Transcona, the Dirty Old Cougar

[egoman]

35 I am a huge fan of captured nuts so assembly is easier and faster. I use this technique frequently on this car.
Once again with GMs jerk face designers designing all this with 2 different centerlines, it makes you question everything you are working on. Oh well tape measures levels and strings can fix all that right?
This one has a lot more pictures that words.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617409829

[egoman]

I did say a lot more pictures.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617410063

[egoman]

Because I can only get 10 pics per post you have to keep scrolling.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617410185

[egoman]

And the last one for today. remember that all these posts are 1 day of work.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617410268

[egoman]

The drawing here is the one that I take over to my friend Doug so he can plasma it all out. Even with a drawing we still talk each bracket out to make sure we don’t screw it up. That of course still happens though.
And yes that crappy old drafting table is all that I need to make me happy. I love welding and cutting steel but drawing is a close second favorite for me.
I have done something different here. I have added text boxes as I felt there were too many pics without an explanation. Tell me what you think in the comments?
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617456415

[ScotI]

Thanks for sharing!

[Kmelander]

Love the welded nut technique! I did the exact same thing for my subframe connectors, firewall cage connections and my fuel cell hold down bars. Will be doing it again very soon for my license plate to taillight valance fasteners.

Also used it extensively on my rotisserie build.

I have entertained purchasing a nutsert tool but have not to date.

Nice work on the Cougar! I appreciate the detailed updates.

[egoman]

A few posts ago I mentioned the pieces with the holes in them for supports and stiffeners. Here you start to see what I was getting at. I used that for boxing in those brackets.
I am also at this time locking the rear end in the car at ride height and proper centerline.
DAMN that looks good with those big tires there doesn’t it?
I also added the watts linkage frame brackets at this time. I have found over the years that a stack of washers and other junk will be very accurate to space everything just right.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617762533

[egoman]

More pics and more captions.
https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617762779

[egoman]

https://lateral-g.net/forums/attachm...1&d=1617762995