Introducing - Project 1/2-TRAK

[Damn True]

Holy schnikey work has been busy. Haven't had a day off in close to three weeks and thus haven't had much time to work on the car lately but found myself with a couple of free hours tonight. So I decided to remove a big heavy thing from the car:



The heater core. Lead, brass, ugly and GONE!



But.....a big gaping hole. A number of different things I could do here. I could buy one of those DSE panels and pay quite a lot for what in reality is a simple hunk of steel with a bevel rolled on the edge.....nah! I could do the street-rod-esque firewall smoothing bit......nah!

Which begs the question; "What Would Smokey Do?"

Well.....I'd like to think Smokey would have just tossed the factory delete plate on the hole and moved on. I went a tad further than just that, by welding up the mounting holes from the OE heater core, and welding in a fill plate in the original hole. Then drilled and cleco'd in the panels to check the fit. Took me just shy of two hours.





I'll finish it up with seam sealer and rivets after I paint the firewall. Of course that won't happen till the cage is finished.

There will be a heat/def unit of course. Vintage Air makes this nifty little heat only (no AC) unit.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...65608932BKChyx

Yes.......I am avoiding climbing under the car and removing the undercoating.

[mazspeed]

I love that color scheme. If I would have seen that before I painted my car, it would be that right there.

[zbugger]

You know, True, I could come over with a torch and burn it all off for you. It'd smell bad, and I'd be there forever, and your neighbors would hate you, but it'd get done. Right?

[Damn True]

You know, True, I could come over with a torch and burn it all off for you. It'd smell bad, and I'd be there forever, and your neighbors would hate you, but it'd get done. Right?

I have that removal kit from eastwood with the thermonuclear heat gun and a solvent stuff for the last residue....and I have a propane torch for the really tough stuff. I also have a nephew at SJ state who needs money.

See where I'm going with this?

Kathy and I are going out of town later this month and he'll probably house-sit for us and have a chance to earn a little extra if he gets that crap off the bottom of the car before I get home.

[Damn True]

I love that color scheme. If I would have seen that before I painted my car, it would be that right there.

Thanks. I like your car a lot too.

[Steve68]

So True, the cover for the fan is a Factory Delate part, talk about a time savings trimming, cutting, welding. Who did you get it from?

[Damn True]

So True, the cover for the fan is a Factory Delate part, talk about a time savings trimming, cutting, welding. Who did you get it from?

The two panels constitute 2/3 of the factory heater delete stuff. It doesn't come with the delete plate for the dash center panel. Ordered it from Rick's 1st Gen.

Honestly, I could have just backed the panel with body adhesive and then riveted it up, or just welded the panels to the OE firewall. But I elected to fill the OE holes first to compensate for the loss in rigidity of the firewall from the heater hole.

The whole thing took less than 2hrs.

[Steve68]

Thank you very much!

Ricks is my favorite, well, was before corporate buy out!

[Rhino]

The whole thing took less than 2hrs.

I love the look, and quick to boot.
If I would have known those were available as a reproduction, I never would have filled my heater hole in the first place. There's one weekend of my life I'll never get back.

[Damn True]

I love the look, and quick to boot.
If I would have known those were available as a reproduction, I never would have filled my heater hole in the first place. There's one weekend of my life I'll never get back.

I still filled the heater hole and the two triangular holes for the water fittings. I just didn't spend any more than maybe 10-15 min cleaning up the welds because I am covering them up with the delete plate.

[hechtrod]

Thought I'd show some love up in here. One word! This build is awesome! K, that was 4. Love the wheels in your concept. I dig the trans am style. I love all the DIY stuff you're doing. Inspirational!
Chris

[Part Time]

Thought I'd show some love up in here. One word! This build is awesome! K, that was 4. Love the wheels in your concept. I dig the trans am style. I love all the DIY stuff you're doing. Inspirational!
Chris

Stop it, you're going to make me cry.

[TitoJones]

I hella hate this car!

:-)

Had to be done.


Tyler

[Damn True]

I hella hate this car!

:-)

Had to be done.


Tyler

[cough] eatme [cough]

[TitoJones]

[cough] eatme [cough]

Nice ninja edit Mr. Moderator. My inbox tells another tale for another time.

Tutumutha****inJones.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

[hechtrod]

I hella hate this car!

:-)

Had to be done.


Tyler

I'm never gonna live this hella crap down am I? :bsjerk: ha ha
The only way I'll get any respect is to build a proper car isn't it!? I better get on that then...

K, back on topic with 1/2 Trak's 'maro...

Chris

[CliffS]

There will be a heat/def unit of course. Vintage Air makes this nifty little heat only (no AC) unit.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...65608932BKChyx

That's a nice heater. Do you have a part#?
Tnx

[Damn True]

I think it's 50615-VUH

[sik68]

I think it's 50615-VUH

Lookin good!

I really want to shed my stock heater unit as well...how much did that stock heater core weigh?