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[Jordie]

run out of welding gas, but cut some rusty bits out ready to repair.








Not bad really, quite solid isnt it. Ive got front floor pans to go in and rest will be repaired by cutting out/welding in sections of panels rather than a full panel.

[Jordie]

Done some patching on the rear floor, painted etc.

Bought some seam sealer and stone chip today, so gunna seam seal and stone chip upto the healboard next time, then i can move on forward to the main floor etc.

Jordie

[Jordie]

Not updated this for a while. Basically been grinding welds back, cutting out holes and making repairs.

I decided to seam seal the back end and red oxide over the etch primer for now, to give it abit more protection, looks more "finished" for now also. So upto the healboard is sealed and red oxided.

Working on O/S floor and a hole under the crossmember area at the moment.

[SAL 821X]

Excellent stuff Jordie.

Wished I'd gone back more stripping the paint of the underside of mine but it didn't look to bad and I couldn't be arsed in end as I'm not having it body colour anyway.

[Jordie]

Section of floor under the cross member needed repair. so

repair panel made, swaged to match floor lines and welded in



My welding aint pretty, but its solid and no holes.



Not the best but had to overlap repair as couldnt get anything inside the crossmember to hold the repair panel. By the time its painted/undersealed it wont be seen.

Also done a repair to the inner sill/floor section.


The OS floor panel front to rear has been red oxided for protection.

Next up A panel and small repair to door step. Then its over to the NS for full front floor pan.

[Jordie]

A panel removed


Door step repair, ended up in two sections due to me blowing holes in the old part of the step. bit of a **** on like but its solid. needs dressing back some more and tidying up but ive come away before i cut the whole thing up and scrap it.....temper temper.



Need an A panel now....dont have one, doh!

[Jordie]

Sill cut off, still need to grind back and clean up the spot welds / lip along the doorstep etc.

Need to order some panels...

[Jordie]

Sills and A panels ordered from minispeed :)

[Scott@minispeed]

Thanks for the order I'll make sure you get them on Wednesday

[Jordie]

Brilliant thanks!

[Jordie]

Panels finally delivered today, bit of a hassle from TNT which delayed delivery until today. Shame as i wanted to spend a hour or two on them the other night....

Anyway, genuine sills arent the quality I was expecting, they arent even cut straight, rough edges etc. Get onto them next week.

Jordie

[hoody99]

From reading different forums and buying different panels myself I don't think any panel is perfect till you make it perfect lol

[Jordie]

yeah, quality isnt great for hertiage though. nevermind.

Right only did a little cleaning up and painting as it was freeeeeezing!



And test lining up new sill (not ready to fit yet, need to grind the lip with doorstep back etc, the back of sill will be joggled to sit inside behind the healboard area too)

[mini danny]

looks awesome keep up the work

[Jordie]

started welding it on, welds bit rough and need grinding back, not fully finished yet but you get the idea...