Finish welded the firewall on the Vicky.

I worked on final welding and sanding on the firewall recess. It was tricky to make the beads all flow together, but it all worked out really well.

Recessing the firewall on the Vicky.

I got the new transmission back the other day so I was able to put the engine and transmission together to start mocking it up in the car. With it mocked up the firewall needed to be recessed 3" back so that the engine would be able to slide further to bolt into the engine mounts.

So I first measured the area for the recess and trimmed it out. Then I re-used the piece I trimmed out and grafted the top piece with the top beads onto the bottom, that way the beads connect with the upper firewall beads. Then I made filler pieces that have pressed beads to continue the bead from the front to the back.

Its all trimmed ready to be welded in place. The goal is to have it look very natural with all the beads continuing to each other.