Nose attachment

[albawhore]

I forgot my camera so I do not have pix.

I was wondering if anyone out there has good photos of the upper attachments of the nose assembly.

Some rotten P.O./body hack came up with a "custom" attachment system for the nose panel on the '75 and I want to fab it back to original.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

JB

[mattmcginn]

It should be overlapped at the top like this (not welded yet in this photo):

When done, there should also be a mig weld in the corner northwest of that sheet metal screw thats holding this piece on temporarily.

There should be no tack welds on the edge of this piece-it should be spot welded in the middle. Plug welds placed there, then ground down also work well.

This is a car where we repaired the leading edge of the inner fender prior to fitting the new nose panel, it had been through the mill a couple times and the edge was trashed due to some over zealous dope fiend using an air chisel to separate the welds.

[Senna27]

And, if you want to get really fancy remove the snorkle and weld a piece over the hole, like I did... That's if you're not going to use it.

Color in this picture looks a bit off as it was taken in bright sunlight.

[albawhore]

Mr MacGinn,

I live in awe of your work and thank you for answering my post.

The problem I have is where the nose meets the "wheelhouse" as you can see in the pix.

I am going to replace the leading edge as you did but I think I am going to add a little less metal.

Thanks again!!!!

jb

[albawhore]

I am oing the M20 swap so almost all of that shit is going AWAY.

Thanks though.

JB