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[minimuk]

not that long, but long enough , Much else to do other than the welding?

 Alex, when welding is done, paint belly, engine bay and inside car and bonnet, put windows back in, then sort front 7,5" brakes. then engine.......after that, sand paintwork to have an etch, then primer him followed by top coat or 3. then we put him back together......

Edited by minimuk, 28 May 2013 - 06:23 PM.

[alex-95]

 

not that long, but long enough , Much else to do other than the welding?

 Alex, when welding is done, paint belly, engine bay and inside car and bonnet, put windows back in, then sort front 7,5" brakes. then engine.......after that, sand paintwork to have an etch, then primer him followed by top coat or 3. then we put him back together......

 

More than I thought, Are you still haveing the stripes down the side?

[minbin 69]

looking good  muk   the way you get through it in 2 months you could finish that one and mine and still have time to start another one

keep up the good work..

[minimuk]

 

 

not that long, but long enough , Much else to do other than the welding?

 Alex, when welding is done, paint belly, engine bay and inside car and bonnet, put windows back in, then sort front 7,5" brakes. then engine.......after that, sand paintwork to have an etch, then primer him followed by top coat or 3. then we put him back together......

 

More than I thought, Are you still haveing the stripes down the side?

 

yep will put new de-calls on him after

 

 

 

looking good  muk   the way you get through it in 2 months you could finish that one and mine and still have time to start another one

keep up the good work..

 

well Minibin69, every day an hour or so keeps me on track , as it happens Evy is back on the agenda after.......

[jagman.2003]

Coming along nicely. Looks on track for MITP.

[minimuk]

Coming along nicely. Looks on track for MITP.

 

thanks Jagman, I have got to stay optimistic because I want to be there in Huy'e so my son can be there in MUK, so no pressure........

[minimuk]

today I was fettling on Muk's front wheel bearings, they where shot and the ball-joints had more sand in the then the beach in Brixham.....both their collar nuts where loose, I suppose that is a bad thing, no wonder the bearings had a hard time...I used 1 pnt of petrol to clean the lot and put the ball joints back on, now waiting for UPS with the MSpares delivery.....

 

Still managed to weld the last inner-sill repair piece in position and primered it after a good coat of Por15,

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next bit will be sanding back the door-step lip and rear quarter lip, then topcoat inner-sill before offering outer-sill.................

[minimuk]

great day again,....

 

both sides rear sliding windows new channels and glass back in position, now they slide again....rear wheel arches topcoat and floor under boot second topcoat, ready for petrol tank to go back under and subframe.Then I put top-coat under doorstep and inner-sill for "protection" and offered the new outer-sill, plug-welded under belly  and spot-welded the lip.

 

topcoat arch

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new sill on

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if  second topcoat in dry in the morning I will wax-oil the petrol tank area and offer the tank back in position.....and maybe more.....

 

[minimuk]

few hours today,

 

petrol tank was the mission today, ended up taking the petrol filler cowl out to get the "petrol grommet" in. Shifty was right,....Pain in the butt..... what a palaver, tank on then off again the on again, for some reason or another I started to remove the de-calls, filled a few more little holes sanded back and started to 'rattle can spray' the rear quarter, 2 layers sofar and its looking good, happy days

 

tank on and filler cowl, tiger sealed between cowl and panel;

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rear quarter paint;

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all good.....

 

 

 

[minimuk]

subby is under and wheels- hilo's adjusted, double seam weld the outer sill and footwell

Edited by minimuk, 09 June 2013 - 01:03 AM.

[minimuk]

after work today, I managed to sand back the seam-welds and applied seam sealer on the outer-sill joints, foot-well joints and A-panel inner-wing joints,

 

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hopefully I am able to clean the belly of grease and mud tmz, so I can stone-chip it and apply 1  layer top coat 

[minimuk]

few paint jobs on the O/S belly this morning,

 

cleaned belly with heat-gun,wire brush and petrol

 

applied 2 coats of zinc primer

 

followed be 2 coats of stone-chip

 

ready for first top coat,.....later....

 

 

painstaking up-side-down painting, first top-coat is on

 

 

start on N/S tmz

Edited by minimuk, 11 June 2013 - 05:19 PM.

[hoody99]

Looking good I'm just doing similar now just the stone chip to go on lol

[minimuk]

Looking good I'm just doing similar now just the stone chip to go on lol

 

good luck with yours, I still got a long way to go, but only have 7 weeks........MITP.....

[minimuk]

finished topcoat under OS wing, and a few other bits, welded a-panel wing stiffener, and cleaned the NS belly ready for zinc Primer

 

OS front inner arch and cleaned belly

 

sanded back filler on A-panel scuttle and etch primed it

 

refurbed yellow tag brake master-cylinder to finish, enough for the day

Edited by minimuk, 12 June 2013 - 07:23 PM.