Brendon's '67 Firebird thread

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by TT302Z28

Did you order the rear straight from Moser with the Quadralink brackets installed or did you get this set up by someone else?

Great build!

I ordered this one through Frank at Prodigy Customs

[67zo6Camaro]

Originally Posted by Tuske427

Everyone deserves an awesome neighbor. I'm lucky to have one myself- Brett. The pics below are the results of him welding up my subframe. Unfortunately for me and my car, while welding the subframe connectors we discovered the rear frame rails are rusted enough that a good weld was not able to be achieved, so I'll be needing either new frame rails, or, at the least reinforcing them with more material. I'll probably go for the latter, as this way I can build exactly what I need and use any thickness gauge of material I choose.

The pics attached are mostly of the underside of the subframe, including a reinforcement gusset added to the DSE frame bracket. This should help provide more stability for this part (instead of just relying on welding it to the sheet metal) One pic you can see the side profile of it, but it is only tack welded in that view. DSE provides a triangular bracket to act as a gusset for the top side, but that has not been added yet.

My next post will show pics of the subframe connectors in place.

The project keeps going....

Must be pretty cool to have a good welder in the neighborhood

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by 67zo6Camaro

Must be pretty cool to have a good welder in the neighborhood

Welcome to the board! In my case it's the difference between being able to do this project or not.

Unfortunately, no vehicle progress to report this weekend. Other priorities took over, including my wife's birthday this upcoming week.

[Tuske427]

It's been a few weeks and I only have a couple of hours of work to show. My project is to recess aka "french" the taillight panel in. Nothing crazy, but I thought it would give a subtle change to the car and it'll allow me to blend in my widened fenders better.

My first part is to build the metal under the trunk lid. I don't want that to just be left hanging, so I need to make something there. The trick is that it can not be too thick as that cuts into the area for the taillight panel.

I started with some solid wire and and made some tabs to help hold it where I wanted it. Then I made some sheet metal strips and attached them onto the top. I ran out of time today so all I did was my first pass of welding.

The next 2 weekends are booked so I don't suspect much progress for another 3 weeks. Rough time of year. It happens.

[67zo6Camaro]

the trunk transition looks great. can't wait to see it in person.

Brett

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by 67zo6Camaro

the trunk transition looks great. can't wait to see it in person.

Brett

stop on by anytime. Plenty of cold beer in the fridge....

[LUACE]

Progress on this car is awesome... i am really enjoying following this thread!!!

[Tuske427]

Thank you, Luis!

Turns out I had some time this weekend to work on my car a bit. I took a hand at some sheet metal fabrication. I don't have a lot to show, but a lot of it was honing my metalsmithing skills. And, by that, I mean bending metal in ways that I wasn't able to fix and slicing my hands with sharp edges of metal. I'm getting real good at that

I did get the base of the recessed panel and one area of the top. Pics are below, it should be enough to get the idea. Of course, I'll be trimming and modifying the bumper once the quarter panels are back on and the overall width of the car is determined (I am widening it a little)

[67rstbkt]

Cool idea with the tail panel, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out

[waynieZ]

Nice progress its looking good.