cut the left rear floor ![]() I had to tuck in the front corners of the subframe connectors a bit ![]() Some door jamb rust repair ![]() ![]() ![]() Welded in all the divots from drilling out the spot welds ![]() Here are the subframe connectors ![]() ![]() Starting to weld them in ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I had to cut an access hole to weld in the top of the frame conn ![]() Welded in all the holes underneath ![]() Done for the weekend ![]() Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2010 12:44PM by SSpeed66. Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
MattNall
() Date: February 16, 2010 12:40PM Great!! now what's the plan for THIS weekend??? MODERATOR Sea Mountain, between Charleston Harbor and Coos Bay! SW Oregon Coast Click HERE for My Website...Click HERE for My TechPages! ...............110-PG.................................................Webered-Turbo ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: February 16, 2010 12:57PM I will be finishing the welding on the connectors, finishing the floorpans(they have to be cut now that the frame is above the floor) & welding them in, building the plates& welding in for the rollbar to bolt to,and after that... I am having a bit of a time getting a sheet of body metal(without having to pay more than what the sheet is worth for shipping), and I have not ordered the rollbar tubing yet, so I might put some time in working on my chopper. ![]() ![]() Just a slack weekend... Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
Armen
() Date: February 16, 2010 07:38PM I LOVE the SFCs. I spent a couple hours staring at the floorpan of my sedan thinking about fabbing up some SFCs before I decided I was better off not getting distracted for 2 months of weekends at that point in the project. Nothing I came up with in my head was that slick of a layout! Do your front seats still mount in the stock locations? Hard to see in the one pic if you had to relocate the left rear bolt location for the driver's seat. Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
Vairforce1
() Date: February 17, 2010 06:28AM What kind of wheel did you use to buff the interior floorboards - whatever you used did a great job! Dave Muhlena Cedar Rapids, Iowa '65 Corsa project - going nowhere, fast! Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: February 17, 2010 09:15AM Armen, yes the one seat mount is about a half inch higher than it was, so I will have to modify the seat mount. Dave, I used a buffer wheel, the ones I used is for pipeline work. We have bigger ones at work that require a 7" grinder to run, but they are a REAL weapon. ![]() Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
Mike J
() Date: February 17, 2010 09:47AM That is some fanstastic work Al. Man oh man that will be a sweet ride when you are done. I missed the beginning and didn't realise this thing was a BBC car. You are going to have the time of your life driving this thing when it's done. ![]() Mike J Northern Calif Rescue, CA 65 Corsa ~ Sold !! www.fquick.com/MikesGarage Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: February 22, 2010 12:08AM Well, this week I only worked on it on Saturday, as I ran out of mig gas, so I worked on one of my custom motorcycles on Sunday. I got the subframe connectors and one floorpan pretty much all welded in - ![]() Pieces of metal I used to fill the large gaps ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Good bye floorpan plugs ![]() ![]() Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
MattNall
() Date: February 22, 2010 07:01AM Closer and closer! MODERATOR Sea Mountain, between Charleston Harbor and Coos Bay! SW Oregon Coast Click HERE for My Website...Click HERE for My TechPages! ...............110-PG.................................................Webered-Turbo ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
Wabbitkiller
() Date: February 22, 2010 07:17AM If you ever get bored, My vert needs a little work ![]() Chris 1965 Monza 95 Convertible 4 speed Olathe, KS (Kansas City) ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
Dennis D
() Date: February 22, 2010 07:30AM Wow! Lots of time - welding wire & gas. I can sure identify with that. Keep up the good work. Dennis Dorogi Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
kcmen66
() Date: February 22, 2010 05:05PM Al, first nice work on the subframe connectors, this is something I would like to do since I have my floor pans up to fix things. Rather now than later as the plans expand for my car. I was was wondering if you had any underside shots on how you attached it to the the frame under the rear seat. How much did you have to cut those two (3 total) braces that the front seats bolts too? They are perpendicular to your sub frame connectors if you know what I mean. Keep posting the pictures for the rest of us. Thanks Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: February 28, 2010 08:20PM OK Dudes, another update. I got all the welding done on the floor yesterday, today I only started building some rollbar mounts(I still have to round out the corners, punch out a big hole in the centre of each & tack weld some Stover Nuts to the backside.The floorpans need a bit of grinding, & thats IT !!! Thats all I did, as there was a Hockey game that needed watching ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here's a couple pics of the rear so far. After I get it on the rotissierrrieeee???, I'll build a gusset system ![]() ![]() A pic of my bottom mount ![]() Rear floor plugs welded in ![]() ![]() Front corner of the RH pan ![]() Some rollbar mounts, not finished ![]() Next i need to get some sheetstock, & finish up the outer body, I found out that Corvair sheetmetal is 20 Gauge(now I'm glad the sheet of 22 never arrived) ![]() Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
sweet66monza
() Date: February 28, 2010 09:31PM Great progress!!!!! Cody Hurley North Idaho (Post Falls) 66 Monza convertible 140/PG, loaded with factory options 66 Corsa turbo coupe, 3rd owner fully documented [corvaircenter.com] 66 Canadian monza coupe 110/pg project car (no picture yet) 65 Monza coupe daily driver 110/4 Also 2 Ford f350 IDI diesels, three Jeep FC 170s, 1966 Jeep CJ5A, two 1954 International R-150 pickups, 5 Rokon Trailbreakers, and thousands of parts ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
MattNall
() Date: February 28, 2010 09:35PM Yup!! you guys are making me tired just looking at the pics! MODERATOR Sea Mountain, between Charleston Harbor and Coos Bay! SW Oregon Coast Click HERE for My Website...Click HERE for My TechPages! ...............110-PG.................................................Webered-Turbo ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: March 01, 2010 09:54AM It is making me tired just working on it, lol ! ![]() ![]() ![]() Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
cnicol
() Date: March 06, 2010 07:40AM Gotta hand it to ya... I can weld, but yoooou can REALLY weld! Like the hippies used to say "Nice beads man" ![]() ![]() Craig N. Coeur d'Alene ID. 66 Black Monza 4dr, 4.2L V8 49k 61 Seamist Jade Rampside 140 PG 65 Canadian Monza 4dr 110/PG 40k 66 Sprint Corsa convt - First car! Re-purchased 43 years later 2+2 gnatsuM 5691 +17 Tons of parts Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2010 07:40AM by cnicol. Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
Mike J
() Date: March 06, 2010 09:08AM Dang it !!! I want it. ggg That makes my car look like the one parked in a field that's been sitting for years & years. Mike J Northern Calif Rescue, CA 65 Corsa ~ Sold !! www.fquick.com/MikesGarage Re: ANGLE CHOPPED 66 CORSA BBC TORO RESTO Posted by:
SSpeed66
() Date: March 07, 2010 01:10AM Thanks everyone for the replies & nice comments ! ![]() Finished building the rollbar mounts & got 4 of them welded in. I took them to work to punch out the centre 1 1/2" holes, took about 3 minutes once the dies were in. Since it would be impossible to weld underneath the plates, I thought a plug weld would suffice. I welded up the padded dash holes, too. ![]() ![]() Here's a closeup of a stover nut ![]() RF mount in place ![]() Close up ![]() Left Front ![]() Here's a pretty nice weld, just a tad too much wire ![]() RR Mount ![]() Here are 2 long blocks, the Durablock works really well, the other is very rigid ![]() My throttle pedal, The GAMBLER !! ![]() Padded dash holes are gone ![]() ![]() ![]() My sheet of 20 gauge will be here Wed., so next weekend I'll be onto finishing the outer sheetmetal ![]() Al Macaulay - Okanagan Valley, BC Western Canada Corsa Link to my Corsa build- [corvaircenter.com] Link to my Cobra boat Project- [www.sidewinder-boats.com] 66 Corsa 140 HT - 402BBC/Turbo 425, 66 CDN Corsa 'Vert 140, 79 Cobra 16SS/Merc 1500, 69 Triumph Trident Chopper, 67 BSA Lightning Custom Cobra Custom Metal Design/ God Bless Canada ![]() Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum. |