Sunday, October 24, 2010

And now the trunk floor


The next step was adding the final large piece to the body which now comes in a one piece floor section.  I was able to get the entire floor with all of the braces pre-welded.  This piece actually required very little modification to fit.  


















This is the view from the drives side of the car.  As you can see I've got sheet metal screws holding the floor pan and trunk floor together at this point.  I'm going to finish the remaining body alignment and then take the body off the frame and weld all of the panels together. You can tell from this view there are two cross braces that were cut with a torch by the previous owners in order to get the larger tiers inside the car. I'm going to have to rebuild them once I get the remaining part of the car realigned.



















Here's the view from the passenger door, much of the same, just a lot of new sheet metal and screws!


















Here's a view of the new trunk from the rear of the car.  With the design of the inner wheel wells getting the trunk to fit really isn't a problem.  I was able to get a nice gap on the drivers side.  I still need to fit the lower quarter to trunk floor panel on the passenger side then pull it all together with screws to finish the remaining section of the trunk.


This is the view from the rear of the car.  I've replaced the tail panel and filler panel from the rear window to trunk in this picture.  The only exterior sheet metal that is left now is the roof of the car.  You can also see the frame that I modified to fit the car by removing a section.  Once I get the body off the car I have a bit more work to do in order to get the frame back into shape.  The frame was hit slightly in the rear and it's just bent enough to notice.  Overall it's about 3/4 of an inch lower than the drivers side. 

Next is to get the trunk lid and align all of the panels in the rear so that the extensions for the rear tail lights fit well in addition to the trunk gaps.