1990 country squire resto/lowrider in UK

[andyfanshawe]

Panel made to butt fit where possible.....
Perfect match just above my hand....



Fits perfectly at the back also....

and tacked in



Interesting views from the inside...



Look, no rust!



I'm going to see if I can fabricate the gas filler pipe next.

Andy.

[wagon mafia]

wish i had loggin here a long time ago, took me a while to read a lot of this. nice hippy van in the back round

[andyfanshawe]

Got to get moving with this car - I need it complete for this summers cruising!
So assuming I am going to use some fuel, I had better finish that filler pipe relocation off.

Here it is clamped in roughly the right place...



The light unit just touches the filler pipe cap with no room for the bulbs and holders. Which is just as well since they are going LED!

Here's a sequence of photos for you

Bracket made and welded to the pipe and discreetly bolted in with speed nuts (captive) and stainless cap head bolts



In roughly the right place..

[So its time to cut a hole. A BIG hole...



And a little more pipe welded on to reach



It was at this point I ran out of pipe, so I made some out of flat steel and clamped it in. I couldn't MIG it at this stage otherwise there would have been a big bang!! So I clamped it up best I can, removed it and welded it a safe distance away.



All in awaiting fully gas welding


That was quite tough to build. I'm going to lose the rear lockable compartment but who cares!

next I'm going to weld up the hole in the quarter where the old filler door used to be. I may use the filler door as part of the patch since it has the shape I want.

Andy.

[marquisman]

so the filler will be accessed though the tail light opening? like them ol' 50s era cars?

[andyfanshawe]

Indeed it will Sir!

Andy.

[gadget73]

I like that. Makes for a nice clean look.

[marquisman]

sweet! little details like that go a long way

[1990LTD]

Indeed it will Sir!

Andy.

You are awesome.

[jonx4x4]

Beautiful work man. Wish I had those skills.

[johnunit]

curiosu to see what you're gonna do to hinge/pivot the light assembly for access.

This is a very cool idea.

[grandwagon]

Andy sir,YOU HAVE MAD SKILLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andyfanshawe]

Here is the gas door pressing in the quarter cut out.



I decided to not use the door as a patch since I fancied the challenge of fabricating a new patch! After a lot of cutting and measuring, and making a wooden former...and a few swear words...well, actually quite a few damn and blasts...here it is





Welding in next.

Andy.

[1990LTD]

andy: 1

ford panther platform: 0

[1980c10]

I relocated the filler behind a tail on a fox mustang. I used the latch and electronic release from the car to latch and open the tail light. It was a car that had a gas door popper in the glove box from the factory so I just used the stock parts and some fab. Then when you pushed the button in the glove box the tail light popped open instead of the fuel door . Then I mad my own hinge. sort of copied a hinge from a suicide door set up. It moved the light out and away from the car as well as swinging open.

http://qualityairride.com/suicide-hi...plete-half-kit These are the hinges I copied. I just made them on a much smaller scale of course.

[1980c10]

http://qualityairride.com/content/2000-s10-daily-driver this has some good views of the hinges