Today I got the top part cut out and tried a test fit: Obviously a lot of cutting, shaping and grinding to be done, but so far so good. Duct tape is as strong as welding, right? 🙂 A quick test fit of the screen (doubtless the first of many): It’s not a perfect fit, […]
Work continued on the frame today. I didn’t get as much as I’d hoped done, partly because the brand new angle grinder, bought to replace the old one which packed up, packed up. I was cutting a seam out when it started smoking, got suddenly really hot and then stopped working. So I had to
Now I’ve finally got a free weekend, I started on the windscreen frame. I’d already made a start on the donor frame, cutting all the remains of the bulkhead and wings off: My original plan was to grind off the inner panels on the A post at the weld points, leaving me with an intact
No updates for a while, there really hasn’t been much going on. I’ve been busy with other things, and the only thing I’ve really been able to get on with is the filling of the front panel. That’s more or less done now, I’m not totally happy with it – there’s a small ridge at
The welding work is now more or less complete around the lower parts of the car now. Of course, there’s still the new panels to weld in, but as far as patching up the rusty stuff is concerned, there’s just the windscreen to do (talk about saving the best till last!) This week was mainly
After all the stripping down, I got on with welding the patches in this week. They needed to be fairly level as I’d be welding bits on to them, and this isn’t really one of my best skills. Nevertheless, I think they came out alright: They’re not exactly invisible (I’m not that good!), but once
I’ve been a bit busy over the last couple of days, so this post is a little out of date. Anyway: As mentioned in the last post, I had a plan together to tackle the welding and bodywork that needed doing. That was started at the weekend with the removal of the wheelarch. I didn’t
After poking around the nearside wheelarch and footwell, it seems that the rust is a bit more serious than I first thought. There’s a hole in the footwell, obviously from the disintegrating sill area: Apart from the corner bit it’s nothing too bad, although the crossmember underneath may prove tricky. Of more concern is the
The stripping down continued this week; to start with, the doors came out earlier on this week. No problems to report, except discovering the top hinge on the passenger door was close to falling off! There’s two pins in the hinge, the lower one was missing altogether and the top one was sticking halfway out.
The engine and box came out this weekend. 🙂 The first job was to pick up the engine hoist. I’d arranged to borrow one of the works vans for the weekend, but ended up having to go and collect a hire van for work, and pick the hoist up in it on the way back.