The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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Got a lot done today. We finished closing in the fuel tank. Made the rear filler panel out of a piece of 18ga. Bent a 1/2" lip on the front side, punched a bunch of holes in it and spot welded that and the two end panels into the van.
This is the driver's side before spot welding.

The passenger side.

After welding. This closes out the rear tank opening and, after finish paint, a strip of rubber will go between the tank and body to seal everything up


After some cleanup and primer.

Here you can see the verticle spot welds on the end panels.

These will get buried in seam sealer to smooth things out. After the body comes off the frame I will seam seal on the back side also.

Here's a shot with the tank in place. Everything fit up great! I will work on the seam sealer stuff tomorrow night.


I got the engine compartment inner wheel wells cut out today also. Fired up the plasma cutter and did some trimming.

There isn't much left! I will be rolling some 18ga to rebuild these guys. The drivers side will see mounts for the relay box build into it.
This is the pass side. Won't be much of this visible once the HVAC box goes back in.

Got something done today!
Thanks for looking!
Mark