18-Oct-2014
Heater mounted
The Summit heater is mounted but I still need to extend the inlet and outlet tubes since I changed the mounting brackets to my own design. I also need to change out the front vent cover to my new aluminum vent cover that has different outlets for my heater and defrost vents.
18-Oct-2014
Side cowl emblems
I picked up these vintage V-8 emblems that were not original equipment on this model
18-Oct-2014
Passenger side badging
V-8 emblem on passenger side lower cowl
18-Oct-2014
Tailgate emblem installed
I drilled a few holes and mounted the tailgate emblem
19-Oct-2014
Hood emblems
After refinishing the paint on the hood emblems back to where they look half way decent, I installed both sides.
They seem to make the hood look much better.
Hydro boost plates layed out
I dug out some 1/4" steel to make my hydro boost adapter from. After laying out the measuremens and design I drilled the holes and cut the large holes.
16-Oct-2014
Cutting the large hole
I was originally going to cut the 2 1/8" hole with the plasma cutter but I found a 2 1/4" hole saw in my work bench that worked out perfect. A little cutting oil and it cut through the 1/4" material pretty nice.
16-Oct-2014
Plates complete, ready for welding
After cutting and drilling on the plates I hit the edges with a flapper wheel to de-bur the edges.
18-Oct-2014
Hydro boost adapter pieces ready to weld together
After many hours of trying to figure out the dimensions of the hydro boost system to make it work correctly the pieces are now finally ready to weld together.
18-Oct-2014
Hydro boost adapter welded
After squaring both plates to the tube I tacked everything in place then bolted it up for a test fit. After being satisfied with how everything fit I welded the bracket solid.
18-Oct-2014
Welding on plates complete
Even though I TIG welded the bracket it still produced a lot of heat because I wanted a good strong bead.
18-Oct-2014
I decided to add a gusset
After speaking with my brother who programs machines that manufacture aircraft parts, he suggested that I add a gusset. Although the welds are extremely strong on this piece I decided to add a gusset not only for strength but for a little style!