Rear firewall

mrsbojigger

I am waiting on some parts to come in before continuing work in the engine compartment so I worked in the fuel tank area yesterday. The new poly tank is now secured in place. I made a new metal panel to separate it from the passenger compartment. I used 19 ga. steel and used my bead roller with a tipping wheel to make the flanges on the curved part before welding the pieces together. There will be a complete sealed "firewall" here eventually.
Just a safety precaution!
Peace,
Chaz

rambos_ride

Now you got me curious - what are your plans for the "back seat" custom? none?

mrsbojigger

Hi Dan,
It's an illusion! I only lost 3". The 2 sides you see are canted inward at about 45 degrees or more which makes the panels look as if they stick out considerably but they don't come forward that much. The lower part of the center curved panel is actually vertical. The canted side pieces make it look like it is bulging outward.
The ultra thick seat back will be thinned down a little and moved forward a little which will make up for the lost 3". It will still be more room than most modern full size cars have. If the back seat is anything like the back seat in my '47 Ford convertible, no one has ever sat in it in the last 11 years I have had it on the road. It just sits there and looks pretty.
Peace,
Chaz

Ol racer

The sheet metal panel looks very professional to me.



I assume you will open the trunk to fill the Cell and probably already have a vent hose to outside method in mind to prevent fumes inside car

rambos_ride

Ol racer wrote:

The sheet metal panel looks very professional to me.

I assume you will open the trunk to fill the Cell and probably already have a vent hose to outside method in mind to prevent fumes inside car

Chaz is running a modern closed loop fuel system and as such shouldn't have any issues with fumes ~ unless he has a leak

rambos_ride

mrsbojigger wrote:

Hi Dan,
It's an illusion! I only lost 3". The 2 sides you see are canted inward at about 45 degrees or more which makes the panels look as if they stick out considerably but they don't come forward that much. The lower part of the center curved panel is actually vertical. The canted side pieces make it look like it is bulging outward.
The ultra thick seat back will be thinned down a little and moved forward a little which will make up for the lost 3". It will still be more room than most modern full size cars have. If the back seat is anything like the back seat in my '47 Ford convertible, no one has ever sat in it in the last 11 years I have had it on the road. It just sits there and looks pretty.
Peace,
Chaz

Ahhh - see that's why when taking pictures we need something like a pack-o-Camels to see some perspective!

A patch of High Density foam between that and the seat back would do the trick - just in case some lard-butt like me wanted to go for a ride and someone else called "shotgun" first

I know what you mean about the back seat area - doesn't seem to get used as much as when we were younger

mrsbojigger

Sorry Dan,
I used the pack of Camels to measure the ride height!
Can you say "Squashed"?
Chaz

bent metal

Okay, what's a "modern closed loop fuel system"? Doesn't it still need a vent so it doesn't air lock? You still need a filler some place, right?



Nice looking panel Chaz.:)

rambos_ride

bent metal wrote:

Okay, what's a "modern closed loop fuel system"? Doesn't it still need a vent so it doesn't air lock? You still need a filler some place, right?

Nice looking panel Chaz.:)

I probably used the terminology a little loosely...but simply put

Closed-Fuel injection. Unused fuel is fed back to the tank.
Open-carburetters, unused fuel is wasted.

Of course that's even a bit too simplistic because starting with the emissions controls in 76 and above - any fuel overflow is routed back to the tank, there is no open vent as it's a contained system.

There might be a "vent" tube that routes back up to the filler nozzle - but again nothing open in the system once you close the cap.

mrsbojigger

True, true!

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Loookkking good Chaz! You done some really nice work there dude and should be commended. Thanks for posting all the pics and keeping us up-to-date on your progress.

Jay