SealockRacing I personally would love to tub it but really the wheel wells are pretty large already. Ryan and myself have turned 18 since the start and greg will be 18 by carlisle.

Alright, got a little more work done today...

First off i finished up the out tub by welding on the flange that is welded to the quarter panel, and now she is done!


Then moved onto cutting the floor out...


Fabbed up a new piece...


Welded it in...


Then moved onto the wheel tub restoration. Here is what i started with...


Then replaced it piece by piece...





All she needs is trimmed and grinded and the bottom halves are done!

I work at a gas station mainly, but summertime Ray Barton's. This is in all taking place in my dads shop at the house. Its nothing special just an airline and welder. No fab tools or anything special like that just a nice place to work...

You know, you probably would have had this car done if you had stopped taking pictures and just worked on the car more!

This one one of the coolest post this place has had. I hope they put a sticky on it for the archives.

migsBIG Most likely yea but i gotta document this thing, it takes all of your support to keep us going, really

SealockRacing I went to his shop in 8th grade for career shadowing day. A year later my dad got his hemi built there and i skipped school a few times to go to "Dr. Bartons". When we picked up the motor Ray offered me a job there in the summer. I thought he was kidding, but he wasnt. It is cool stuff and i wish you the best of luck, being in that shop to work and get paid is honestly a dream

All but finished up the upper part of the tube, and boy was it a hassle. The first attempt to fit the inner structure was cut a little short and it was hard to reference anything at that point. So we used parts car number twos wheel tub and inner structure.

Here she is resting on he hill side...


Pulled the whole quarter off to get to the backside a little easier...


Then trimmed that up a little more


Then removed the inner structure from the piece with the new measurements...


Clamped in...


Tacked in...


Then cleaned the tub with its new measurements...


Started welding and grinding...

Then we started welded in the dutchman after mocking the decklid again. All i can say is victory!

Me and Greg welding...




Here she is in, a few more to plug but basically in...




Its hard to believe that it looked like this a short bit ago...



AND NOW...



Seeing it coming back together is just plain awesome!

Hey, what a great way to spend ur time, even if u don't make the prom in time, at least u are willing to put forth the effort

But i have faith in you

Looks Awsome guys,that was one massive undertaking! It looks like you guys really got your moneys worth out of that parts car!

Coming along nicley Keep up the good work

That car is coming along awesome Steve. You guys are really amazing, so keep up the good work.

Thanks guys! Yes we really did, used up the whole thing pretty much metal wise! Thanks for the support!

i am so amazed. wow you guys saved that car, great job. Now i am not fearing putting a rear 1/4 on my 71 Bee. Really great job and if you guys need anything (non sheet metal because its all junk here lol) please give me a ring i am doing alot of junkyarding this summer and will help

JonsGottaDemon You coming out to the Nationals this year? If so we can meet up for once and you can see the car, take ya for a ride too

TX9H6E4CUDA Thanks! You should not have to many problems, the one thing i've learned it to just suck it up and take the time to do it right, then end results will please you...

Steve

Alright guys i got the wheel tub repair completely done, it just needs welded. Here is the inner tub welded on...


The outer tub welded on...


Finished the left side of tub, had to make some relief cuts in it because the inner structure hung just a tad to low there...


The final product...


Put the quarter patch on to double check everything and make sure that the contour of the out tub i made fit nicely, it did...

Got a little more done tonight. I got the quarter panel tacked in place...



Then i started on the not so kosher part. Lets try not to be to negative here. As you can see the original numbers from the cowl are above and will be grafted into the new cowl. If you remember how bad the cowl was and you see how bad the numbers area is i think you may just understand...

Well today was pretty much a clean up day. I finished welding up the quarter panel and then put some wheels on and rolled her out to clean up the shop. Just stepping back and looking at all thats gone into making it look like it does is pretty darn cool. That and the fact that i thought it would be nice to get some full body shots

looks great, now are you going to put it up on a rottersie and get it blasted and get the underside or you getting ready for paint? Whats the next step for you guys? Dont worry about the body numbers anyone complains they are just evnyous of your work great job