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#421 sonikk4

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Posted 19 August 2015 - 07:55 PM

Cheers for the comments folks,well it was quarter panel day today so started welding the beastie in

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Should have it fitted tomorrow and ground flush.



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Posted 19 August 2015 - 09:23 PM

WOW what a build.........keep up the fantastic work......



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 06:44 PM

So on with the quarter panel welding to day and 5 hrs later it went from this

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to this

 

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Very please and minimal filling to do.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 06:48 PM

Looks superb mate.

 

Did you spot weld any of it?



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 07:04 PM

Looks superb mate.

 

Did you spot weld any of it?

 

Nope all plug welds, still cant get to grips with my Spot welder.



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Posted 21 August 2015 - 07:37 AM

Excellent finish there.



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Posted 22 August 2015 - 06:51 AM

Top work these its looking great :)



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Posted 23 August 2015 - 10:05 AM

Looking good Neil

Those door steps look great just about to fit mine that I had off you
Have you any more detailed pics of the fitting process just noticed that one end of the steps is a slightly thinner diameter than the other
Is this the front end ?

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 10:11 AM

Looking good Neil
Those door steps look great just about to fit mine that I had off you
Have you any more detailed pics of the fitting process just noticed that one end of the steps is a slightly thinner diameter than the other
Is this the front end ?
Cheers mate


Hi Marco one end is thinner but off the top of my head I cannot remember which end. No more detailed pics though. I think the narrower end is the front but you can check that out when you come to fitting it.

Don't forget you will need to cut the ends around to get the curvature correct. I cut on the fold line and notched the return where it attaches to the inner sill to do this.

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 03:31 PM

Cheers Neil

Will do - off on holiday next week for a well earned break so it's top of my list when I get back

Cheers bud

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Posted 26 August 2015 - 06:51 PM

Moving fwd literally so it was a quick trial of the door to make sure its fits which it did and then onto the A post.

 

First thing was to get the replacement flitch panel to line up. So after a bit of tweaking the lower hinge holes were relocated to the correct place and the top of the A panel return was sectioned to get the correct contour.

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Right happy with that so onto the rusty bits, took a chunk out of the scuttle and removed the closeout just to make sure i have got the rust mapped

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Then cut out the flitch section to find this

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Not good and caused by this

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A bloody great chunk of foam fitted at the factory. Just something else to deal with tomorrow



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Posted 27 August 2015 - 06:17 PM

Today was remove the inner A post stiffener just to see what the damage was.

So out the old bits

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and this was the state of the inside of the A post

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Rusty as hell so without resorting to spending another £70+ it was time to brush up on my fabrication skills

So new stiffener slaved in place

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And the first repair piece in place

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Followed by the rest of the sections

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Overall very happy with it, just a few final tweaks and cleaning up and it will be finished.



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Posted 03 September 2015 - 07:27 PM

So on with the repairs, first thing to do was add some extra bracing as i will be cutting out the section where the main bracing is welded to.

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Then out with the rotten section

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New section cut to size

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And this is the stiffener section for the dash rail

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Repair section welded in place

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And with the A post fully welded in, ground down and buffed up

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Very pleased with it.



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Posted 03 September 2015 - 07:38 PM

looks brilliant mate



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Posted 03 September 2015 - 07:40 PM

looks brilliant mate

 

Cheers, i'm pleased as punch with it, will trial fit the door again tomorrow just to double double check it but nothing moved so should be golden. I hope i dont have to do this with the other side.






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