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[panelbeaterpeter]

Well it's been a while since I updated this.. I got stuck in Scotland with the bad weather, and then I had food poisoning for a few days.. Grrrreat.

Anyway I got a bit more done today,

Removed the rusted rear bin section and replaced it, I forgot to take a picture of it replaced, but I'm sure you can use your imaginations..


Started attacking the sill, and noticed there was some rust sneaking about under the seatbelt mount


Removed the mounting point


Removed inner sill


Say hello to the inside of my crossmember.. and yes I did vacuum out the rust!


I found a new hole above the hanging bracket on the floor..


Welded it up


Made new inner sill

Who needs a metal folder when you have an engine hoist, a length of box section and some clamps..? (the answer is ME).


Welded in and dressed





Reattached seatbelt mount


Sorted out the dodgy flitch plate


And wanged a nice thick coat of stonechip on the inner sill.



Another rendezvous with ze velder tomorrow. I cannae wait..

[panelbeaterpeter]

Naughty bad poorly rust!

Attack it with vengeance!

i hope we'll be seeing you al malvern!

keep the good work up! x

Haha vengeance is definitely the way forward. And yep I will be aimlessly wandering about Malvern buying lots of things I can't afford!

[sonikk4]

I like the improvised folder but personally i use a more upmarket variety, a nice piece of oak kitchen worktop and metal bar.

The stupid thing is i do have access to a very nice folder at work but as work is 136 miles away its a bit of a trek. Hey ho!!

Its coming along nicely keep it going.

Rust is just a virus but we cant cure it with pills only the mighty welder and grinder.

[Nicky II]

Haha I love how your just like "found a little more rust" and practically a whole inner seal is corroded!
Got to love optimism

[panelbeaterpeter]

Haha I think you definitely win the improvised folder competition. And Nicky, the optimism is all a front!! You've never heard the likes of the language that comes out of me when I find a lovely new bit of rust..

[jwb_moto]

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

The nearside is genrally better as all the puddles on the side of the road wash all the mud and rubbish off the underside where as the offside doesnt so it sits there and rusts. if your car has a suspension squeak its normally from the offside as it gets dry.

[davej]

Awesome work as always

[James182]

Tis looking the shizzle!

Well done old chap!

[panelbeaterpeter]

Mercy bean, Jameseo.

Had another day at the office, got the N/S sill finished




New sound deadening


Sorted out the hole in the N/S rear quarter





Found a weeny hole on the step


Welded the mother up


Removed the dash, for Chris of Retro Retrims fame to throw some leather at. (I've heard that's the technique he uses)


Also whipped the screen out, nice to see that my scuttle is like a new un! yippeeee


That's all for this weekend, Malvern tomorrow!

[James182]

Do you know your not supposed to put spot welds less than 3cm apart? come on pete your iin the trade you should know these things Apparently its to do with the next spot weld transfering the elecy energy to the previous spot weld and therefore the spot weld is weak. Thats what my tutor tells me!

Looking like the perverbial nuts of the dog

[kez_19]

by spot weld i assume that you mean a tack and if so then car panels when doing repairs like the ones pete is doing are all tacked in place then the gaps in between tacked then those gaps tacked etc till its all welded if you tried to tack it then do a whole bead of weld around the panel it would add a masive amount of heat to the panel and warp it and the metal would become too hot and make a giant hole

michael

[James182]

I mean spot weld as in resistance spot welding. The process he has used along the sills on the flange. (cant think of another word )
If you have used plug welds along the top then i apologise pete, they look like spot welds from underneath!

[panelbeaterpeter]

None of that is spot welded, never used a spot welder in my life so I really wouldn't know. I plug weld instead, using the same spacing as per factory fit.

Oh and the spacing of my welds on the sill is the same if not maybe slightly further apart than the spot welds that held on the original sill.

Edited by panelbeaterpeter, 03 April 2010 - 08:30 PM.

[Paul Wiginton]

Tidy work there Peter

[James182]

Sorry then i thought you had spt welded it!!
Looks good nonetheless!

Edited by James182, 03 April 2010 - 08:52 PM.