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[thelegg]

Get some bracing in the more the merrier and then take the rear subframe off if you feel it will make life easier besides then you can flip the shell over to make welding underneath easier ;)

[ninham]

Get some bracing in the more the merrier and then take the rear subframe off if you feel it will make life easier besides then you can flip the shell over to make welding underneath easier ;)

Get a mattress and roof rack and put it upside down.
Like this

[CK's mini]

That's a great idea, could even strap some casters to the roof rack.

[thelegg]

Yep lol

[zebigfatman]

I would consider that if i had a level solid floor to work on but I have a mixture of wood shavings and very loose dry soil.



I have talked to the guys at work and they say get the floor in to restore some strength, then worry about that side of things when I take the rear subframe off and get repair panels for the heelboard. But before then I will be doing the passanger floor, sill and the flitch panels. Happy I now have a plan :)

[ninham]

Sounds like a good idea. Then just replace the whole subframe panel at the end while your there. :).

[thelegg]

As long as you've got something to attach the floor to then yeah that should be fine

[zebigfatman]

So those of you who live in the UK have probably noticed the weather has been a tad wet the last couple of months. Between that and the fact my free time after work is in the dark I have not touched the car until today. I have mainly been drilling out the spot welds around the edges of the floor, fixing my grinder every 5 mins and discovering more little patches of orange horror around the companion bin location. The inner sill stiffener plate could have been patched to be honest but I stuck a screw driver through the little square panel underneath it in front of the rear wheel arch so it had to come off anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

After removing it I could get a good picture of the original piece of outer sill that was left when the sills were replaced

 

 

 

 

Just finished ordering inner sill stiffeners, new heel board and the rear of the boot floor for when I eventually get round to doing it.

So tomorrow I am going to add a whole load of bracing and then drill out whatever the little square panel is called and make a new one.

Edited by zebigfatman, 28 December 2015 - 04:49 PM.

[zebigfatman]

So got some poles welded in.


Then kind of ran into another problem. The little square panel is more complex than I thought so after drilling out the spot welds I realised it was seam welded from the underside so I made this big mess.



This kind of loosened it but I found it joins the external seam of the car..


Looks like I will need to add even more bracing, take the rear subframe off and flip the shell after all.

[zebigfatman]

Ok, alcohol has aided this decision but I have decided to brace the hell out of the shell, wheel it out of the way, dig a hole and pour a load of concrete into it to make myself a level surface. I will be picking up a rollover jig this week because I have found someone locally who makes them. Pretty sure it will be worth the extra work in the end.

[thelegg]

Have you laid concrete before ? Lol

[zebigfatman]

Nope. Got an idea of what to do, something like dig out to level, put in some hardcore, sand, make wood frame, pour in concrete.

Today all I did was brace the shell and put the front subframe back on ready to move tomorrow. I can actually move the whole car on my own, weighs nothing!

[thelegg]

You want your Concrete about 6" thick then get your wooden frame level but make sure you put plenty of pegs around else the weight of the concrete will push the sides out! Then once the concrete is in you need to get a piece of wood that's wider than your wooden frame and sort of drag it across the top of the concrete keeping it resting on your frame each side this will then show up any high/low spots. Hope that makes sense lol

[zebigfatman]

Thanks. Will let you know when something interesting happens

[zebigfatman]

So Braced the car and moved it without it distorring,dug a big hole, base layers are in. Getting a 1T bag of gravel delivered on Saturday for cement and went to pick up the spit jig thing today. Things are looking good for getting back on the car next week!

Edited by zebigfatman, 07 January 2016 - 05:00 PM.