Adam's 67 Cougar

[Adam Smith]

I made a little progress over the weekend. I started by cutting out enough sheet metal to be able to roughly test fit the new frame in it's future home. With the width of the frame I was able to leave the factory rear frame rails in place. They will get cut out later but for now it should help keep everything nice and square




With the frame squared up and setting in place I built some jacking rails and got them tacked to the frame. Then the frame came back out for some more welding. These 1x2 jacking rails will eventually be welded to the rocker panel and run right along the pinch weld. The new floor will be roughly 1" higher that the stock floor pan.


I added a few gussets here and there and got the front and rear crossmembers fully welded.


Every now and then you lay down a bead that you just have to take a picture of!


These weren't my first choice of wheel and I'll probably get a little flack for them but they'll get me by for a while. I just couldn't pass up the deal when I found 18" x 10" wheels with the proper backspacing for $59.99 a piece and free shipping!!!!!!!


They won't look too bad!


Also picked up a bit of sheet metal.... lots of sheet metal work in my future!