69 Barracuda FB. The next evolution

[gomopar440]

The firewall bulkhead connector showed up in the mail today. I also picked up a DIY trunk floor from a local steel supplier. It's a 4'x8' sheet of 18 ga steel. I tried to get 20 ga, but the distributor kicked back the order unless I wanted to order 5 sheets of it. The local shop had a 4'x8' sheet of 18 ga on hand, so I got that instead.

I originally wanted 20ga because that's the steel thickness limit of the 36" sheet metal brake I ordered. If the brake can't handle an 18ga test bend, I'll have to cut the material to shape and get the steel shop to make the bends for me.

I'll go out to the garage tonight to make the trunk floor pattern out of cardboard. Its too hot out to do anything else during the day.

EDIT: The metal brake arrived today instead of tomorrow. I unboxed it, but it's still too hot out to do much else right now.

 

[gomopar440]

I went back out to the metal shop today and picked up a 6' piece of 1"x3" steel box tube. It's around 14ga wall thickness, so similar thickness as the rear subframes. It's going to be used to make two cross braces to go in front of, and behind, the fuel cell. Those new braces will also give me more options for fuel cell mounting points. I'll planning to just weld in the forward one first, and wait to weld in the rear one until I after have a fuel cell to fit it up.

 

[gomopar440]

Forward fuel cell cross member made. I also got about half of the trunk floor template made. I'll finish the other half this weekend.

The funeral for my friend is tomorrow, so it's unlikely that I'll have much motivation to go out in the garage on the same day.

EDIT: I wrote this post yesterday, but forgot to hit "save".