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[Bart]

thanks mate
ill have some pics on how i did the rounded part of the sill, the front part, its a bit involved but ill take as many photos as possible.

[Bart]

Man that is an awesome job on yout Torana! I reckon the way you are going there will be no rust left in that thing for a long long time.

Have you done any training for this? Like are you a pannel beater?

Steve

Naa im not a panel beater

[Bart]

This is a sort of step by step photos on how i did the rounded part of the sill.
Firstly i made some verticle cuts, but short horizontal cuts at the bottom of the verticle cuts so the cuts are L shaped. (2 L cuts)
The dotted lines are fold lines the solid lines are cut lines.

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Just the top part of the sill marked out to cut

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Cuts made alond the L's and bent/curved over, but what happens is when you bend/curve over this section over laps and so when youre happy with the shape of the curve you cut it and you end up with this, a triangulated/pointed cut/section.

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Just comparing the original and new, looking at shape and size.
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Making the shoulder, mark out where the shoulder is by comparing with original, using a steel or this case aluminium block clamp it up.

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this is a smaller peice of square stell so i could tuck it in the corner as the other block was too big

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With the block clamped up behind it i can tap a shoulder into it this way, just many small taps, dont bash it.

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Next step is to beat the L cut sections untill they meet together with minimum gaps between them so they can be welded like this.

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Spot welded^

Edited by Bart, 14 April 2006 - 07:57 PM.

[Racehatch]

Hey Bart, thats a great job, I really admire people who can fabricate bits like that! I reckon the more of it you can do yourself, the more you'll appreciate the final product too...

[shanegtr]

All your pics have given me an insight on what to expect when I start fixing the cancer in my LJ. Just ordered the panels this week

[Bart]

thanks mate ill have more picks soon when it goes on the car, and ill weld the outer pillar on.

[Bart]

Say hello to my little friend.
Its a VH41 (baby version of the Nissan quad cam V8)
Cost me $1000 from SSS auto

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[Bart]

Its about the size of a big block

[Bart]

Hey thanks Oldn64, and everybody else for there compliments, havnt seen you around for a while mate.
The box im looking at using is a Supra box, (W58 i think), i forgot to include in the photo the bell housing, so yeah i got the bell housing with with the VH41, its an auto bell housing im hoping to modify it if possible to make it fit on a W58 manual tranny.
Unfortunatly these motors never used a manual tranny.
I should also add i wont be doing the conversion for quite a while
Kind regards

[Bart]

Yeah its a big bitch ay. If you look at one close up you realise its infact the twin cam heads which make it BIG, the block is actually quite short and the V is a little wide making it even bigger.

[Bart]

This is basically the finished item without painting it, i should have posted it before iv been slack, its the same sill panel as above while i was making it.
A bit of surface rust there which ill brush off later. The inner sill is painted with weld thru primer and painted with some old automotive paint i found,

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Edited by Bart, 20 May 2006 - 02:00 PM.

[Bart]

Some pics of the sill panel fitted/tack welded to see how it all lines up to the door, this is where the chassis jig came in handy as i can take measurements to get the right height/placement of the sill.
The first pic shows the door in its original position is slightly too high so the door had to go down 9mm:cry: and the sill up 10mm


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Parcel shelf repair continues, I enjoyed this part



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This is the part that Jap-Xu1 thought was a mouse when it was sitting on the jig, i asure you it is not, its actually the part which reinforces the sill panel.
The top one is what i made from left over sill panel, under it is the original item.
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Edited by Bart, 29 May 2006 - 11:56 PM.

[gtrboyy]

Each time I see this thread all I can think is WOW!

[makka]

I wonder bow much holden is gonna be left! haha, looking good mate

[MODNIZD]

Its like your building a new shell.

I really respect how your doing it. Not just filling it full of bog and saying it looks good

[Bart]

Thanks guys, I hope it helps people when they decide to restore their cars, its actually allot of trial and error im just showing you guys the bits that have worked out lol.
But yeah one thing i have definitly learnt is dont weld it until you are 100% sure its ok, just tack weld it then stand back and see what its like, sometimes it takes an hour or so of looking until you notice anything is not right, the sill is one example, its actually still not right even though it looks ok in the pics its a little inward too far by about 3mm, which means i have to beat it out more by hitting out the inner sill or the join of the inner and outer sill, then have another look and take more measurements, it dosnt have to be to the mm but pretty close, and the door gaps to sill panel etc must look right or it will drive me bonkers if i weld it up and paint it and notice something not right, ill tear out the hair on my bald enough head lol.

P.S. theres plenty of holden left i assure you lol.

Edited by Bart, 30 May 2006 - 10:23 PM.

[Bart]

I finally got my hands on the Parcel Shelf

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Inner sill preped

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Inside of the outer sill preped and compared the the rusty original.

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Edited by Bart, 26 June 2006 - 11:39 PM.

[Bart]

The sill is mostly welded on, just a couple more welds here and left to go, then a good clean up of all the welds etc

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I was a bit dissapointed with the way the welder was performing,, i just couldnt get it right the way i like it, and so the weld didnt flow very constant, the steel was clean as a whistle and i fiddled with the welder feed rate, gas, and current and still couldnt get it perfect then later i got it to flow well but by then the welding was already messy, oh well, i checked for penitration on the reverse side of the panel and it was very good so this confirmed a solid weld, at the end of the day i was fairly happy with it.