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 The hammering provided a snug...  The hammering provided a snug fit for the flange....  ......and once it was welded...  ......and once it was welded up, the tank was sealed tight.  The tank will be fastened...  The tank will be fastened to the framerails using a pair of 3/16-inch plates. Ryan chose some stout material because these small pieces will mount the tank and the spreader bar. If somebody decides to stand on the spreader bar (and you know somebody will), it needs to be strong enough to take the weight. (You're looking underneath the driver-side rear corner here.)  Each plate was welded to the...  Each plate was welded to the top edges of the tank, and bolted to the frame from underneath.  It makes a little more sense...  It makes a little more sense with the body rightside-up, looking toward the rear of the car. This will be covered by the trunk floor when the car is finished.  Here are the horn covers again,...  Here are the horn covers again, welded, ground, and temporarily tacked in place at the ends of the tank. Ryan wanted to fill the gap between the horn covers and the rear fenders with an additional piece of sheetmetal. What looks like the simplest part of the job turned out to be difficult, since the surface of this piece (A) has to flow from the fender to the perpendicular horn covers, and the curve of the lower edge (arrow) has to form a natural line from the fender to the covers.  Here's that same filler piece...  Here's that same filler piece of sheetmetal from an angle we'll never see again once the car is finished. You can see how the lower edge (at the top with the car upside down) arches between the fender and the horn cover and how a 90-degree lip was added (arrow) for welding the piece to the horn cover.  The spreader bar was cut from...  The spreader bar was cut from a length of 1 3/4-inch tubing with 1/8-inch wall, held into position with a pair of arms built from 2-inch x 1/8-inch strap, "so that it won't collapse if you bump into it," as Ryan put it. The arms were welded to the tank mounting plates and to the sides of the tank.  With the spreader bar in place,...  With the spreader bar in place, the surface of the horn covers needed to be notched to fit.....  ......Once Ryan located the...  ......Once Ryan located the proper position of the cut on a cardboard pattern, all he needed to do was snip out the arch and grind it.  The tank, horn covers, and...  The tank, horn covers, and spreader bar do a great job filling this portion of the T. All that's left here is to finish welding. Paint is still a ways off, but the finished rear of this coupe is going to be a knockout.
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