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Old 08-16-2012, 10:17 PM
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Default Camaro on a Morrison chassis

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Size:  45.4 KBThe car came to me with the body welded to the chassis, so it will be a unibody. The first project is the trans tunnel. I came up with the idea fo the metal buck, and it worked really well!

Used 19 ga angle at the floor shaped with shrinker/stretcher, then bent 1/4 rod to make three hoops with proper clearance for trans. 3/4-1 inch. Used 19ga. strips cut 1/2 wide and tacked it together with Mig. Used self drill/thread screws to hold to floor & firewall, so I could remove it and work on the bench.

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I thought i would try to do it in two panels so made a quick paper pattern from the buck for each section. This showed me that there was not a real lot of shape in either part. The front needed a lot of stretch at the back to make the reverse. I used a wedge hammer to linear stretch on a shot bag and some on the stump. Used the power hammer lightly to smooth out the mess.


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Well that fits pretty good next the back part

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Old 08-16-2012, 10:26 PM
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Looks good Steve!
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Old 08-16-2012, 10:26 PM
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Default trans tunnel back 1/2

The back section needed a lot uf shrink at the rear to neck down to the driveshaft hump. I cut a slit from the rear at the radius going forward about 6 inches to let the metal overlap as I shaped the bulge in the sides. The buck was strong enough that I could clamp with visegrips and hammer /slap to shap the neck. Scribed the overlap, trimmed & TIG welded. Since the sides are not symetrical the RH needed a slit up a few inches and also welded.

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The front part was stretched with the shotbag and mallet then smoothed I think with the wheel, maybe the power hammer. More pics tomarrow.

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Old 08-16-2012, 10:44 PM
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Looks good...as that back tapers down I might suggest doing it in another piece and welding together to make it easier on you.
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Old 08-17-2012, 06:36 AM
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Some great thinking there, keep posting pictures.
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Old 08-17-2012, 10:36 AM
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looks really cool.

i know its not all metalshaping related but any specs on the car? i have always loved those bodystyles!
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Old 08-17-2012, 12:13 PM
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Default photos of paper patterns

I took some photos of the patterns this morning. the red marks show areas to stretch & the black marks indicate where there is too much metal.
The green tape on the frront part is covering a fold which means too much metal.

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Great to see how it is turning out.
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That's a nice tunnel there Steve.
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Thanks guys
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