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[scsracing]

Some more progress on Erm by Dad.
He's primed and painted inside the companion box, inner sill, inner arch and inside the rear quarter
Primed

Painted


Rear quarter

He then ripped into the l/h door skin getting it ready for repair and reskin but he found the door frame was beyond repair with even both side flanges rotten and he would spend a long time welding so not worth it.
Bodged bottom

thick filler

Skin off and bodges clear to be seen, old rust was not cut out and the repair section was pop riveted in place and some very poor welding


So if anybody has got a l/h door for sale in the Gatwick/Crawley area or Hastings/Bexhill/Eastbourne area my Dad can pick it up this weekend.

Scott

[sonikk4]

Before the rear quarter was to be fitted the rear panel flange was not too good so repairs were needed



after repairs


Then it was the turn of the rear quarter panel


Picking up a l/h door next weekend and hopefully next week a nice shiney roll over jig so then the underside can get the attention it deserves. Scott was worried about rolling the car over onto a mattress and damaging the new panels so its spend some cash time. Bloody expensive at £235 notes but no centre pole so no cutting the rear bulkhead.

[Dolly 89]

maybe knot much use to you but i have a pair of doors for sale in louth, lincolnshire, they have the widows and everything in place but could be removed if needed. because nothing has been removed i dont know the condtion inside but they look pretty good condition on the outside not much rust at all a little surface rust on the bottm but nothing that wont rub down if you want pictures or more info pm me as i will probably forget i even posted lol

[sonikk4]

maybe knot much use to you but i have a pair of doors for sale in louth, lincolnshire, they have the widows and everything in place but could be removed if needed. because nothing has been removed i dont know the condtion inside but they look pretty good condition on the outside not much rust at all a little surface rust on the bottm but nothing that wont rub down if you want pictures or more info pm me as i will probably forget i even posted lol

Cheers for that, i'm looking at a door next weekend and if its no good and you still have yours i will give you a shout.

[sonikk4]

Scott has had a bit of a spending frenzy this week
New spit

So ready to do the underside soon
A new heart for Erm 1293 cc's, new pistons, rings, big and small end bearings plus cam bearings and new core plugs.


Twin 1 1/4's

Standard unleaded head

Gearbox

Then some of the rear quarter grinding




We also got another l/h door as well in our travels from josh.evans so will have a go at reskinning that tomorrow.
All in all 300 miles of driving to pick everything up. A very long day.

[ajperry]

Looks awesome! great work dude!

[Deathrow]

Woah, no messing about!

How much did the engine cost you?

[daveeeeee]

Love this thread, fabrication is brilliant Neil, are you using a mig?

Attention to the door gaps etc is great.

What do you use to grind down welds inside a right angle? Hope that makes sense.

Edited by daveeeeee, 24 September 2010 - 07:09 PM.

[scsracing]

Woah, no messing about!

How much did the engine cost you?

Came to £550.Saw a few refurbished ones on ebay for around the £800 mark but alot just looked like rush jobs with some shiny paint thrown on them .Then this one popped up and had alot of work already done to it.Plus with it being in pieces was easier to see the condition of it when we picked it up and its alot lighter in pieces which meant we could fit it in the boot .Think just about everything that could of been done to the engine was done and it has new pistons too.The carbs are near new as well and just seem to have been sitting around for a while as they are dirty.

Next step is to get swift tune SW5 cam for it and a duplex dual timing chain.

Edited by scsracing, 24 September 2010 - 08:14 PM.

[sonikk4]

Love this thread, fabrication is brilliant Neil, are you using a mig?

Attention to the door gaps etc is great.

What do you use to grind down welds inside a right angle? Hope that makes sense.

Cheers for the comments, yes its all done with a Mig welder. For grinding down in right angles etc i use these


and get this sort of result, this area had 2 plug welds before grinding down with the burrs

[sonikk4]

Well the door reskinning did not go as planned due to the replacement door hiding some rust on the frame and other areas. Bugger!! Back to Erm's original door i decided to replace the rusty flanges instead.
Before

and after

Quite happy with it but i have to do the other side then replace the bottom section plus a few smaller bits oh and try and get the knackered screw out as well. Mmm mini doors don't you just love them. >

[daveeeeee]

Looks good! I use what looks like a very similar set of burrs, I need to get a bigger compressor for prolonged carnage though. What's the plan for Sunday?

[sonikk4]

Depends if the missus gets the hump, if not then i will replace the other flange and then sort out of the niff naff rusty bits on the door before hitting the replacement bottom section.

Hopefully and depending on whether there's any overtime going at work i will carry on next thurs pm and try to finish the door by fri. By then the other bit i need for sorting the roll over jig should have arrived so will be able to see if there is room by the side of the car to spin it over.

[rich2]

This thread is a font of knowledge!

Where did you buy your roll-over jig from, if you don't mind me asking? And how do you rate it? Is it one of these?
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item230a5cb51b

[blue blood]

[quote name='rich2' date='Sep 27 2010, 01:35 PM' post='1940858']
This thread is a font of knowledge!

I completely agree this has been a very good read and the right thing has been done from the starting point i.e everything being ripped out stripped off and destroyed the project is really coming along and it looks like such a good job i admire the skill and finesse undergone. good luck to future progress.