Got a bit of time and got started replacing some bad or pitted body mount metal. This is my first ground up and not sure at what point we can say good enough and leave it alone or redo it as best I can as I go so I won't start to want to shortcut anything. Finally got some Argon mix for my wirefeed and now it produces welds like I hoped when I tried using it with flux core wire.
Also not sure if it's appropriate to post small things like replacing these as I do things or just wait and show the big jobs and improvements. I know I did a lot of searching on the web before even starting something as small as these since I wanted to make sure I was doing it right. If I should skip the small steps please don't be bashful and let me know and I'll only show big jobs we get done.
Only the passenger side rear mount was badly eaten away but I decided to make new pieces for all six of the rear mounts. The fronts were in really good shape with only a few very small pits under the rubber mounts.
Found a piece of metal exactly the same thickness as my frame to make the new mount pieces from and used a hole saw to get the initial shape to start with for the round mounts.
Then popped them in the lathe to open up the holes to what I needed to match the original mounts.
I probably could have found pre-made washers that would have worked but I want to make and do as much on this car as I can.
I cut our the whole piece and replaced it instead of making a round washer on both rear mounts. Still pretty happy the frame is in such good condition. Used a whiz wheel and cut out the frame and folded the rear cross section up to allow easier access.
Cut the tops out of the other four mounts and used a magnet to hold them in position for welding.
Ready to touch up a bit of the sandblasted body again on some spots I noticed I missed and get ready for the epoxy primer and black paint. We're pretty excited to start putting the new pieces back on and making progress. Think we're going to make a couple mounts for each end and set it up on saw horses so we can rotate it as we paint it to get total coverage.
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