arctic alice, early sixties cal-look

[karl h]

more

[karl h]

and closed up

[Nico86]

Nice progress, you are going fast!

[Cornpanzer]

WILDMAN! 

[karl h]

thanx guys for checking in!
some more work done to the front wheelwell/a-pilar

[karl h]

as well as some of the fender attachment points front and back that were beyond further repairs

[karl h]

left side endpiece was toast and had an universal bumpermount-repairpiece crudely welded over the rust, so

[karl h]

inner support was removed too and the new piece clamped on and adjusted, then tacked in place. after a final check it was welded permanently

[karl h]

checking the fit

[karl h]

right side: same story

[karl h]

using a fender i made sure the gaps are ok and finishwelded

[karl h]

endpiece finished, the apron will stay removable

[karl h]

front wheel arch/a-pillar

[karl h]

welded

[Splitboy]

Good work!
Please keep the updates coming 

[Neil Davies]

It's going well! Aren't those lower front quarter repair panels horrible pressings though! I wish you could buy a decent one with the correct shape at the bottom of the wing line, it would save loads of time having to make little closing plates!

[Stevo_L]

awesome project!
will be an really nice racer with that chassis and engine

endpiece finished, the apron will stay removable

will you weld those triangles in the engine bay in again?

maybe try to increase the current of your welding machine and decrease the adding material. (mehr strom, weinger vorschub)

[karl h]

thanx for all of the positive criticism.
i would like to have a better pressing for the quaterpanels too, but i used these so often that i dont even bother anymore
my welder is one of the absolute cheapo units, its hard to get a good setting (at least for me, maybe thats the problem). the current i use is ok, its doesnt blow holes and has a nice penetration, the speed of the wire is the problem. taking this into account you may have looked at the first pics in this thread, the welds were frankenstein, you are right. i played with the settings forever and couldn get it to perform as in the past. then i fortunately ran out of gas. the old gas i had was from a bottle that mexx used for his wig, pure argon, the new gas i got was a blend of argon/CO and it felt like i had bought a new welder (which i was thinking about).

[karl h]

have been busy and finshed the engine bay and started on the lower front firewall. after a close look at the front apront i wont be able to save it, its just too crusty, so i ordered a replacement from csp

[karl h]

while i wait on the apron i finished all of the rust holes. the ragtop is next.
this is a coplete clip with some rust damadge, but nothing too serious. the mechnical parts are from another assembly and are in very good condition. i have grafted in two ragtops before, but this time i wanted to use all of the inside stock bracing to be able to use a non-modified stock headliner.  first i determined where to cut and then removed all the inner sheet metal

[karl h]

leftovers

[karl h]

the car is ideal for a ragtop conversion since it has roof damage

[karl h]

using a cutoff wheel and sheetmetal shears i removed the necessairy metal after drilling out the spotwelds around the windshield

[karl h]

careful fitting is in order

[leec]

Nice work

[karl h]

thanx lee!
i couldnt work on the car on the weekend, but yesterday night i managed to weld in the side stiffeners of the ragtop

[karl h]

opening is now flanged

[karl h]

i took extreme care to get a good fit around the windshield/front roof

[karl h]

tacked in place at the front

[karl h]

i then pulled it back via clamps to get at good fit to the flange on the sides and back of the roof frame