Grelland's Ghia

[Grelland]

Here's a shot of the weld on the top of the fender, and I must admit that I start getting the hang of this now... About time, as I am almost done welding... I can always consider this to be  practice for the next project :-)

[Grelland]

And finally a front view, wher you can see that I have just spot welded this seam so far, and I have not yet started on the vertical weld.

[Grelland]

And the last pic of today, where I have gathered some of the FI parts, indicating how the fuel plumbing will look. In stead of using high-tech alu fuel rails, will I go for a simpler solution using hose and som brass tees, but I will have to fabricate a bracket to hold the injectors down, The bungs will be welded to the intake runners

[Grelland]

Today I only had an hour or so on my hands for working on the car, so I decided to spend some time on the engine.

I ended up fitting and welding the injector bungs to one of the intake runner pairs, and here's the result:

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Today I only had an hour or so on my hands for working on the car, so I decided to spend some time on the engine.

I ended up fitting and welding the injector bungs to one of the intake runner pairs, and here's the result:

Hi Roy What is going to hold the Injectors in? is there some type of bracket or clamp?

[Grelland]

Yes, you're right, I just have not made that yet....


Roy

[Grelland]

Short update:

I have finalised the welding of the front fender, and it is now ready for the hammer and dolly, and some body solder:

[Grelland]

I also mounted the front bumper again, to check the alignment, and it all looks good. Also the dixtance between the fender and bumper around the corner was verified:

[roland]

Good work!

[Zach Gomulka]

I think I'm impressed with your perseverance more than anything! Not saying that your work is bad by any means, but that car would have been scrap if it was in the States! Keep going Grelland!!

[bathing ape]

great to see it coming together now

[Grelland]

Yes it is, and the nostrils are still there ;-)

[Glauco]

man, I can only hope mine turns out half that great if this
nice work!

[Grelland]

I guess it is time for today,s update

First I started off by welding up the rear wheel arch

[Grelland]

I just HAD to tuck a wheel up there 

Then I realised that some of my former work on this fender was not up to par (it was the first thing I did on the car, and I had not touched a welder for 12 years prior to this), so I made a small patch to replace some very thin metal after I had been over-eager with the grinder:

[Grelland]

Next on my to-do list is to fix this little mishap, which also dates back to when I first started working on the car

[louisb]

Not sure how I missed this thread before, but that is some incredible work. Gives me hope for when I do the rust repair on my car. Keep up the good work!

--louis

[Grelland]

So I spent a night fixing the fender, and I actually ended up cutting the entire rear section of the fender off the car again, and refitted it. There seems to be a "swing" towards the rear of the ridge, but that is mostly illusional, as the primer is ground off on one side of the fender

[Grelland]

and I also applied some body solder to the outside to see whether I will be able to smooth this out, and it looks good, here's a shot about halfway through the filing process:

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Good Job Roy keep it up

[Grelland]

Thanks, Gary, I can see the light in the end of the tunnel now  (or is it the train coming....)

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

LMAO" its a Train Roy Look Out

[Grelland]

Oh, well....

anyways, I did manage to get a few nights worth of work done the last week too, and here is a short update:

I spent about one evening fixing the lower corner of the door opening. After I had fixed the opening along the entire fender, I realised that the corner in the bottom was not quite up to par, so I added some weld and ground it back:

[Grelland]

As you can see, I need some minor adjustments along the bottom of the door, but the curvature is getting there. I also added some lead to the fender to even out some bumps.

I also prepared the dash for the final welding, and this is how it now looks:
 
I just need to apply some welding primer to the windscreen area, then this is ready to go on permanently

[Grelland]

No updates for a while, but I have spebt quite some time lately preparing for sending the body off to the panel beater for some massage before I start prepping for paint.

Here are some photos from the last couple of weeks action:

[Grelland]

and finally, today the body went for a 10 minute drive over to the panel beater. Thanks for the help guys!

And btw, with a roof-rack like that all the resto-look guys would be very envious, wouldn't they?

[Grelland]

I was planning on working on the chassis while the body was away, but as it turns out, I have to go to the US for a few days with work, so that will not happen... Oh well, at least there will be progress while I am away.

[louisb]

So how do you like working with the lead body solder? I have been looking at Eastwood's non-lead metal body solder for when I do the rust repair on the '67. Where you headed in the US?

--louis

[Grelland]

Well I have no experience with the body soldering prior to this, so I guess it is ok.. What I experience is that on vertical areas, the solder runs easily... :-)

I am going to Branford, CT .

Roy

[Grelland]

The panel beater reports of some issues with the wheel openings, but things are moving forward, so within a few days I expect the body to be back in my garage again.

Meanwhile, I went to my parents' hous to pick up the chassis.

And that was not a very pleasant experience...

Some 2 years ago when the chassis was transported to their house, we had snow, and with the snow follow salt. So the entire chassis was covered with a slush of salt and water. Now the chassis is supposed to be able to handle that, but the point was that prior to taking it out, I had done some cutting and welding on the body that was sitting on top of the cassis, so the chassis was full of small pieces of steel debris.

OK, guess what happens when these steel particles lay in a mix of salt and water for 2 years... yup, RUST...


When I got the chassis back, I started with a thorough cleaning, after I lifted the thing up vertically by my self. It i s HEAVY....

This is how it looks at some distance: