week 21-22 February 2014 rear sub - sheetmetal work

Mating surfaces from b-pillars back...  so excited I'm almost ready to finally attach the body!

I welded '69 outer wheel wells to the '05 inner structure... had to lean it out a bit to meet the new flared wheel well... but it worked out great... lots easier than making inner wheel wells from scratch & a ton better. 

Also more bits of sheet metal here & there... rear deck lid & against the "fastback"  

 *items left- Windshield wipers- & fuel filler tube. 

wheel housing

sheetmetal attached to rear deck to make mating surfaces for fast back

Final mock up - rear qtrs "clipped" into the wheel housings- extensions fitted etc.

Week 19-20 February Sheetmetal work

Tedius work... trunk reworked... In addition to my sheetmetal tools I picked up a bead roller from harbor freight...  patched up the trunk... I had cut off about 3 inches of trunk... "so the spare no longer fits in the lower spare tire compartment" but oh well... the '69 didn't have a spare compartment anyhow. I think the patch turned out pretty good... also had to relocate the "fuel vapor assembly" towards the front about 3"

flash back... entire back of '05 cut away about 3" deep into trunk area

patched back together rear area... complete with bead rolled panel for back of trunk & mating surface against the rear valance