Twisted Paint Polisher!!!
Posted 20 November 2013 - 08:52 PM
Nice projeck....The 1100 special is 1 of my fave LEs.........keep up the good work.........and do you have most of the Interior...or are you missing things.......PM me if missing parts ......
Its not mine mate doing the body resto for one of the lads at our Heathrow hangar. He stripped the car down and its all boxed up so i believe he has all of the parts but i will let him know though.
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 06:42 PM
Got most of the boot floor repairs complete today, just a a bit around the arches to do,
and the boot lid fits well
the hinge panel will get welded in tomorrow along with the subframe mount brackets.
Camshaft & Stage Two Head
Posted 05 December 2013 - 07:04 PM
Nice job.
Are you grinding the boot floor repair weld completely flat or leaving it proud? Are you welding from the top only or both sides?
I find that if I try to improve the penetration of the weld by slowing down the weld it warps the metal. I get a better result if I weld both sides with a quicker weld but this means more grinding. What do you do?
Jason
Twisted Paint Polisher!!!
Posted 05 December 2013 - 07:49 PM
Everything is from the top and then ground flush. Then i give the weld underneath a tickle with the grinder to remove all of the high spots then go around with a panel beating hammer and dolly.
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 05 December 2013 - 08:01 PM
loving the detail, the photos are really instructional too! 
Camshaft & Stage Two Head
Posted 05 December 2013 - 08:04 PM
Everything is from the top and then ground flush. Then i give the weld underneath a tickle with the grinder to remove all of the high spots then go around with a panel beating hammer and dolly.
Sounds like I need more practice and more time :)
Twisted Paint Polisher!!!
Posted 05 December 2013 - 08:28 PM
Getting the weld to penetrate is everything. The big issue with this car is Will is talking about getting it dipped to strip all of the old paint etc after i have finished welding so the welds need to be as neat as possible. If he does go down this route then i have no doubt i may need to revisit some areas due to the underseal / paint etc to make sure everything is clean and smooth. It would have been ideal to have had it dipped first but time is a constraint here.
loving the detail, the photos are really instructional too!
Cheers. 
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 05 December 2013 - 10:16 PM
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 10:18 PM
This looks lovely your usual high standard of work as always, the owner will be very happy with the result
I do hope so. Still loads to do though so barely scratched the surface. The roof may need to be changed yet as well.
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 05 December 2013 - 10:20 PM
This looks lovely your usual high standard of work as always, the owner will be very happy with the result
I do hope so. Still loads to do though so barely scratched the surface. The roof may need to be changed yet as well.
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Posted 05 December 2013 - 10:24 PM
I have to convince him he really needs to change it. He thinks he may be able to bond some shaped ali strips onto the dented areas to reform the damage but you should see it, more ripples than the North sea.
I will just do the roof skin as i have bought a spot welder. It looks like i have access to a solid second hand roof.
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Posted 06 December 2013 - 04:54 PM
Rear hinge panel welded in and ground flush and quite happy with it.
R/h rear quarter panel is now off and this is what was lurking
and this looks a tad suspect for the heelboard
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Posted 06 January 2014 - 07:33 PM
Back on the case again after crimbo. Workshop survived the storm apart fro some water being forced in so happy with that.
Anyway off with the right hand rear arch and left with this
although not shown this has now got a lip welded in place
the arch has been split apart and some minor repairs have been carried out to the front of the inner arch
Hopefully tomorrow it will all be welded together and then back in the car.
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 06 January 2014 - 07:55 PM
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Posted 07 January 2014 - 06:38 PM
Cheers Marco,
just a little bit today as not liking the weather and feeling a bit crap. I have welded the two sections of arch together now and pleased with the outcome
It fits nicely but just need to trial fit the quarter panel to make sure there are no issues there before its finally welded in.
In the meanwhile i had a little poke at the heelboard end and got this
so more fabrication to do.
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