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[spike 25]

Top job very nice

[minimissions]

Thanks, no the inner a panel is not fitted yet but I am going to spot weld them to inner wing before I fit it, was just trial fitting for now, the outer a panels are very good and using door to align them has worked out quite easy.

Ok wicked yeah can see that must have made the door alinment so much easier defo will be the way i go with mine when i start it :)

[Notay]

top job mate!

[Daz1968]

It was a bit of two steps forward and one back today

Cleaned up ends of cross member





Fitted new bracket but only after careful measurements



Then fitted new homemade reinforcing plate



Had to make a few adjustments to the m machine end piece as it was slightly different to the original and prevented me getting inner wing in correct place

Then I removed inner a panel closer and repaired a small section at end of the shelf



Then trial fitted the inner wing, drilled holes for plug welds etc



Then the one step back happened, the inner wing fits perfect apart from top near a panel, need to remove it and add a piece in the back so I can spot weld it to the outer a panel, after a lot of worrying it appears others have had same or similar issues with heritage passenger side inner wing so at least I am not alone with the problem



As can be seen fit in all other areas is fine, I even trial fitted the bonnet and it all looks ok.





Was hoping to get this fitted today but at least is now know what to do to get it right, according to comments from others I shouldn't have same issue on other side but only time will tell,
Forums are great sources of information though and these problems are just there to test us,

[Petrol]

It was a bit of two steps forward and one back today

Cleaned up ends of cross member



 

 

Quality job this. I'm interested to know how you got the rust / carbon out of that front subframe. It can be a real pain even using chemicals / wire brushes / shot blasting 

[Daz1968]

I used a few different shapes of fibre type wheels in a drill to get it cleaned up then used rust removing gel that I left on for a few days then cleaned up and repeated the process with the drill, then a small amount of rust convertor to be on the safe side followed by a clean up again and a coat of zinc primer, David's 182 in an aerosol,
It wasn't to bad rust wise though just a bit of surface rust, on flatter external areas I also use strip and clean discs on an angle grinder, not cheap though at about £7 per disc but only had to buy 2 so far.

[Petrol]

Thanks... I also use the fibre wheels :)

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Good work there daz

[Daz1968]

Thanks, I am hopefully coming towards the end of welding maybe another couple of months I can start cleaning up and filling ready for paint, that's the plan anyway,

[James_eaton_thewholething]

I really enjoyed getting to the no more welding point only problem after that was felt like I was missing out on something when I was working I. The car

[Daz1968]

Decided to sort out the problem today

Made a template for new shape



Welded a piece in to correct shape, however I didn't grind fully flush as it won't be seen and hopefully will help with the strength to the joint, the heritage panels are not very thick and the butt welding I find quite tricky



Trial fitted the inner a panel and made sure was ok, then started welding the inner wing in place, ran out of time but will finish it off next time, needs a bit of dressing and filling in places, mainly where I have fitted the patch in inner wing to correct to early spec







I have checked all measurements I can and am pretty pleased with it so far, once this is fully welded in I can start again on the other side. Then I will run out of panels again. Seems never ending but hopefully only one more panel spend left.

Edited by Daz1968, 19 March 2016 - 06:16 PM.

[Daz1968]

Managed to finish fitting inner a panel,

Plug welded to inner wing, and spotwelded the rest including the inner wing return lip to the outer a panel, just need to finish return lip under the floor and fit the closing plate in the inside of a post, then grind down all the plug welds and tidy it up, not sure how to finish the lower sill front lip yet though, need to see some pics of this area on other cars.
I might try spot welding inner a panel to inner wing first though on other side, if I can line it up ok.

[Zeemax Adventure]

Coming along nicely :) 

[Daz1968]

Managed to get a little done over bank holiday

Fitted closing plate on passenger side, needs welds dressing though



Fitted drivers side outer a panel, had a few issues with this one and had to adjust it a little at the top





Then started removing inner wing and cleaned up crossmember end



Also made a new strengener for end of crossmember



Unfortunately I have a sore throat at moment and grinding was irritating it even with a dust mask on so decided to cut hole in rear panel for rh tank and have a general tidy up, hopefully will be better soon.





Hopefully I can finish cutting out panels now and have a good clear out and throw all the old stuff away, trouble is price is low at moment so not many tatters about at moment

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Looking good daz, getting all the pain parts out of the way now. Really like the twin tanks