Tubs, Tin And Sheet Metal Fabrication
Finishing up the sheet metal for the Vega Wagon.
All of the aluminum panels as well as the aluminum wheel tubs are DZUS fastened for easy service. The floor pans are steel — and all are welded in. The lower half of rear bulkhead is steel and also welded in. Below are a few quick snapshots during production.
1977 Vega Wagon – entire build step by step:
- First Pass With The Vega Wagon (8/10/2019)
- Watch this quick peek at the Vega Wagon (6/14/2018)
- The Vega Wagon 482 BBC Comes Alive (6/6/2018)
- The Vega Wagon arrives back from the body shop (5/23/2018)
- Finalizing Another Chevy Vega (5/10/2018)
- A Peek Under The Vega Wagon Drag Car (9/23/2017)
- 2250 lbs — the fighting weight of the Vega Wagon (7/18/2017)
- Update: Vega Wagon Drag Car (7/12/2017)
- Lexan Vega Wagon Windows (6/29/2017)
- Wiring The Vega Wagon (6/18/2017)
- Tubs, Tin And Sheet Metal Fabrication (5/30/2017)
- The Vega Wagon Gets Side Exit Headers (5/11/2017)
- 6.0 NHRA Certification (4/29/2017)
- Drag car build in the final stages… Look at the stance of this car. (4/17/2017)
- Puzzle Time (4/12/2017)
- Vega Wagon Bodywork By Ray Charles… (4/5/2017)
- Getting up to speed on the Vega Wagon build (3/31/2017)
- This 6.0 drag car gets rear tires fit, firewall built and more. (3/16/2017)
- Making wheelie bars and putting the vega back together (12/23/2016)
- Vega Wagon Drag Car Progressing Rapidly (12/17/2016)
- TIG Welding Chrome Moly Chassis (12/16/2016)
- Removable Vega Wagon Body (11/30/2016)
- For Sale Chevy Vega Wagon Roller (11/27/2016)
- Metal Fabrication: Stretching the wheel wells on the Vega Wagon (9/1/2016)
- The Vega Wagon Drag Car (7/7/2016)
- Stretched Chevy Vega Wagon (5/20/2016)