Thread: Bebops Floor Fender + shocks

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Thanks Dave, I don't have easy access to a heliarc for Al welding so I could use mild steel for a box which is more easily welded OR what I will try first is to build up a wall-lip around the hole using pieces of the floor I cut out for the trans-shifter-brake holes and glass them in place and then try to lap over a piece of steel or aluminum with hold down screws and probably some sort of rubber or foam gasket. One thing not obvious is that the front part of the hole has to be accessable as well as the back so as to get off the large nut at the front and tap out the bolt with a drift. The front lip can't block access to the bolt or you won't be able to knock out the bolt (found that out too!) and yes I used a floor jack to take the vertical tension off the bolt. Actually kicking around ideas here on the Forum with other folks and thinking it over for a day or two will solve the problem. I don't have all the tools I should have for a total build, but over the years I have managed with a good vise and a few basic tools. If I grind off the gell coat around the edge of the hole (I do have a Mikuta grinder) I should be able to lay down a strip of glass cloth and one coat of resin to "glue" it together. At this point I am sure I am building the poorest excuse for a fabricated roadster on the Forum after seeing all the work by Brian, Henry Rifle and especially the beautiful work on C9's roadster, but I will just do the best I can and hope a decent paint job on the outside will cover a lot of imperfections on the inside.

Bob, I thought of the pans we used to get holding scrapple but now days it comes wrapped in plastic. You are right, a loaf pan would have that shape. I'll check it out!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder