Priya's SX/4 project

[IowaEagle]

Good way to look at it.  Not one big project.  Instead, many smaller ones which are usually best tackled one at a time.

[68AMXGOPAC]

This all wants to make me take a better look at the parts SX/4 I got to cut up for the money pit repair and think twice about it......

[priya]

I got the rear half of the driver's side outer rocker on today.  Bit by bit I'm getting there.  Here's the area after the welding backing plates and jacking re-inforcement plate were welded into place and the area was ready for welding:


Here's the rear half of the rocker panel ready to go:


And here it is welded into place. It fit surprisingly well given all the tweaking I had to do with the front piece.  I had a lot of trouble with the welding on this one.  I was finished most of it and then I decided to check my settings and found I had bumped the wire feed speed accidentally before I started and it was set on 6 rather than the 3 it should have been - D'oh!  Next time the welding doesn't go as smooth as I expect I'll remember to double check my settings.

[Route 66 Rambler]

Nice work, priya.  A little grinding and no one will be any the wiser.   

[priya]

Thanks, Route 66 Rambler.

[IowaEagle]

Ah --- new metal.  Looks good to me too.

[83Eagle!]

Wow you are making great progress.  I agree with your approach to looking at the Eagle as a series of smaller projects.  That outlook can keep us from getting discouraged.  I can't wait to see how this project progresses.

[priya]

Thanks 83Eagle and IowaEagle.  All the encouragement is much appreciated.

[bigdog56e]

  Glad to see folks puttin forth real effort to save Eagles.

[priya]

I've completed repairing a couple more rust spots.  The first is the lower front portion of the driver's side rear wheel well.  Here's the area prepped for welding:


Here's the replacement piece ready to go in - it's not quite identical to factory, but it isn't goiing to be seen and it lines up, so good enough!


And here's the area after the replacement was welded into place.  This ties together the previous repairs to the inner and outer rocker panels as well as the quarter panel patch between the door and wheel well - it was a big relief to have everything line up properly:


That left a small piece of the floorboards just ahead of the rear wheel well to be fixed:


And here's the rear of the car's rust repairs completed:

[malcolmm]

Very good work!!!!! You need to find some more eagles to fix and resale. We need people like you to keep these cars on the road. Egg to you!

[priya]

Thanks Malcom!

[IowaEagle]

Yes!!  Excellent work.  My Eagle is still waiting, patiently. 

[priya]

Thanks Doug, your Eagle is  fourth in line.

[IowaEagle]

Good thing I took a number early.