'65 Fastback Sheet Metal Question

[Corey Bowcutt]

Yes easy as pushing a button.

[Jim Herrud]

Here you go Corey. Same drawing with requested dimensions added.

[A1965GT350]

Hi Dynomax,
I happen to be working on my 65 Fastback and this part of my car is wide open, so I took the opportunity for some photos and measurements. I don't think it would be too hard to fabricate this bracket. I'd tackle this with a piece of 11-gauge steel, a jigsaw, vice, drill, ball peen hammer and some files to smooth it out.

The floor area where the bracket is welded slopes back from level at 8-degrees. The wall behind slopes back at 19 degrees. I created a 3-view dimension drawing for the passenger side bracket. The driver side is the reverse.

I suspect it would be pretty easy to find someone who can weld a bit better than was done on my car.

I don't know if you will find this useful, but it kept me entertained for an hour or so. Smooth roads!

Your effort to help is a excellent example of what this forum is all about. Good karma to you. 

A BIG +1

[Corey Bowcutt]

Jim,

I modeled the brackets.  I had to use your scaled drawing to get some of the dimensions.  The two dimensions you added appeared to be scaled 2X but I got what I needed from your drawing.  If anyone wants the solid model to give to a sheet metal house to fabricate I can provide it.  I can create just about any file format.  The most common is .stp but I can do .igs, .xmt, .prt...

[Corey Bowcutt]

Forgot to attach picture

[A1965GT350]

Nice !

[Jim Herrud]

Looks great Corey!

You might want to make one change: I rechecked my dimensions and confirmed they were correct. After scratching my ... head, I realized the problem is that my drawing incorrectly shows this part of the bracket as being thinner than it actually is. This is apparent when the drawing and photos are compared. There is a lot more metal in this "throat" area than my drawing shows. Changing this in you CAD design would make the bracket stronger.

When I made the drawing, I was also enjoying a Crown and Coke. More evidence that one should never drink and derive a drawing.

[Corey Bowcutt]

Got it Jim.  I should have noticed that in the pictures.  here is the updated models.

Corey