Re: RHD '68 BARRACUDA RESTORATION
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 23 1:59 pm
As you may have guessed I'm not the best at keeping regular updates (& progress has been slow due to other commitments) but thought I'd summarise some of the work completed in the last few months.
The underside is now virtually complete with any localised areas of rust cut out & replaced. The rear floor pan/main boot floor etc were actually really good with the main rust concentrated at the very rear (drop-offs, rear crossmember etc). I've replaced the N/S drop-off panel, repaired the end of the N/S chassis leg & a few other localised bits in the boot floor & removed/repaired the tank strap bracket. Just the lower edge of the O/S drop-off panel to sort & that's the boot floor done. The crossmember was in a poor state, so that was removed & I've had a local fabricators fold me a like-for-like Z section which I can use as the basis of a new crossmember. The leafsprings have been dissasembled, stripped, repainted & rebushed with new shackles etc.
A few pics to follow.
Cheers,
Lee
The underside is now virtually complete with any localised areas of rust cut out & replaced. The rear floor pan/main boot floor etc were actually really good with the main rust concentrated at the very rear (drop-offs, rear crossmember etc). I've replaced the N/S drop-off panel, repaired the end of the N/S chassis leg & a few other localised bits in the boot floor & removed/repaired the tank strap bracket. Just the lower edge of the O/S drop-off panel to sort & that's the boot floor done. The crossmember was in a poor state, so that was removed & I've had a local fabricators fold me a like-for-like Z section which I can use as the basis of a new crossmember. The leafsprings have been dissasembled, stripped, repainted & rebushed with new shackles etc.
A few pics to follow.
Cheers,
Lee