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Well, Ben and I decided to take most of the day off to do some work to our cars. . . We decided to shave the most unnecessary peice of equipment on our cars, the antenna. Both of us plan to upgrade to satellite radio in the future, so we welded in patch panels and did all the work right. Here are some pics of our progress. I'll write a nice write-up for those of you who wish to do this, and I should have it posted in a couple of weeks. Here are the pics!
Before:
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Antennas removed:
Patch Panels clamped in:
Me doing a little welding:
Threw some Evercoat on it, these are from after we sanded it down:
After the primer was done:
I also welded in a patch panel in my Camaro, the quarter panel on the Pass. side was rotted through, so I made a new panel and welded it in, here's the pics.
Before I started the prep work:
After a little grinding and excess metal removal:
Welding in the new panel:
Grinding the welds:
Finished product, as the car sits now. I think I did a pretty good job!
That's what my day was like, I'm changing the trans mount for my new Polyurethane mount tomorrow, I'm excited about that. We made a lot of progress, and I think I did a good job for never having welded before, and this is only the second time I've ever made my own patch panels and installed them, and Dad welded the last set in. They were actually floor pans, so much easier. I'm ordering a new set of rocker panels soon, they will be welded in when I get the time to do that, and then I'll update my pics for you all. I hope you all enjoy the progress Ben and I are making, I know we are!
Nick
Before:
\Antennas removed:
Patch Panels clamped in:
Me doing a little welding:
Threw some Evercoat on it, these are from after we sanded it down:
After the primer was done:
I also welded in a patch panel in my Camaro, the quarter panel on the Pass. side was rotted through, so I made a new panel and welded it in, here's the pics.
Before I started the prep work:
After a little grinding and excess metal removal:
Welding in the new panel:
Grinding the welds:
Finished product, as the car sits now. I think I did a pretty good job!
That's what my day was like, I'm changing the trans mount for my new Polyurethane mount tomorrow, I'm excited about that. We made a lot of progress, and I think I did a good job for never having welded before, and this is only the second time I've ever made my own patch panels and installed them, and Dad welded the last set in. They were actually floor pans, so much easier. I'm ordering a new set of rocker panels soon, they will be welded in when I get the time to do that, and then I'll update my pics for you all. I hope you all enjoy the progress Ben and I are making, I know we are!
Nick
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven.
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