Used to be Blue's Valiant

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Jan 25, 14 6:43 pm

Do you think you will have to trim back the leading edge of the Quarter Panel for more decent tyre clearance?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Jan 25, 14 7:16 pm

Yep, that's why I've fitted a larger tub and moved it forward an inch to allow for it. I'll leave altering the leading edge until I've got the wheels and tyres.

raven68 · Post by **raven68** » Sat Jan 25, 14 10:32 pm

Nice to see how to do those tubs properly. Great work. Keep the pics coming along as it could come in handy for me

I've got some nightmare pics of some crap tubs that someone did on my 69 Camaro which I'll get round to posting on here one day..... plastic coated aluminium roof sheets, rivets, silicon mastic and gaps everywhere....

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Sat Jan 25, 14 10:51 pm

That looks really great.

Jon

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Sun Jan 26, 14 8:28 am

have you been taking tips off of mr Layton ,,,nice job

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun Jan 26, 14 10:07 am

Always bending Gary's ear Tel, he's one of the best fabricators I've ever known.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Feb 01, 14 5:36 pm

Life has been getting in the way of progress of late, but nearly done now. 95% of the welding done, run out of gas

All tied back into the roof structure, and almost ready to seam seal and undercoat and that's it done. All in all pretty happy with the way it's turned out, be glad to get on with something else.....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Feb 01, 14 5:39 pm

Excellent.
Did you leave tabs at 90 degrees on the tubs to locate againt the outer quarter panel for more stability, or are you just seam sealing the edge?

Cheers

Pete

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Feb 20, 14 7:58 pm

Meanwhile, back at the ranch work continues....

Tubs are all done, seam sealered and painted in 3m Body guard. I don't have wheels, tyres or axle to complete the job, so everything has gone back as it was for now. It will be a nigh on bolt in job to finish when I get the parts. I fitted the Monoleafs and Caltracs though so I could check the ride height. Shocks are Calvert 9 way adjustables. I seem to have been supplied some wrong parts as the lower link is too long to fit, trying to get that sorted at the moment.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Feb 20, 14 8:15 pm

Also been mocking up the shifter, I've had this for a long time just waiting for something to use it in. It's a Mr Gasket Verticle gate shifter, my favourite 4 speed shifter ever, as used in Pro Stock way back when. The one pictured in the car is the later version, I'll be using the other one, which is an original early '70's model. The shifters you can find, but you can't get the mounting bracket and rods for love nor money, they are body specific. Working from photographs, I made a bracket from MDF, and used the rods from a B Body trans I had, It works fine. The original bracket would have been cast ally, I'll get Trev to copy my pattern and make one from billet, meanwhile I'll get some weight out of the shifter, it's a real brick....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Feb 20, 14 8:17 pm

Looks like you have a cracking bodyshell there, Blue!

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Thu Feb 20, 14 8:39 pm

Pete wrote:Looks like you have a cracking body there, Blue!

Not on here please Peter !

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Feb 21, 14 6:13 am

great work blue

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Fri Feb 21, 14 10:08 am

Hi Blue

please give me a call and i'll get this sorted out for you , not sure why they dont fit as it was all ordered for your car, i guess they packed them wrong , let me know and i'll call calvert today for you and get it sorted out for you .

cheers chris

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Fri Feb 21, 14 10:58 am

Now that's what I call service!

Love that shifter Blue, does it work a bit like a sequential? I can't work it out in my head.