Looks tight Joe, and I agree - the '69 tail lights are much better looking…

Thanks,
I just noticed you're from Canada. I hope all is well, that fire at Fort McMurray is a horrible thing.

Joe

Yes Joe. What's happening there is common unfortunately. Country is rallying around relief efforts. Thanks for your thoughts brother...

I finally got around to pulling the 427 Dart out of hibernation just to see what it looked like. I then put some gaskets and valve covers back on it and put it on an engine stand, and wrapped it back up.

I have cut the last of the rust out of the Torino and am ready to start welding in patches.

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That's pretty!

Joe

The lights look great. I'm glad to see you carrying the Torino torch while I've been out.:thumbsup:

Thanks Rob, somehow I missed your reply, hope all is well and you're not working too much.

Joe

Progress has been slow as hell. Been having some health issues ...

My wife has been seeing me struggle and asked what I needed to help with the car since Kasey is off to College. I told her I could use a rotisserie and possibly a bead roller a few months ago. That came a week ago so I took 3 days off and to took me all three days at my pace to get it put together and make unibody mounts. I did cut a little more floor out and brace the door jambs.

I will use the bead roller to do the firewall and some other stuff so it is a little different. I also have Kasey's 63 to do.

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Joe, nice progress. Hey I sent you a PM.

Michael

Looking good Joe,progress is always good:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Nice ! Those should help out a lot. Hope your feeling better soon.

Hey Joe, hang in there brother…hope your good health gets back on track and you could be more of yourself again. Any progress is great progress:thumbsup:

progress is progress, Joe. Glad to see you moving forward. I hope your health improves soon.

Nice bead roller. Always look forward to updates on this build.
Re: migraines my wife had dealt with them for decades and not until she saw a naturopath and found out through blood work that she has some foods that trigger her migraines. I used to joke about her seeing witch doctors until the migraines stopped. Something to think about. :BlahBlah:
Back to the Torino thread. :cool:

Thanks for the sentiments guys, I just take each day as it comes, some are better than others.

I was able to get a few more hours in, almost all the rust is cut out now.

Putting in subframe connectors to hold it all together :lmao:

Fixing cowl, firewall and floor pans :bang:

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Apparently I just gawk at other folks projects and never post any progress on mine. Maybe because I am always building pergola's our yard work?

I haven't got much done in a year, mainly because sheet metal work is frightening :superhack:

Jody really needs a MIG welder Smilie :mock:

So I had to go to the salvage yard because my trunk weatherstripping channel was rotted out. I found a 69 Fairlane which was helpful because it also had the tail light sheetmetal in it that I wasted a week on making and didn't get quite right.

I started with the passenger side that drops down along the trunk, tedious and stressful.

Then feeling confident I moved along to the driver side, but I found rust in the "so called frame rail".:smiley_smack:

I had to clear ou the rust in the rail. make a pattern and then a patch out of the salvage yard metal and by then I was concerned about welding that corner up without the trunk lid on...

So I did what any amateur fabricator would do :badidea: I moved on the the wheel tubs and left this for another day until I grew a bigger pair.

Since I had already cut the inside wheel well out on the driver side I started working on it. It was 40* in the shop so I got it tacked in place and had to quit. There was some pattern making I forgot to take pictures of during the deep freeze but I did get some pictures.

I did some measuring and I am confident I can get a 305/35-18 in here, Maybe a 19 if I find the right wheel that I like. I am kind of set on a "steelie" look..

Hopefully I can get back out the soon and do some more welding.

Joe

Good work, Joe! Keep it up.

It looks good Joe, It's tough to be fighting the winter weather.

When you put a tack --- while it's still "hot" in that area -- just tap the metal down on either side of it (1/2" in either direction). Tack that newly closed up area and repeat....

I use a hammer like this.... doesn't take hardly any tapping because the metal moves nicely when it's heated from the tack...

Use the "pointy end" across (perpendicular to) the gap



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Looking good Joe,rust work does suck.You are making progress which is always good:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks Trey, hoping to hit it again tomorrow.

Thanks Wayne, finally got a break may be 50* here tomorrow!

I may have to get my wife to try that Greg, LOL Unfortunately I cant reach that side :D

Or are you saying that I don't need to back it up with a dolly?

Thanks! Ya rust works has been my Kryptonite on this 68, But I aint giving up!

DUH, I get it now, ""just tap the metal down on either side of it""

We did 6 miles of walking/running today so I am kind of woozy :headspin:

Crap! Just when I was coming in to explain it.... LOL


Yeah -- no dolly work -- just tap tap tap and that gap will close right up -- and make for a tight fit up. You'll see what I'm talking about in 3 seconds.

Thanks Greg, usually I am not this slow. My wife and I have "FitBit's" now and it's a competition everyday, I'm exhausted.

Joe

a BIG Thanks to Jay at http://www.speedtechperformance.com
He's been real patient with me, answering all my questions, and now I finally have my rear suspension selected.

They're going to help me modify a 1st gen Camaro torque arm :Tomcat:

Man i am stoked!

A torque arm is a solid choice for a set it and forget it usable rear setup. It’s nice to see to you continuing to move forward on the Torino. You’ve done some nice work on her.

Looks good Joe, can't be scared, its only sheet metal. If you screw it up, cut it off and fix it, we've all done it:superhack:. important part is that you keep progressing.

Keep that welder humming and the shop will warm up! Same as already
been said, don't worry about cutting something up. Best part of metal work is we can cut stuff up and put it back together as many time as it takes, carpenters run out of wood!
Very cool that you found a 69 in the salvage yard. That would never happen here.

Thanks Rob, as you know it's been quite a journey. My daughter helped me for a few years in high school and now she's almost out of college. I keep plugging away.

Thanks Ron, watching you work on yours is an inspiration, and yes i've thrown some metal away and started over a few times. It is therapy for me, plus i need to get allot better before i hang those quarters...

Thanks Scratch, yep i've even built a house and a barn so i know about throwing a few boards away :lol: And i am lucky the salvage yards out here have some decent cars left.

trying to dial in the wheel size and offset so i can order the 9" housing...:ups:

A 18x12 will fit the back, but i may need to go with the 11".

Now i have to narrow it down to what wheel i want, i am all over the place. If i go with a "steely" and poverty cap i will have to have them widened.

18x9 isn't quite going to make it on front. it's pretty close but i'd have to do the "57HemiCuda mod" to the fenders,and I don't have Ron's skills :D:D:D

I like the poverty cap / steelie look.....


And here's something everyone should remember around here.... nobody was born with the skills... they're acquired... and come faster with the more scrap that lays on the ground. The beauty of metal.... you can cut it and bend it and pound it and shorten it and length it... wad it up and toss it and start over.... Then you'll stand back and slap yourself on your sorry worn out old shoulder - and think "hmmmmmm never woulda thought I could build something like that!".

Doesn't have to be Brycen "mymetalduckiscoolerthanyours" metal work either.... because that's why they make Bondo!

1968 Torino
 

Joe,
Wheel sizing and type are the hardest part of the
project if you ask me... I have had 5 different sets of wheels
on my car over the past 29 years... yes always moving up
and getting bigger.. finally cut the front wheel wells and might
do another mod on the backs.. I am no body man but it seems
to work ok

Good luck and love the car... remember it is what you like

Bob

thanks for the encouragement Greg and Bob !

Building a firewall...

off this week repairing a rusty Cowl...

Looking good, Joe! Keep up the good work...I'm jealous of your bead roller!:thumbsup:

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Thanks, love the bead rolling, and all the other stuff too.


Really enjoying following your project, looks like you are almost done!