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Been a few days since I updated anything. Got most of my steel on Tuesday, I will have to go back and get a sheet of 3/16 but I got enough to get really going. Took yesterday off from the project and spent this morning building the underside structure to make the tub more rigid and support the floor. I have not welded it to the body yet as I will also use it as the template for the actual floor. If everything goes well over the next few days, I can start building the frame this weekend.
 

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Getting the floor and tunnel built.
 

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Nice work [;)
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Yeah, the tunnel is way taller than it needs to be but, it will be at the perfect height for an armrest. The hoops are 1/8”x1” miles steel and it’s getting covered by 16ga. Went a bit thicker on this one because if a u-joint fails, I don’t want the driveshaft to come busting through like the kool-aid man.
 
Spent the day finishing up the tunnel and welded it to the body. Depending on how work goes tonight, I’ll see what I can get done tomorrow.

As a side note, back when I got my 31 Chevy, I had sold my 68 VW bug to a friend. Well, after 4 years he hadn’t done anything with it so when he said he was looking at selling it, I made a deal with him to buy it back. More than anything, I have an emotional attachment to this car. You see, I had originally bought it back in 2008 when I was stationed in NC. I drove it fairly reliably for about 3 years and put around 30k miles on it in that time. It was probably the ****tiest but most reliable car I had ever owned at the time. I regularly drove it to Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Myrtle Beach, etc. At the time, it was white with orange doors, a 1776, and had holes in the floors. But it was paid for and it was mine. After I got back from deployment I decided that it was time to fix her up as she should be but never got much further than taking her apart before I moved back to CA. Before moving to Montana, I replaced the floor pans, had the pan and suspension powder coated black, and rebuilt the steering. The pan is still, pretty much all brand new.

So, eventually, when I have time, I will turn back to the bug and get her resto-modded. This time, done how I wanted it to be 10 years ago. 1835cc engine, dual Weber carbs, Sunkist orange with blue pearl paint, and white interior.
 

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Agree with Torchie. You could teach hot rod building JB, like several other 1st class builders on the site. A pleasure to see your work.
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Agree with Torchie. You could teach hot rod building JB, like several other 1st class builders on the site. A pleasure to see your work.
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Thanks for the compliment burger but there’s a long way to go before I could ever teach anyone how to hot rod. Every build I do teaches me something new.

Over the last few days I’ve been working on the back end. Got the quarters welded back onto the body and cleaned up the lines a little bit. Mind you, I am a welder and diesel mechanic and no body man man by any means. Today I tackled some of the frame work for the rear. I’ll have to do some tweaking to get everything lined up right.
 

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Enjoying the way this project is going together. A question, what do you use to bend square tubing?
 

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