Smoothed firewall on a 65 [Archive] - Chevelle Tech

: Smoothed firewall on a 65


41565chevelle
Apr 10th, 10, 1:56 PM
Hey guys, got some progress on the 65 done this past week. I was able to cut and weld in the new firewall. Check it out and tell me what you think! Be nice, I never have done one before but I think it turned out alright.

RJ

Rodie40
Apr 10th, 10, 2:54 PM
Looks great so far!

Rigo
Apr 10th, 10, 9:42 PM
Looks good to me!

Motorvation
Apr 11th, 10, 11:17 AM
RJ....Looks great! My 65 had the firewall smoothed by Bondo BillyRay when I got it. Yours is the way to go. What about the Trim Tag?

Steve O.

65 SS
Apr 11th, 10, 8:23 PM
Nice R J.
What are you building?
Do you have a photobucket or showroom link?
We would love to see more of the 65 project.
Thanks, Ron

41565chevelle
Apr 13th, 10, 12:54 AM
Nice R J.
What are you building?
Do you have a photobucket or showroom link?
We would love to see more of the 65 project.
Thanks, Ron
I dont have a good photobucket or showroom yet. I need to do it but never really have the time, rather work on the Chevelle. I will post up a build thread soon. If you have any questions shoot away... seems I have replaced almost everything!!!!

RJ....Looks great! My 65 had the firewall smoothed by Bondo BillyRay when I got it. Yours is the way to go. What about the Trim Tag?
Steve, Trim tag is gonna stay off. Its a plain old Malibu with nothing special so I yanked it and it is hanging on my tool box. The VIN is in the jamb so no problem pulling it off.

Steve O.

brans72
Apr 13th, 10, 9:24 PM
Did you cut the old firewall out or just install piece of metal over it and weld into place?

wills65
Apr 13th, 10, 10:19 PM
Looks freakin' great! Thats one thing I kick myself for not doing before I had the car painted.

41565chevelle
Apr 14th, 10, 12:13 AM
Did you cut the old firewall out or just install piece of metal over it and weld into place?
I used a paperboard template and put that onto a piece of 18gauge steel. Trimmed and cut, trimmed and trimmed until it was acceptable and welded it over the old. I also welded it from the back on old heater core areas, fuse box hole and some others that I was not going it use again.

mad hooker
Apr 14th, 10, 12:17 AM
nice job! keep it up!

The WidowMaker
Apr 14th, 10, 12:48 PM
sweet! we really need to see a build thread.

68Cpe307
Apr 16th, 10, 12:11 PM
looks good so far

mcmlxix
Apr 17th, 10, 2:13 AM
Looks great!