artishard116 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I see you had the same wonky (2+2?) higher floor pan/taller rail on the passenger’s side as I do. Currently working with John from bad dog to come up with a fix as my fab skills aren’t on your level. Awesome work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 5 hours ago, artishard116 said: I see you had the same wonky (2+2?) higher floor pan/taller rail on the passenger’s side as I do. Currently working with John from bad dog to come up with a fix as my fab skills aren’t on your level. Awesome work! 1975 2 seater with what we call over here the Californian floor pans due to the provision of a bulge for the cat converter of the day and a very irregular metal pressing check back when I have the pans this isn’t as hard as it looks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 That’s all she wrote for this long weekend Added some additional gussets at the horse shoe and sat the rare spares pan in just to get an idea how all will sit with the new pans on order and am satisfied all will line up exceptionally well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Picked up the pans I had fabricated today Fun starts tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Love it when a proof of concept works out as well as you imagined and planned it So first pan went in today on the passenger side and lined up nicely after I blended the reinforcement beads flat at each end to allow mating the pan to the forward and rear sheet metal. cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Well progress is slow but steady Im certain these old Zeds were built using recycled Bud cans from the 1970's, any how all good Got the first pan trimmed in to the remaining floor sections with much slicing dicing and welding, the result? once prepped, sealed, coated and colored Im pretty sure it will look the goods, Only just managed to sit the trimmed 2nd pan in place before sun down. Until next week...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1969honda Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 Today’s effort Both pans now in including the rear tunnel plate, this was all done as one assy so as to make everything uniform and kept square in the process. Next the tunnel will be formed then the pans and rear plate will be cut and trimmed to suit A lot of fine tuning to be done with small mods and fabrication around the pans, plate etc but all in all happiness that this major structural work is coming to an end Even had the first chance to place the AMG drivers seat in place and the smile was from ear to ear Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Tunnel sections are still being mocked up so in the meanwhile focused my attention on fabricating the new seat rails. basically because I’m dealing with a flat pan the seat rsils sandwich that pan to the new rails and lock in to each rail i have 2 options, slice them so I can notch in the tunnel or leave them and later install a series of rivet nuts so I can add an aluminum plate enclosing the tail shaft once installed to create a totally flat pan i also received a new addition this week, integrated air and heating HVAC with full climate control, it’s about 25% smaller than the original Z set up so this is going to be aninteresting mod once the tunnels in place and I can mount the dash to work out the hanger points and fresh air feed Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubergumgum Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Fabrication looks really awesome! From what car is the HVAC unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 8 hours ago, ubergumgum said: Fabrication looks really awesome! From what car is the HVAC unit? Thanks Buddy HVAC is out of a 2016 MX5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Sometimes you stand back and think, I could have done better, today was one of those days, so a bit more thought, polished up on my metal shaping and sliced and diced before playing geometry on a sheet of metal and then “HAND BENDING” the tunnel ! A priceless day having reached a mile stone. Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpndave Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 John, Keep up the good work! I enjoy following along on your progress. Very ingenuitive solutions you pull together for lots of this. I'm very interested to see how that HVAC turns out. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 6 hours ago, jpndave said: John, Keep up the good work! I enjoy following along on your progress. Very ingenuitive solutions you pull together for lots of this. I'm very interested to see how that HVAC turns out. Dave Thanks Dave yeah it’s a journey as you well know, sometimes it’s well mapped out and others you literally trip over what you’re looking for if any of the info or ideas I post here helps another member out then I’ve done my duty how goes your pony Dave ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Tomorrow’s next adventure CAD design of the front tunnel section ;)- John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Modeling done time to bend metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhead Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Fantastic project and work. Every aspect of your metalwork is so impressive. Honestly, it almost looks like you could have just built a new Z from scratch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 8:32 AM, Ironhead said: Fantastic project and work. Every aspect of your metalwork is so impressive. Honestly, it almost looks like you could have just built a new Z from scratch! Thanks buddy but it gone the final step and now I’m truly over the hump 2BFE69E9-F883-4167-ABC1-E03B1ADF436D.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Been a busy past 2 weeks but made some progress today Chassis reconfiguration is now flush with the new rails Gearbox rear mount is next up Edited May 26, 2019 by Sirpent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 Moving ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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