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[Skortchio]

That garage is coming together nicely, dude!

 

Hoist, saws, welder and a mini. Plus the all important dilapidated bike gloves

 

What more could you need.

[alex-95]

Look's good darren

[Minidarren83]

Thanks for the replys fellas

 

time for an update!!

 

ok so got out today and had a good day got the rest of the boot floor welded in and cleaned off to a acceptable standard for the boot floor and also cut out the battery box

 

 

need to do a small repair around the battery box but ill get to that when i fit it so started on the largest patch and this time i tried to make it without welding a lip on so bent one in to the panel

 

 

 

as you can see in the pictures the only problem is that it makes the panel bend so i had to put a couple of puckers in the lip to strighten it out but it needed to bend the other way to match the boot floor curves so i cut the puckers out and pushed the panel closed to form the bend

 

 

 

i just need to weld up the bits and to finish off i stipped all the paint off it.  Then i got the rest of the boot floor cleaned back to metal and my handy helper my ten year old son krusted it and then painted the whole floor with zinc 182 whilst i got the patches clamped in

 

 

 

 

and then for the worst bit of welding i have done so far on the project

 

 

 

it turns out that i was getting a bad earth and just kept spitting at me but they are in and strong and will be seamed over and stone chipped so its not too bad

 

as always comments welcome slowly getting there,  Darren

[Minidarren83]

Wow page five in a few days!!

Well time for an update then!
As I'm on nights this week most of my free time is in the small hours when I get back from work so got in with some quiet work painting suspension bits





The front arm were in good shape as we're the radius arms with no play so they can be used as is. I wanted to paying the drum red to make my car go faster 😜 but the can of spray hammerite seems to be a dud and the paint stayed wet well over 24hrs so I wiped it off and brush painted it blue also destroyed the bearings in the rear hub trying to reassemble the rad arm for some reason they no longer fit the shaft?

Got off early last night so straight into bed and up reasonably early today and got a couple of hours in the cave. All the patches on the boot are done and welds dressed on the outside so moved on to the battery box and like most of my stuff its non gen and is the worst fitting panel ever imaginable!! It just does not fit the profile of the boot in fact it's not even folded right so I flattened the offending lips out and recent them



You can see the line from the original bend and with a few self tappers it fit all be it under tension zinc primed on the mating surfaces all holes drilled just need welding in and cleaning up the inside of the boot



Then clamped this into place to see the fit and again non gen so terrible made a little tool for aligning it with the rear panel basically just a piece of steel with a slit in it as I need it best as possible for the debumpering just need to make up some subframe spreaders then it can go on



Another decent finish tonight should see me in there again tomorrow got a couple of little jobs to do on the main floor as well as the valance and battery box then it's stonechip and gloss black I don't see any point going body colour underside as the waxoil will just be black after a few weeks with our weather lol

Thanks for lurking you bunch of perverts!!
Darren

[Skortchio]

Hate to tell you this dude, but half those bits are brakes. Probably best to learn the parts now though

 

Looking like a nicely shaped and more importantly solid shell now, nearly engine time!!

 

Don't work too fast on that though, want to use your car as a jig

[Minidarren83]

Yes I know that!! It's all the same region lol

Cheers man just rear panel rear quarters and both arches to go then its frame building time but don't worry ill let you try the auto in there before I stuck it in for good!! Lol you best get a donor matey 😝

[Skortchio]

Soon as I get Ogy off the drive, I can sell the Striple and go shopping!

 

Car is looking really sharp, dude. I'm so jealous of your dexterity and space!

[Minidarren83]

Soon as I get Ogy off the drive, I can sell the Striple and go shopping!
 
Car is looking really sharp, dude. I'm so jealous of your dexterity and space!

Ok ok I get the hint lol

It certainty is taking shape now I can see the light lol

[Minidarren83]

Check me the f out update two days in a row

Got the battery box all welded in and seam sealed all that needed it on the boot



Then finished the last bit on the floor the front if the flitch sill join to match the other side for the smooth go faster look only a welded pic but all cleaned off



Then gave the boot a coat if zinc primer looking solid now



Next came the subby mount spreaders started with a card template



As if by magic cut out and slight curve to match the boot floor



Then redrilled the mount holes in the floor marked and drilled the plates and bolted in just need drilling and welding



And finally a quick mock up to check for space if the rear trunnion and it looks good



That's all for now back on days next week so might get a little done if I get off early

Thanks for looking, Darren

[Skortchio]

Think of all you'd get done if you weren't taking photo's every 5minutes

 

Cracking welding there, fella! Love the shoe shaped chock on the trolley too!

[Minidarren83]

Cheers mate I do love a good corner weld and that shoe shaped thing is an old work boot lol softer in the sill lip that just wood lol

[grahama]

Floor looking very nice Carlos.  Did the same on mine with the sub mount stiffener pieces and did some very dodgy corner welding on the lip around to the qtr panel.  Never did get the hang of good corner welds lol.  Coming on nicely.

 

See u Wednesday if you are ok for time.

 

Graham

[Minidarren83]

Floor looking very nice Carlos.  Did the same on mine with the sub mount stiffener pieces and did some very dodgy corner welding on the lip around to the qtr panel.  Never did get the hang of good corner welds lol.  Coming on nicely.
 
See u Wednesday if you are ok for time.
 
Graham

Erm slight confusion thanks for the comment graham but wrong dude lol

[grahama]

Lol, twice in a week have got people and projects mixed up. Must not drink beer before posting lol!!

[hughJ]

Darren its looking very good. Takes me back seeing welding and painted bits hanging from the roof. Keep up the good work.

 

Hugh