64 Vette….Rebuild 2.0

[shady]

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[76zimmer]

Been trying to get good measurments for a nice fitting roll bar. I deally it would be outboard of the seats, but that is into the B pillar just behind the door. The bar will be made to fit the frame kickup and follow the interior roof decently, leaving enough room to remove the interior panels if needed.
The bitch about this is, the bars need to be designed to enable lifting the body high enough to weld them in place when the body is being mounted permanently. That part’s gonna suck. A suspended body above the frame and assembling the bars inside the body.











Speaking of suspending the body…..As I was lifting the body off the frame, I had a strap slip its position (I had a bad positioning on the body, and the angle on the strap) As I lifted everything looked normal, as I got about six inches above the frame I stopped, and when I did the strap came off the body and caught the quarter panel fang and snapped it off, luckily the body fell on the frame and didn’t do anymore damage then break the fang off and break the quarter panel bond to the birdcage structure. I really messed up this time. I hang my head low in disgrace.

 

[70jimmy]

Fiberglass is not my favorite!

 

[76zimmer]

I’m not so much worried about that as the painting part…Torch Red bc/cc. At least its down low where the sidepipes exit, and Imagine so thankful, it didn’t fubar the door.

 

[USSkoval]

In my experience with my old '93 Lumina Z34, the Torch Red is very easy to blend/match. Iirc, when I spot painted, there were very few variances and the standard mix was a great match. I didn't even blend the paint and you couldn't tell the difference between panels.

*edit* I just realized that was nearly 25 years ago. Different brand's formulations have probably changed since then.

 

[Bent77]

Bad Dave Bad!