Project: LS1 Chevette

[Incredible_Serious]

This is from a couple days ago, it didn't come from the car but from working on the car. Anyone care to guess what this is? I thought it was pretty neat looking so I thought I'd share.

I'm going to guess an angle grinder sanding disk exploded..... or something similar. Looks pretty gruesome....

Alex

[RC10th]

I'm going to guess you bashed your arm against a piece of flaky floor pan material knocking it off the car.

[romulus22]

While kneeling down in the engine bay stitch welding the front frame rail to the body I raised my arm up and caught a rouge shard of sheet metal on the cut edge of the firewall.

The black thing in my hand is what, I would guess 2-3oz, of dried up blood on concrete floor looks like.

It poured out so fast after the initial puncture I just let it go for a min so I didn't track it all over the place. Once it slowed down to a slow drip I climbed out of the car and called it quits for the night.

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[klavy69]

Yep...pry a good call

Todd

[slotcarrod]

Geez that's just nasty! Must be one tough bastard!

[romulus22]

Did I mention I hate sheetmetal work Especially the old wax paper thin rusty factory metal. I'm basically booger welding that stuff back together. Taking a break but I'm close to the end. I went way overkill on opening up the firewall. I'd rather more room than a hassle later.

[romulus22]

Geez that's just nasty! Must be one tough bastard!

Ha, I'd only consider that a baby cut. It was just a gusher.

[romulus22]

It's all downhill from here.

This time I took a picture of how I made the side pieces.



And now the final product minus sealer and paint.



And a view of why I moved the pedals.

[matt1ptkn]

I'm basically booger welding that stuff back together.

That does not paint a very pretty picture in my mind. The car is looking great though! I've been following this topic with great interest.

[RC10th]

Pretty creative, I like fabrication stuff...

One skill I haven't taken up is welding, but is something I could benefit immensely from.

Your making great progress, looking forward to more updates.

[bearrickster]

that is cool I drove a Chevette all through High school I had two of them I love them. I got T-boned in my first one a 82 4door and drove it home they towed the 70 Cady away on a Wrecker. I always thought that was cool

[jwscab]

Nice job. On a lot of that crap metal, I find the stitch welding does the job as long as you make sure both sides are welded through. It's about all you can do sometimes. a copper backer also works wonders.

[romulus22]

I'm basically booger welding that stuff back together.

That does not paint a very pretty picture in my mind. The car is looking great though! I've been following this topic with great interest.

I'm not sure if that's the official term, its just what it looks like. Imagine the underside of a kinder garners desk. Thanks for the compliment.

Pretty creative, I like fabrication stuff...

One skill I haven't taken up is welding, but is something I could benefit immensely from.

Your making great progress, looking forward to more updates.

I won't pretend to be a good welder. But I can sure make things stick together pretty well. If you ever run into some extra cash just pick up a decent welder and start practicing. Just don't waste your money on a gasless mig. It's not that difficult and the possibilities are endless once you have one. I've got other cool projects in the works once this car is finished.

that is cool I drove a Chevette all through High school I had two of them I love them. I got T-boned in my first one a 82 4door and drove it home they towed the 70 Cady away on a Wrecker. I always thought that was cool

That would be a sight to see. I've been eying my doors trying to think of an easy way to get the side impact beams out without destroying the window function. Or basically without having to do a ton of cutting and welding again.

Nice job. On a lot of that crap metal, I find the stitch welding does the job as long as you make sure both sides are welded through. It's about all you can do sometimes. a copper backer also works wonders.

I'm overlapping what I can. Especially where I'm adding all new metal. The worst trouble I had was on the tunnel on the passenger side, I made some relief cuts and unded up not really needing them. I should have just made a backer and stuck it in first then welded my cut. I was being lazy and ended up fighting it worse in the end. I can't remember if I mentioned this but I hate sheet metal work

Just a small square on the passenger floor. And a few more holes on the tunnel and I'm done with the sheet metal. I have a pretty big order I need to place I just need some extra cash. I made myself a promise this car wouldn't touch my savings. Plenty of small stuff I can do in the meantime.

Thanks again guys

[n20capri]

Pretty awesome! Subscribed!

[romulus22]

Not that big of an update. I found some extra cash so I bought a couple parts I figured I'd put on since the engine is out of the car.

I'm not a fan of the flashy shiny parts but they are exactly what I wanted otherwise. New alt bracket, tensioner, and electric water pump.




I need to clearance the alt bracket slightly for the pump to sit flush on the block. But still way more room for my electric fan/s now compared to the stock water pump pully.