68 GTX

[Hoosier Bird]

68 GTX pictures......
http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/hoosierbird/68 GTX/

 

[ACME A12]

Looks like a nice project...so what's the story...?

 

[Hoosier Bird]

It's not mine, just the next one in line. Gonna strip it totally down, strip it bare metal and do it right......Already has new quarters and floor pans........

 

[george68hemirr]

looks like a great project.....you welding the quarters or glueing them on......i hear glueing them on is all they do on the late model cars today.....they did a test and the sheet metal ripped apart before the glue.....strong stuff and no worry about rust or seam sealers either

 

[Hoosier Bird]

looks like a great project.....you welding the quarters or glueing them on......i hear glueing them on is all they do on the late model cars today.....they did a test and the sheet metal ripped apart before the glue.....strong stuff and no worry about rust or seam sealers either

Quarters and floorpans are already installed.......welded in and they did a nice job.

 

[Roadcuda]

Great lookin' project Gary! I think that guy is wearing the wrong shirt!!! :jester:

 

[Hoosier Bird]

He's not the car owner........

 

[69hemibeep]

So whats the name of your new retso shop

 

[Hoosier Bird]

If it had a name the IRS would find it......... :lmao: :lmao:

 

[solid gold]

Nice project!

 

[Basketcase]

looks like a great project, I'd love to have a '68 GTX.
one of the guys at work does bodywork. he offered to domy 1/4s, and he glues them. what's everyones thoughts on glueing?[/color]

 

[Hoosier Bird]

I have no experience with the gluing.....

 

[ACME A12]

I'm just old school I guess...if it's metal...bust out the welder...

 

[Basketcase]

I'm just old school I guess...if it's metal...bust out the welder...

I hope there isn't a split in the time space continume.......I agree..

 

[69hemibeep]

I'm just old school I guess...if it's metal...bust out the welder...

I hope there isn't a split in the time space continume.......I agree..

I gots to make a note on this me to, we agree. Now if we could sit down for piece talks, Naaaa :snowball:

 

[Big John]

I'm not sure about gluing the quarters on, but from everything I hear, glue is a very good method for attaching metal panels. If done right, the metal will tear before the joint breaks.

 

[69hemibeep]

I'm not sure about gluing the quarters on, but from everything I hear, glue is a very good method for attaching metal panels. If done right, the metal will tear before the joint breaks.

Ive heard the same thing but I don't know if lets say, the trunk lip is a large enough surface to bond a quarter to :huh:

 

[Big John]

I'm not sure about gluing the quarters on, but from everything I hear, glue is a very good method for attaching metal panels. If done right, the metal will tear before the joint breaks.

Ive heard the same thing but I don't know if lets say, the trunk lip is a large enough surface to bond a quarter to :huh:

Yea, I would think that it would be best with joints designed to use the glue.

I've been thinking of replacing the front half of my RR floor pan, welding it around the front and sides like the factory spot welds, making an overlap joint over the t-bar cross member and using glue for that joint. I would be using the front 1/2 of the AMD floor and joining it to the orginal floor.

 

[69hemibeep]

[quote="Big John":1scowvl6]I'm not sure about gluing the quarters on, but from everything I hear, glue is a very good method for attaching metal panels. If done right, the metal will tear before the joint breaks.

Ive heard the same thing but I don't know if lets say, the trunk lip is a large enough surface to bond a quarter to :huh:

Yea, I would think that it would be best with joints designed to use the glue.

I've been thinking of replacing the front half of my RR floor pan, welding it around the front and sides like the factory spot welds, making an overlap joint over the t-bar cross member and using glue for that joint. I would be using the front 1/2 of the AMD floor and joining it to the orginal floor.[/quote:1scowvl6]
If you were to bond something that would give you enough surface, but there is allot of torque to the floor and that t-bar is the easiest spot to weld. Drill and plug weld. I was looking at the same thing on my Valiant :cents:

 

[Big John]

Yea, I would think that it would be best with joints designed to use the glue.

I've been thinking of replacing the front half of my RR floor pan, welding it around the front and sides like the factory spot welds, making an overlap joint over the t-bar cross member and using glue for that joint. I would be using the front 1/2 of the AMD floor and joining it to the orginal floor.

If you were to bond something that would give you enough surface, but there is allot of torque to the floor and that t-bar is the easiest spot to weld. Drill and plug weld. I was looking at the same thing on my Valiant :cents:

I would drill and plug weld to the cross member. All the factory welds would be duplicated, just where my new section of floor attaches to the old section (over the cross member) would be glued. I'd make a nice lap joint with the old section, lay the glue in and attach the new section to it. It would save making a four foot long weld.