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[daemonchild]

Looking good sir!

[panelbeaterpeter]

Thanks for the comments, I jacked it up on the other side at lunch, it appears to be slightly better, but I'll know for sure when I cut the outer sill off later on.. wish me luck!

[Pooky]

Near side's always seem to be in better nick and offside's. Very impressive work pbp!

[panelbeaterpeter]

You're right, I have no idea why though :S

[Nick '91]

More use of door etc, lets in more water I suppose and theres usually more weight on that side, suppose its got to add up.

[minidriverfiona]

Wowee I never thought she'd be that rusty!!! She's got the right guy though... you're amazing! X

[panelbeaterpeter]

Haha thanks Fi!

Well I took the N/S sill off tonight, but no pictures as I left the camera at work. The rear subframe mount point is very solid, and the front floor pan is almost rust free, just a couple of little holes. Otherwise it's just the same, rear floor holed, inner sill rusted to hell.. the usual.

Progress will be slow for a week now, I've only got evenings, and am away this weekend.

[Pauly]

Looking good as always, top quality work .

Do you use thin cutting disks?

[tom1234177]

Great Work done, brilliant panel making ability.

Edited by tom1234177, 22 March 2010 - 08:28 PM.

[panelbeaterpeter]

Cheers, yes I use the 1mm slitting discs.

[Deathrow]

Amazing worksmanship as always from you Peter! How long has it been since you carried out Flo's restoration? The rust in the sills seems pretty advanced!

Watching this one with a keen eye .

[Joshmini]

Well i must say you are skilled, wish i could do this stuff.
Good luck with the rest

and all the best

[panelbeaterpeter]

Amazing worksmanship as always from you Peter! How long has it been since you carried out Flo's restoration? The rust in the sills seems pretty advanced!

Watching this one with a keen eye .

Cheers Adam, Well the sills were still the original ones, I've never messed with them at all so it's not surprising really that they were on their way out! I first sorted out rust in 2003 when I bought the car, then again in 2006, which is when I crashed it and it fitted a new front end. Other than that it hasn't had much work at all really.

Oh and no update tonight, I was working away from the workshop and then had to go to the launderette tonight..

Edited by panelbeaterpeter, 23 March 2010 - 08:03 PM.

[Deathrow]

Amazing worksmanship as always from you Peter! How long has it been since you carried out Flo's restoration? The rust in the sills seems pretty advanced!

Watching this one with a keen eye .

Cheers Adam, Well the sills were still the original ones, I've never messed with them at all so it's not surprising really that they were on their way out! I first sorted out rust in 2003 when I bought the car, then again in 2006, which is when I crashed it and it fitted a new front end. Other than that it hasn't had much work at all really.

Oh and no update tonight, I was working away from the workshop and then had to go to the launderette tonight..

Ah that's fair enough then! I was scared that they'd rusted to that level in just a few years.

Can't wait for the next update sir .

[chappy]

And painted the inside of the sill with weld through zinc primer.





I also applied new sound deadening to the floor, where I removed the old stuff to prevent a pyrotechnic display when I was welding.

two things,


did you just zinc primer the inside of the sill then left it? will be doing this job over the next few weeks, and wondered what i should do with it?


and where did you get that sound deadening?



Cheers

Sam