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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Death or victory #756541 February 03rd 2020 10:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Deathorvictory
Originally Posted by newkirkinc1
Can't wait to see either one of them.


yeah

Looks mean. Was curious how you were gonna connect the ends of a pillars together.


Pulled bottom in and pulled top out to meet

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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756547 February 04th 2020 12:46 am
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Do you brace those connections in any way? I love how it looks from the side already. Look forward to seeing how you do the rear sections


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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756548 February 04th 2020 3:00 am
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Which welding process do you use for this kind of work ?

A bit off topic, did you make that hood opening on the other than ? Looks great

Your workshop is cleaner than my kitchen btw!

Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756555 February 04th 2020 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by frediz
Which welding process do you use for this kind of work ?

A bit off topic, did you make that hood opening on the other than ? Looks great

Your workshop is cleaner than my kitchen btw!


Mig welding.....spot at a time until they connect.

As for the hood on my other van.....Ken Schwarz (Superbeast on this Forum) built it. I then welded it to the fenders when I made the tilt front end and I then molded in the wiper cowl.
[Linked Image]Hood1 by Lee Hatfield, on Flickr
[Linked Image]Hood by Lee Hatfield, on Flickr

As for the garage....it gets kind of messy but then drives me nuts so I have to clean it up. I try to clean up and put everything away every time I am finished working for the day.....my OCD I guess!

Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756575 February 04th 2020 8:34 pm
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Hi Lee, all looks great, you must have done this before,a great garage to work in too,is that reznor heater electric ? if so ,is it expensive to use ?

Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
67Econo Guy #756580 February 04th 2020 10:09 pm
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Originally Posted by 67Econo Guy
Hi Lee, all looks great, you must have done this before,a great garage to work in too,is that reznor heater electric ? if so ,is it expensive to use ?


I have not done this before so it’s going to go real slow. I bought this house three and a half years ago and the garage was built by a previous owner. He was a builder so he used half of the garage for his business and the other half of the garage he played with race cars. There are two Reznor heaters in there and they do a good job and will heat the garage really well. I only use them some evenings and some on the weekends but they don’t seem too expensive to run. It’s a 40x60 garage with 16 foot ceilings

Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756858 February 13th 2020 11:42 pm
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I cut a wedge in the drivers door pillar to pull it in. I then cut the side wall to match the cut under the drip rail and then pulled the walls in. I have some butt weld clamps holding it. I now need to remove the tape, grind the paint and tack the drivers side panel back to the roof piece. Slowly.....side by side, piece by piece, corner by corner and then put the front door back on....wedge cut it to lean in and then fit the top of the door.
This is going to be a loooooong project!!!!
[Linked Image]IMG-4147 by Lee Hatfield, on Flickr
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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756859 February 14th 2020 1:51 am
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Quality work takes time. Very excited to see this unfold.


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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #756860 February 14th 2020 7:52 am
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Very nice work Lee.


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