And an other week has past.

We are still busy with the running boards.
The passenger side board is fully welded.

 And then we started grinding. Firts the welds on the bottom side.

 And then the welds on the top side. The front side has also been worked on with hammer and dolly to get the most big bumps out.

 At the place where we wanted the step plate with chevy logo to go , we cut a hole as large as the plate is. This will re leave the tension that is on the plate.

 But then I had to rebuild my spot welder. The top arm had to get a bigger opening to be able to get it over the edge of the board.

 Then a stainless plate of 3 mm thick that i had laing around was tacked from the under side. This will give a strong hold for the step plate and straightens out the front section of the board.

 This was done to both boards.

 In this picture you can see the front section is straight  and there is still a rimple in the backside.

 But first we positioned the mold with the mounting brackets to the under side of the boards. And then tack welded them in place.

 Then we added some rails to get the back side straight and also put one on the front side.

That is one board almost finished now we have to do the same with the other one.

Welding the side step

The past few days I welded the first step.
First on the outside corner.

 Then after some more tacks the inner corner

 And then finally the both front and rear edge.

 The first step is now laid aside. And we started hacking up the plate for the other side.

 After all the pieces are cut out I made some bends with the metal break and rolled the edges with the bead roller.

 And then everything is tacked together.

 Today I made the edges on the front and back.

I'm now ready to put in some more tacks before I can start to weld. But my Argon bottle has just gone empty and the store from whom I'm getting my supplies is closed until Tuesday.
So this will be the end for this week.

An other location

This morning the guy's came and loaded the Chevy on a trailer. And drove it away to the Upholstery guy.
Here are some pictures of the car loaded on the trailer.

 It is the first time the car is moved since it is been rebuild. But it will be back.
This evening after work I continued working on the running boards.
I first made a mold from the old board. This will enable me to locate the mounting rails at its exact location.

 Then I started welding on the board.

step 3 for the runningboards

I know, i know, its been a while since my last update.
But here it is.
Last week we started with the dashboard. The instruments were taken out for repair.

 For some reason the glass of the speedometer was broken.

 A new glass was ordered and the the speedometer taken apart.
While were at it we drilled a hole in the meter plate and glued in a red light for the  High beam.

 The front struts for holding the fender in place were mounted.

 The wheel covers are mounted and the chrome rim.

 A plate was made to mount the switch for the fog lights and its control light (orange). The red light is a waring light for the ignition. This way you are able to see if the key is switched on. When the motor is running it wil go out.

 For the front hubs I made a new bearing cover on the lathe.

 The old one was repaired so it would fit properly.

 And finally the instruments are reinstalled. and all the control lights are working.

 As do the fog lights.

 The hood catch was reinstalled and corrected so the hood will open and close correctly.

 The emblem on the side of the hood is installed.

 And the front rims and wheel covers are installed.
The car is now ready for its transport to the upholstery guy.

  And that brings us to today. On the underside of the running boards there are brackets for installing them on the car. Today I cut the rail I bend earlier into the right size.

 Then with a piece of aluminum I made a mold to drill and mill the holes for the screws. This mold also makes it possible to hold the rails in the drill press and on the mill.

 Then all the pieces are drilled and milled.

 And at last a piece of flat plate was made and tacked to the bottom of the rail. This will hold the bolt in plce when installing the running boards.

So that's it for today.

Tail pipe and running board.

This week we did a few small things and a few big things.
We started with the sun visor.  Both mounts are altered and the parts are tacked together.

 After one more fitting we welded all the parts firmly together with the Mig welder.

 Then the welds were ground and the contour of the edge was grinded.

 And then the parts are sanded with some 120 grid paper and prepered for the primer.

  And then a thick coat of primer was applied.

 The next day we sanded the parts and prepared them for the paint. And then we painted the parts.

 The next day we took the parts and the location on the roof for the holes are marked. The holes in the roof were drilled  and the parts are mounted with 2 screws to the roof.

 Now the edges are taped off  and the parts are removed.

 We then applied some mounting kit at the location where the mounting plates touch the roof.

 And then the brackets are mounted to the roof with all the screws. This way the kit is push away to the edges and we will have. This way I'm sure that the mounts are firmly in place and the roof is water proof.

 The tape was then removed and with some seal and bond remover the exes of kit was removed. We now have a clean installation of the brackets. And let it cure until the next day.

 So the next day we installed the sun visor and it is now in a position not touching the roof and give full visibility trough the windshield.

 we are now able to install the antenna in place, mount the mirrors to the car and installed the foglights above the bumper.

 To make sure the the foglights are working we had to make a additional wiring harness with a small relay mounted to the firewall. Together with the wiring harness for the foglights we tapped a wire from the alternator to install a ignition warning light in the dash.

 The next day, because I do not have the switch and warning lights, I started making the exhaust tip. First I made a rectangle from some flat piece of stainless steel. Then a tube was reformed using my press and a forming tool I made.

 Next all the pieces are welded togehter.

 Then all the welds were ground in and outside. and the pipe was treated with some acid to remove the discoloration of the stainless.

 Then a additional piece of pipe was measured and welded to the tip to get the tip at its correct location. After that the tip is polished to a shining finish.

 And then the tip was welded to the exhaust under the car.

 Because I had some time left I started on the runningboards of the car. At least the drivers side. The pieces I had made earlier are tacked together.

 After that I made some additional pieces and tacked them also in place.

The drivers side running board is now ready to be welded. After that the mounting brackets can be made.
But that will be for an other day.