Re: Keegan's 55 Clipper Deluxe

Posted by Keegan Chaput On 2011/2/1 22:29:50

Wow, great link Kev!

Lot's of great info on there.

I love my hand punch (bought mine at Harbor Freight), great for super precise and clean holes. I've never seen that trick with the plugs though. I'm definitely going to try and remember that trick.

I've managed to fully weld the patch panel in over the course of that past week of so. My lack of time to work on the car has been an advantage. Only enough time for one round of tacks at a time. This kept the panel cool and hopefully any warping is kept to a minimum.

I also started to work out a dent further back on the same panel. Unfortunately there isn't any access to the back side of the panel as there's a fender brace and the gas filler tunnel in the way, not to mention the floor pan of the trunk.

I have been using my stud welder (can finally justify that purchase) to pull the dent out.

It won't be as nice as Kevin's metal finishing, but I'm OK with that.