Project Anchor (68 Firebird Coupe)

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Next up was smoothing the firewall. In this picture and the next I started cutting away what I didn't need. In the end I cut away quite a bit more than what is shown in these pictures but unfortunately I forgot to take a picture before welding on the new firewall. But in the end I cut away most of the passenger side firewall up and around the transmission tunnel.




After I had everything cut away that I didn't need I created my own template for a new firewall and spent a whopping $71.45 on some 16 gauge sheet metal. I got a little bit of oil canning effect on the passenger side which I will fix with a piece of angle iron welded on the inside, but that will wait until I test fit the air conditioner unit as I plan on using that as a mounting bracket. A bead roller sure would be nice but it won't fit in my garage.




I also filled in all the holes that I won't be needing. Actually I will be making new holes for the clutch master cylinder and a new hole for a bulk head connector for the wiring as I won't be using the stock connector. I also don't need the parking brake as I plan on using electric parking brakes. It' hard to see in the picture but I left a couple of holes where the VIN tag will be reattached at a later time.