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Rattler 08-25-2011 02:05 PM

Smooth Firewall
 
Has anyone here smoothed their firewall? I've still got my motor out and decided I'm going to clean up the firewall before the motor goes back in. I've had the heater assembly gone for years now and it was just covered with a piece of aluminum screwed over the hole.

I cut out a piece of 16 gauge mild steel this past weekend and I'm planning on covering the entire passenger side so the firewall will be smoothed out. I'll post pics as I go along.

Ms Grumpy 08-25-2011 03:52 PM

Actually sounds like a cool idea. I think it would look good.

earthquake68 08-25-2011 05:25 PM

I've done it before. It goes a long way to clean up the looks under the hood. Clean all the seam sealer out of the joint and throw a few stitch welds in there to keep it tight before you mud over the seam.

Rattler 08-25-2011 06:29 PM

I've got everything stripped and out of the way
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20001.jpg

Here's the piece of metal I'm going to weld over the existing firewall.
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20002.jpg

earthquake68 08-26-2011 08:39 PM

That should look really nice when you're done.

Rattler 08-28-2011 05:29 PM

I had time to work on the car today. When I pulled off the passenger side fender I had a bolt rusted that decided to seize up in the nut so I had to cut it off to get the fender out of the way. Once the fender was gone I removed the door to get to the upper fender nut above the door hinge. After an hour or so of fighting with the broken piece I finally got it out and welded a new nut in it's place.

new fender nut welded in.
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20003.jpg
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20004.jpg

The next step was to get the new firewall piece tacked into place.
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20005.jpg

All welded up and ready for some grinding
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20007.jpg

And mostly ground down. Little bit of grinding and a small amount of body filler will be my next step.
http://www.allenitllc.com/hotrods/ch...wall%20008.jpg

Hopefully I can get some more work done in a couple weeks.

grandsport 08-28-2011 06:14 PM

Like the saying,it's your car do what you want with him.

Derek69SS 08-29-2011 08:27 AM

I'll be doing mine real soon... not completely sure if I'm going to do a whole new panel like that or just fill the holes.

earthquake68 08-29-2011 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek69SS (Post 26745)
I'll be doing mine real soon... not completely sure if I'm going to do a whole new panel like that or just fill the holes.

The new panel is faster and easier, for sure. Unless you don't like the idea of two pieces of sheet metal laying up against one another. Then fill all the holes.

It looks great so far, Rattler.

flash 08-29-2011 01:42 PM

Looks nice and clean .


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