The TR7 Restoration has been a work in progress for over a decade now. This section is imported from an old blog I used to run back in the day, alongside the YouTube video uploads I’ve done by way of continuing the blog.
Are now done. There’s just a bit of filling and finishing to be done, all the welding was done over the last couple of days. The N/S arch wasn’t too bad, just one little patch at the bottom front, the rest is all rock solid. I’m happy with that. 🙂 The O/S was a bit […]
The sills are now more or less finished at last. 🙂 Just a couple of little bits to finish filling, no more than an hour or so to do. Next up is the wheelarches, that’s certainly not one of my favourite jobs! It’s impossible to do any grinding work in there without getting a faceful
A quick round up of everything that needs doing before the back end is done: Finish up filling and shaping the rear sills Weld a couple of patches to the wheelarch lips (they’re good enough to not need replacing outright) Finish up the boot area and paint (at least in primer for now) Go over
So with the inner sill all fixed and shaped the previous day, the Sunday was all about fitting the panel. First test fit: And after welding in place: Note the neat, professional quality spot welds. 🙂 In spite of the mess, they’re strong as anything, that panel isn’t going anywhere. A bit of grinding and
After a bit of a longer wait than I’d hoped, the sill panel finally arrived last week. 🙂 So, with some good weather to play with, I headed down to get started on rebuilding the sill. I’d forgotten what a mess it was, I’d been waiting for the sill so I had a template before
It’s been almost a year now since my last blog on here. Oops! I’ve not given up though, and I haven’t been completely idle (although work has been a bit slow, other projects and hobbies have been taking up my time), it’s been more of a case of the work being fairly slow and fiddly,
As promised, I was down at the garage tonight after work (gotta love these long evenings), and took a few pics of the sill: It’s a mess alright! I figure maybe four new panels to make up and weld in, then make good all the rest, plus the new sill panel I’ll need to buy.
Now I feel ready to get started on the welding, I’ve started hacking the rusty old metal out – So far I’ve got the wheelarch holes cut out, filed down and ready to get started this weekend. I’m starting on the easy stuff, the big (and little) holes in the middle of the panels, I
Now I’ve got all the welding gear together, I thought it was time to get on and have a go. So last weekend, I took everything down to the garage, including some scrap metal (an old computer case I’d liberated from work) plugged everything in, and hoped. I should point out at this stage that
….it’s been a while. In my defence, I’ve been extremely busy of late, what with one thing and another – and what with the cold weather and dark evenings, I just haven’t had any time to devote to the car. However, I’m back on the case now, and ready to get started again. The last