69 Z/28 with Max-G Chassis

[WSSix]

Glad to see you're still out there making progress, Aman. Keep up the good work!

[67pro-street]

And now time for the floor. I used 16 gauge steel for the floor which made shaping and bending a bit harder, but it helped keep everything very stiff and prevented the oil canning effect. That was also the reason for the flat bar spanning the open areas. Since I didn't have a bead roller I figured i would stick with the flat bar theme and use that to help keep the floor stiff. Worked out pretty well and the flat bar across the bottom also gives me a great spot for mounting seats and exhaust hangers.



If you know Morrison frames, you know that they build them to go from bumper to bumper. This is ideal if you are welding the body to the frame because it gives a great place to mount bumper brackets and such. Since my frame is removable, i needed to shorted the back end so that the body could be lifted off the frame directly upwards. you can see that it is short enough now to clear the bottom of the tail pan. I will just build custom bumper brackets that extend from the frame to the bumper, no big deal.



Floor installation....







This is a curved transition to fill the void between the floor and the wheel tub. Easy to make on paper, but harder to form on metal!







The other side...

[67pro-street]

And the rest of the floor and trunk...





I couldn't stand the stepped transition just behind the shifter because it was way too abrupt and looked odd. i have since cut that out and made a nice sloped transition which looks a lot better.






And now looking back. You can see here how I had to split the tubs again to make them go parallel with the frame. The backside had even more severe surgery...Live and learn.






And the trunk. I did it a bit different than the factory but i think it turned out pretty well. I am going to build false floors around the perimeter so that when finished the trunk is all one level.

[67pro-street]

How it sat after the floor was installed...



This is the firewall that was just a bondo job. I cut the whole thing out and installed a new one. No reason to post these other than the fact that the lighting in my shop finally worked in my favor!

[Dave Pratt]

Aman that build takes a lot of guts...great fab work getting that Art Morrison chassis in there.Keep up the good work...

Dave

[windycitychev]

AWESOME work and most importantly dedication of not giving up on your vision. Keep it up and keep us posted

[67pro-street]

Thanks for the compliments guys. The lighting in my shop really doesn't do the pictures justice, but I'm pretty proud of the work I have completed thus far. I recently purchased some wheels and an awesome LS2 stroker from Vega$69, who is an awesome guy to deal with. I'll be picking up the wheels this weekend and will mount them and take more photos. Baby steps...

-Aman

[waynieZ]

Nice job getting that frame in there and the floor made. Keep at it and keep us in the loop.

[67pro-street]

Some pictures of the completed firewall, as promised.

cutting out the old...









Making the template...

[67pro-street]

And the completed Firewall and floor all finish welded and ground down.

















As stated in a previous post, i had talked about the abrupt stepped transition just behind the shifter. I fixed it by making it slope back which i think is a lot more easier on the eyes.