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[lawrence]

so then i did a bit of work today before work
welded on the strenghtener panel

lots of penetration inside

tacked on the other half of the valance

there was an awfull fit in the middle so i had to section it a few time to try and cut down on the filler that will be used, still will be quite alot tho

decided to fill this hole

panel made and welded in

ground down and primed that section of the valance

thats all for today as lots of things happend after this, first i discoverved i have ran out of cutting and grinding disks, then my grinder bearing broke when i fitted my wire wheel, then my welding helmet didnt auto tint so now have a headache and to top it all the wire on the welder was getting stuck at the tip and i have no idea where the spares are! so i just did some painting as the cant go wrong

so possibly no more updates till friday (pay day) unless i find my welding tips
hope you like todays though
Lawrence

[lawrence]

small update from this morning, couldnt find the welding tips, so now new welding, did a bit of painting instead
gave the radiius arms and cones another coat of rustoloum grey

pained the hi lows too

decided this boot was a mess

so vacummed it all out, gave it a wire brush and slopped some paint on. much nicer all one colour

slopped some more grey on the passenges side arch

and slopped some underseal on the driverside arch

and a bit on the boot floor

does anyone know if i can paint over underseal so i can have white arches?
going shopping on friday so the welding will continue then, car will also be turned round soon and work on the passengers wing will start!
hope you like
Lawrence

Edited by lawrence, 24 October 2011 - 12:47 PM.

[minimuk]

is your underseal a bit like stone-chip???If so no problem, if it is staying a sticky mass,...take it all off again and start again, 2 layers primer at least, seam seal all joints, prime again, the stone chip spray a few cans,.... then I would use and good metal gloss colour(slow drying one!!) close to your cars body final colour, get it from the paint shop where you get your spray paint from if you do it yourself, but buy the brushable one,.......It will be hard work to put it on but well worth it in the end,..... keep building up a few layers especially pay attention in the corners,...any corners where panels join up, and under the subframes.

Hope this helps

I see you have a few cannies of guinness, have a few of those when you are at it,.... much easyer!!

Edited by minimuk, 24 October 2011 - 06:30 PM.

[lawrence]

The Underseal is just the hamerite one with added waxoyl or the tetrosol and i dont think i can overpaint it but never mind

The boot floor wasnt in too bad condition but this was my proccess anyways

1>scrape away the underseal that was going hard and give the rest a going over with a wire brush to check
2>wire wheel on a grinder for the rusty spots
3>hammerite krust on the light rusty bits
4>cut out the proper rusty bits
5>layer or rustoloum over the area
6>then a coat of underseal

should get a few more years out of the boot doing this, it a budget restoration afterall!
and regards to the guinness its my dads and he counts it all ive got my corona to keep my going!

Lawrence

[minimuk]

cold corona would be my choise too,.... I suppose with the climate down there in SA the car should be fine for a few more years.

[lawrence]

its a nice beer ive no idea what its like in south africa, i live in Norfolk in the uk but hopefully itll be fine either way!

[pickuptruck1994]

looking very nice i like ur repairs u have doen in ur boot as i basicaly got the same areas to do i was just seeing what paints are u using and what thinkness of metal did u use for ur boot repairs
cheers
jordan

[lawrence]

Hey there Jordan,
the paints that i have been using are:
>upol zinc primer
>upol red oxide primer
>Rustoloum combi colour grey and white (its a bit like hammerite but covers really well)
>then hammerite underseal or tetrosol underseal for under the boot floor
and the steel repairs for the boot
>floor itself 1.5mm steel
>strengthener panels 1.5mm
>the sides of the boot and the area i repaired round the light are using 1.2mm steel left over from the various panels ive bought.

If you are doing a budget restoration like me i made alot of panels i needed, and its only cost me a tenner for a massive sheet of steel which i still have half left. I also got a panel beating kit from machine mart (£35 ish) which in hindsight i would have got a few months ago as it make panel work alot easier. I recon ive saved myself about £50 making panels, possible more and its nice to say i made that too.

hope that helps your question
there may be a small update later today too but it will be a very small one as i feel rubbish right now
Lawrence

[lawrence]

did i tiny bit of mini stuff before work today
found my welding tips finnally which had saved me a few quid, and also made a few metal disks for the drain holes in the footwell and floors

floor before

floor with the holes filled (you can just about see them)

floor after, it look s nice in all one lovely white colour!


im going to the city tommorow to get a new grinder and some more rustoloum as ive ran out already
so no updates for tommorow or the day after as im working alot. next update probably friday evening
hope you like
Lawrence

[lawrence]

tiny update from the other day
refitted the boot lid and the gaps are looking good still

went shopping for what will hopefully be my last load of disposables

started the filling of her back end

how i left her

thats all for now. more filling next week as its my quieter week at work
Lawrence

[lawrence]

So then people! I suppose its time for another update. Been doing loads of hours at work (saving for the respray!) but still got some stuff done
bought some more paint prep stuff

primed a few panels ready for fitting


almost finished off the back end

my dad bike got taken away so i used the extra space to make a start on the front end
got a probelm i need to fix here, can you spot it?

shocking pressing on the a panel

bit of hammer and dollie work later and a prime, much better panel

prepped the inside of the passengers side wing ready for welding

cleaned up the inner wing and gave a coat of rustoloum

filled the rust hole on the scuttle haha

after alot of fettling i got the panels fitting quite nicely (took absolutley ages!)


filler work on the drivers side front panel and wing joint

scuttle on drivers side needed some filling

rubbed down and seam sealed

and finally primed. Rather happy with this gap dont think its bad for a at all for none heritage panels!

next steps are
>finish drivers side front panel seam
>finish filling and fit the passengers side wing
>finish filling and priming the whole front end and rub it down ready for the respray!!
hope you like this update. feel free to comment
Lawrence

[minimuk]

you must be glad,...boot-lid fits.......good progress!!

[Risky]

Nice fit you got there with non-genuine panels. My front end needs replacing too in about a year or so I think, and I still don't know if I'm going to use heritage panels or the cheaper ones...

[lawrence]

so then, did a bit more work on the front end today
seam sealed the front panel

front panel seam is now finished and primed, its not perfect but the best i can get it

done a bit of work modifying the front panel (smoothing and rounding edges off)

cut out the old latch hole as it isnt used

patches made and tacked in, ill finish it off tommorow

last bit of panel work needed but the passengers side front panel seam

little bit of welding on the inner wing joint to front panel joint and the panel for the gap welded in


next jobs are:
>paint inside of passengers side wing and seam seal round headlight ring ready to weld it on tommorow
>drill holes in wing ready for plug welding to inner wing and a panel
>weld a small panel on the passengers side flitch
>weld the a panel and wing on
think thats all ill be able to do as ive not much time tommorow

hope you like this update
Lawrence

[lawrence]

little mini update. just popped to the garage to seam seal and paint the wing so its dry for tommorow. it should make doing the rest of the sealing and painting alot easier compared with last time when i had to fit inside the arch!
sealed

shiny rustoloum

more tommorow
Lawrence