simple and sleek...

Today was a little slow, but Mike and I managed to complete a few more items on the to-do list. Using a piece from a left over locker panel, I fabricated a plate to insert in the front of the console to cover the area where the radio once was. I was able to use the angle grinder with the cutting wheel to cut out the piece big enough to fill the open space. The grinding stone on the stationary grinder assisted me in rounding the sharp edges and evening the cut. Using the wire brush on the grinder, I removed the excess rust and paint, which I followed with a coat of primer. While the primer was drying, Mike and I continued to work on the feet for the rear battery rack. Mike had already cut the feet to size, so I assisted him in making measurements on where to position them and in leveling the rack. After finding their positions, Mike and I marked alignment points so Mr. Butler’s father can weld them into position tonight. A quick coat of black paint accented the metal plate perfectly and it is now drying and waiting for installation tomorrow.

Before painting the panel, Mike and I signed the plate just for fun. Notice how the holes are filled in where the A/C knobs were once placed. This was done so by covering the backs of the holes with black plastic sheeting.

This is the plate after priming.

C-clamps come in handy when trying to position something. In this case we were using them to hold the rack to the feet in order to figure out how high to position the rack and where to mount it to the floor.

After marking lines in the car, we moved the rack to a level location on the floor in order to make sure that we marked the feet level on the rack.

Dense Styrofoam makes great wedges.

You can't tell it in the picture, but we have marked the positioning lines on where the feet need to be welded to the rack.