Featured 78 corvette body off in New Brunswick

[pauljboudreau]

Another good day, ill have to slack a bit since my back keep me awake, but i love working with metal. I installed my body mount, welded the underside of the rail completely, then made the cap at the end. And i made and installed part of the crossmember. Now if any one has a picture of the corner brace my corner will be a lot more solid than it was

 

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[taylorsk8]

Great work!

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[turbozig]

I just tuned into your project @pauljboudreau. That is a huge undertaking, but very impressive work on rebuilding that frame. You will have a very nice machine once all completed.

 

[OL Yeller]

Paul...if you keep replacing metal it will soon be a new frame. Great job so far! Staying tuned in for the next episode...

 

[pauljboudreau]

Thanks guys, nice to hear you comment my work. I am no pro, just a fool that know enough lol!
More work on my piece of frame today

 

[pauljboudreau]

Today i fixed my rusty body mount , i plugged the hole where the strearing box dimple was, i made the cross frame brace at the body mount and i welded my piece in

 

[pauljboudreau]

Not much work today since i did not sleep last night, grinding is getting tiresome

 

[pauljboudreau]

Actually at the front crossmember, wondering how to make the coil spring seat again, i can see the end of this side of the frame, feels good. Also capped the underside of the motor mount. Now at 101 hour 33 minutes

 

[pauljboudreau]

Coil spring pockets rehab today, not as nice and flowing as the original but the seat is in the same spot, so it should work. Got a few more soft spot fixed. Tedious work

 

[gdh]

Lots of time consuming work, looking fwd to watching your progress and seeing the finished product.

 

[Jcpstrat]

You've taken on quite a job with your frame. I wish I had those welding skills. Looking forward to see it's progression.

 

[pauljboudreau]

I did not like how my pocket looked so i took it out and remade it. Look much better now , live and learn, mistakes happen

 

[pauljboudreau]

An other bit done!

 

[pauljboudreau]

I thought i was going to finish this end today, but i ran out of wire! An other 10 pound on order...

 

[pauljboudreau]

Finished the front frame horn, capped it! Welded a few factory hole and started removing stuff to fix the back part of the frame

 

[pauljboudreau]

Today i took some rusted parts off , cleaned off the good part to rebuilt and made the inside bracket at the differential crossmember

 

[pauljboudreau]

And a little bit more done, little train goes far!

 

[pauljboudreau]

Today was really slow in the shop today, my back is really stiff. I am a little bit more advanced on my project. While surfing TikTok i found a video on how to control weld spatter, it is simply about 3 table spoon of murphy oil soap in a spray bottle of water, works well and it smells great in the shop!