917-037
December 9, 2003
We're
going so quick, we forgot to take a picture of the new front
grill. You can barely see it in the picture on the left. The
picture on the right shows the tail in the beginning of a
week of fitting.
First,
you must place the tail on the frame to establish index marks.
Next, the roof goes on and it is indexed.
Here,
Andy and Mark are establishing the 15mm aluminum tube that
is used for the hinge brace inside the tail. The roof and
the tail are now mated to insure both radiuses match.
Andy is
hoping Mark doesn't weld through his hand.
Mark is actually welding the tube that runs the distance of
the side pod, inside the tail.
These
bars are used to establish index between the nose and the
door apron.
These measurements were taken from our Gulf 917.
The rear
deck lid stays are now fit. The GEZE clamps are bolted on
top of these mounts and hooked to the base of the chassis
mounts.
The tail
is ready to slide on and hinge. You can see the almost perfect
fit after the tail is attached with the hinges.
This is
the tail brace. You can see one of the hinge mounts is cleco'd
to the brace. This hinge will be glued and steel pop riveted,
then the brace will be attached with a layer of 3/4 oz. mat.
We will show this process as we do it.
This is
the radius that goes around the fuel filler neck.
You can
see both hinges in the picture on the left. The flat radiused
part is the tail guide which keeps the tail indexed when it's
closed. Stay tuned, the chassis has just been taken to the
media blaster. The media is walnut shells which will take
the paint off but not hurt the aluminum chassis.
Don't
forget to keep checking Carl's website at www.pbase.com/917carl
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