Ke30 3Sgte Racecar

[Tough_little_ke20]

Thats the left hand side done

[Tough_little_ke20]

Come up pretty good

[ollienewc]

Very nice work mate! I've got the same rust issues in my seventy wagon, need to bust out the welder. Any tips at all?

Keep the updates coming

[Tough_little_ke20]

Thanks bud, most old cars rust here, dust gathers, add water and you get mud which makes rust. Only weld small amounts at a time, I'm using a tig and doing 5-10mm at a time and then cool it with an air nozzle on the compressor. If you use a mig do the same but do a series of tacks so you don't blow a hole. Also tack the panel every 5-10mm before any welding, it's only thin and doesn't take much heat to move the panel

Edited October 6, 2015 by Tough_little_ke20

[snot35]

If you're using MIG, see if you can run narrower wire too. I ran 0.6 when repairing a roof, seemed to make things pretty easy. Didn't try with 0.8, so it's all theoretical :)

[Tough_little_ke20]

100% agree with that

[Tough_little_ke20]

Made good use of a day off work and fabbed up the panels for the driver side, should be finished tomorrow

[Tough_little_ke20]

That's that done, bit of dolly work and she'll be sweet

[Tough_little_ke20]

Rust finished and I've mounted my window net, wasn't paying $50 for a mounting rail so I made my own for the cost of a $5 spring

[greenmac80]

epic build. love it

[snot35]

I just logged in to say the same thing. Epic! Keep it up!

[Tough_little_ke20]

Thanks guys really appreciate it

[Tough_little_ke20]

Started on the tank mounts

[altezzaclub]

With this much bodywork I'd be too scared to race it! Much too nice!

[Tough_little_ke20]

There's not too much body work needed, actually started out as a bloody good shell, would've been a good body for a resto, the real work will come when I start the fiberglass front end.

Front tank mout in and a couple of L shaped tags to try and cut out some viabration in the floor, ideally I should've pressed some ribs into the floor before welding it in