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[matty121]

did alittle more work/welding on the valance project
its slowly coming along, lots of more work to go

really like the look of the front valance! makes a change

[joakwin]

got the last of the roof rain gutter shaved off last night, now i got about 8inches on the left rear to de-seam and the car will be smooth, besides needing a ton of body work, lol


im about to pull a 1275 out of a vanded plas mk1 metro right now, i got almost everything unhook so far, just need to drain oil and lift it up

[joakwin]

looks like i forgot to upload pictures of the engine getting pulled
as i took the harness off from the vehicle, i label ea wire as what its for, because later on in this project, im gonna build a custom harness for the car

[joakwin]

i got about 3/4 of the engine cleaned up

i painted the timing cover in a rust paint, flat black

im not sure what color i want to paint the engine

[Adcuz]

Just read through the whole thing, damn cool! I wish I could weld. Is that 1275 an auto too?

[joakwin]

yep, 1275 auto out of a 83 mk1 vanden plas metro, with 39k miles

got some 4 pots off of the same car i got the engine out of, i just need
to get the brake hoses and they will be going on,
should be able to order the hose kit and nice pads next pay period

[joakwin]

i really need to come up with a good name for my car

thats about the only part of this build im having a hard time with

[GraemeC]

Are you going to fill in the exhaust recess on that front valance? Looks a bit wierd with it there!

[joakwin]

Are you going to fill in the exhaust recess on that front valance? Looks a bit wierd with it there!

i think im gonna fill the exhaust recess hole, and if i don't like the way it looks,
im gonna cut the lip off all together

[DAVEY_C]

any updates mate??.... when you deseamed the roof gutter did you have to hammer the panels to match up together??

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Very cool matey

[joakwin]

any updates mate??.... when you deseamed the roof gutter did you have to hammer the panels to match up together??

a few small parts i had to use a hammer and dully on, but about 90-95% i didn't have to
the biggest problem is the water channel, theirs like a little "C" looking shape right before the seam

i spot welded the seam, and then i went back and filled the "C" channel with weld until it was above where i needed it to be
and then grind it back down to it was flush with the body shape,

i didn't want to just fill it with body filler,

i did about 2 weld lines just for the seam area, one on the seam and one below the seam,
and then about 6-8 weld lines(spot beads) for the "C" channel area
grind it down, and then spot weld the areas that looked like it needed alittle more filling
and grind somemore and do that over until it looked like it was good

my goal is to try and use as little body filler (bondo) to make the lines flow right

the "C" channel areas around the front and back windows where alot bigger then the channel area on the side of the vehicle's rain gutter

the side area didn't seem to need as much weld filling for that "C" channel,

if u look very close, you'll see the channel im going on about, i don't know what else to call it, so im calling it that,
its right where the base of the roof connectors to the rain gutters

since i used to work as a full time welder at the vehicle maints shop i work at, i love welding and metal work,
it wasn't to bad of a job for me to pull it off, alot of grinding wheels and cut off wheels to de-seam the car

but ive done everybit of metal fab rebuilding this car myself

[joakwin]

i have a few updates but nothing to crazy just yet


i got a new valve cover gasket and a dsn classic open heater valve thiny, black billet, it was like 15gbp or something like that,
i really like the billet bits dsn classic are making, top notch products all the way
i need to post a pic of that

i got the engine cleaned up, been working on that for the pass week or so
i used simple green and fuel with tooth brushes and small wire bushes to get the engine 100% no oil clean

i got a quart of some high heat rustoleum paint for the engine/gearbox, its gonna be satin black, all of it
the paint is good up to 563C, so yeah i think it should hold up just fine

last night i got half the engine painted, im bushing it on,
gonna do a few coats but its gonna probably take the rest of the week to get the egine painted

i hope by saturday, i can finally pull the front subframe so i can sandblast it and get it painted
but i am looking into maybe getting the subframe galvanized coated
if its not to bad of a price then i'll get it done and then paint it
with my rustoleum paint, black
i can't remember witch black color i have
but i have a quart of this for the subframe
http://www.rustoleum...uct.asp?pid=150

[joakwin]

one coat of paint so far, satin black
rustoleum heat paint
http://www.rustoleum...uct.asp?pid=107

Edited by joakwin, 19 October 2010 - 04:34 PM.

[DAVEY_C]

any updates mate??.... when you deseamed the roof gutter did you have to hammer the panels to match up together??

a few small parts i had to use a hammer and dully on, but about 90-95% i didn't have to
the biggest problem is the water channel, theirs like a little "C" looking shape right before the seam

i spot welded the seam, and then i went back and filled the "C" channel with weld until it was above where i needed it to be
and then grind it back down to it was flush with the body shape,

i didn't want to just fill it with body filler,

i did about 2 weld lines just for the seam area, one on the seam and one below the seam,
and then about 6-8 weld lines(spot beads) for the "C" channel area
grind it down, and then spot weld the areas that looked like it needed alittle more filling
and grind somemore and do that over until it looked like it was good

my goal is to try and use as little body filler (bondo) to make the lines flow right

the "C" channel areas around the front and back windows where alot bigger then the channel area on the side of the vehicle's rain gutter

the side area didn't seem to need as much weld filling for that "C" channel,

if u look very close, you'll see the channel im going on about, i don't know what else to call it, so im calling it that,
its right where the base of the roof connectors to the rain gutters

since i used to work as a full time welder at the vehicle maints shop i work at, i love welding and metal work,
it wasn't to bad of a job for me to pull it off, alot of grinding wheels and cut off wheels to de-seam the car

but ive done everybit of metal fab rebuilding this car myself

you have her looking sweet now mate, i was gonna deseam my roof gutter too but i knew about the c-channel and was unsure of if it needed hammering or not but your idea sounds good..... i done metal fab for a while but not great with the hammer/dolly so was hoping the roof seam wouldn't need it but should be fun lol.

keep up the good work...