'63 11 window

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Looking good Rusty, have you kept track of how many hours you have put in?

I haven’t been keeping track of the exact hours but I’ve got a fair idea. I’ve got a feeling you know what it takes with this size Resto as well

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Wanted to get the steering box raise done ready for the inner front valance to be put in place. I decided to fabricate a new box section instead of the usual cut and shift. I had two sections of 2.2mm steel folded up and got to work with the raise. I had originally purchased a wagenswest raise kit and I used the template to trace the angle that the box needed to follow as it went up and back. Original crush tube used for the clutch pedal pivot. All welded together and ready to install.

[morts]

Looks just like a factory option - great stuff!

[warb]

if there is one thing i need to do, it's raise the box..

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Trail fitting the lower valance which was modified to suit the steering box raise. Reused the wiring hole from the original bracket that was cut out.




Left side A pillar welded in and ground back..





Stripped all the green paint off the lower inner valance...




Right hand side A pillar welded in place...



Plug weld holes drilled and valance installed...

[warb]

nice one man, where are the lower A's from? or you make em?

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nice one man, where are the lower A's from? or you make em?

My lower A’s are Klassic Fab from Das Resto

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Passenger side dog leg time. This KF dog leg required some extra attention on the inner and outer. This definitely wasn't my favourite part of the build and still have the right side ahead of me.

Trial fit...


Green paint removed...


drilled and dimpled as per the original dogleg. Also did the top one but didn't get a pic..



Modified the inner as the shape was way off...

[braddick]

Great stuff buddy
Looking the goods

[Beatts]

Wow! When do you start doing this for a living, pretty sure they’d be lining up

[splitthis]

Great work mate. Doglegs are a pig, I lost a lot of time on my first one. Looks clean.

[Cheeseboard]

Five months two days to ReVolks. You best get cracking.

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Five months two days to ReVolks. You best get cracking.

I wish, no chance of that though

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Left side front floor repair…

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Drivers side dog leg. This dog leg was way out of shape and did not even come close to matching the curve of the door gap. Cut through both of the curves, repositioned and rewelded. Very time consuming but happy with the final result. Still a tiny bit of welding and grinding to be finished off.

Small repair to the edge before installing the dog leg...