The Fake Jaguar Thread

[Ulu]

Today I got my new gas tank support stripped, sanded, and ready to weld in place.

Then I made a couple 1/8” frame gussets that notch in under the new crossmember, right where the frame kinks in on each side.

I prepped the floor and crossmembers for more sheet metal welding.

I’ll get all that stuff welded in place tomorrow.

 

[Ulu]

By the way, congratulations to @Pondo and the @Shrunken_Head_Pedaler!

 

[Pondo]

By the way, congratulations to @Pondo and the @Shrunken_Head_Pedaler!

Thanks Ulu!

 

[Ulu]

I got these little gussets welded on today.

I think that tank of “bad gas” was actually wet gas.

The new gas worked crappy, then ok, then crappy, then ok.

I laid out all the gas hose to slope downhill, then purged the hose 15 seconds. Problem solved

I would have done more, but today was Christmas tree shopping day. I got a lovely tree but the trunk was 1” too thin to bolt into my stand.

I ended up making 5 little “shoes” for the clamping bolts from scrap tubing.

Problem solved.

 

[Ulu]

I made two more gussets and hot them welded down.

I have got most of the floor welding done now. I also got the fuel tank support welded on.

I need to roll the chassis to finish up a few more pan welds. Also I still have a few welds to repair.

 

[Kevin B]

Ulu, this looks like a machine weld. Outstanding.

 

[Shrunken_Head_Pedaler]

By the way, congratulations to @Pondo and the @Shrunken_Head_Pedaler!

Thank you much!

 

[Ulu]

Ulu, this looks like a machine weld. Outstanding.
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Thank you. It’s certainly not perfect, but I’m getting better at this with practice.

 

[Ulu]

I got the last 24 crossmember to floor pan welds on the bottom, fixed a couple bad welds, and started stripping off the bad paint. It sounds solid with no rattles.

 

[Ulu]

A very early Good Morning from The Gateway to the Sierra.

I spent several cold hours out in the boatyard, cleaning up my VW chassis, rolling it back over to hit the ugly spots with a grinder. Scraping, wire brushing sanding and feathering paint is nearly done on the bottom side.

I want to put some more spot welds on the pan. About 50 more.

I am praying the weather will get dry enough to paint before it all gets rusty again. I still have a bit of minor welding on the topside first.

I’m not used to wearing gloves just for sanding, but I am much more sensitive to cold weather now, than when I lived on the muskeg, in Baudette, at the Northwest Quadrangle.

That’s farther north than 3/4 of all Canadian people live. I didn’t realize at the time why the only TV shows we ever got were some variety show from Winnipeg, with Stompin’ Tom Connor, and then Hockey Night in Canada.

I prefer the local warm weather, hitting 54F yesterday. Here’s hoping for continued warm weather. The paint I bought wants 55 min. I will heat the paint and the metal before I try to spray, but first it gets etched.

 

[Da Gas Man]

I got the last 24 crossmember to floor pan welds on the bottom, fixed a couple bad welds, and started stripping off the bad paint. It sounds solid with no rattles.

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