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[Daz1968]

Thanks, I managed to get a little more done today still avoiding grinding at the moment

Got all the cut off panels together and got them collected out the way



Then decided to clean up the bulkhead and get rid of unnecessary holes



Welded them up and started to repair bulkhead rotodip hole



Then welded this up and got flat ready for grinding



Needs a little repair at top of bulkhead drivers side but not to bad



Then removed deox gel from cross member and cleaned up, then added some zinc primer





It just needs a repair to lower lip which I will do when the rest of inner wing removed

Then a picture of bulkhead without all the holes, looks much better

Edited by Daz1968, 29 March 2016 - 04:47 PM.

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Moving quickly. I wish I had more time for mine at the moment stupid work getting in the way

[Daz1968]

Thanks, am taking advantage of bad weather as nobody wants to go out, so best place for me is in garage.

[Daz1968]

Managed to squeeze another hour in tonight after work, so linished the bulkhead welds, needs a little hammer and dolly work and filling but hopefully will turn out acceptable,





I am pleased with how the rotodip hole has turned out as it had been hammered back quite a bit, quoting the second owner it was done to fit long trumpets, seems a little odd though as would think they would have caught top of hole not bottom

[minimissions]

Looking great as always this is really coming along now :) nice work!

[Daz1968]

Had a few more hours to spare today so cleaned up bulkhead and applied some deox gel where needed.



Then fitted some loom tabs repaired corner and replaced flange on side of bulkhead and gave it a coat of zinc primer



Also fitted the rh crossmember bracket



Then I modified rh inner wing to early spec



Trial fitted the inner wing and it appears it will fit without major modification on this side, however I still have a couple of lower bulkhead repairs to do before I fit it properly,



Hopefully once the inner wing is in position I can remove the subframe and clean up the lower bulkhead and toe board

[Daz1968]

Done a bit more today

Cut out bad area of bulkhead and cleaned inside cross member derusted and painted, still have a small repair at bottom corner but need to remove the subframe to do this properly and I really need more metal on the door post area before I can support from under floor and remove subframe, so to be done at a later date



Fitted a patch plug welded and seam welded in position, still need to grind the welds a bit more but ran out of belts for my sander



Then repaired end of shelf,



Then fitted strengthener to end of cross member



Then trial fitted inner wing, needs a few adjustments but should fit better than the other side



Need to get this fitted now and then remove frame from inside of the car, which will be a good step forward.

[James_eaton_thewholething]

I enjoyed removing the bracing from the inside of the car as it meant I could move around it freely and also sit in it. Coming together quickly now

[simpsonsclassics]

Nice tidy job with the repair on the dash rail think we will be needing to do the same to our pickup build...

 

Whats next start lining the front end up?

[Daz1968]

Thanks will probably leave front end for now and repair and reskin the doors, was hoping to not have to change the skins but on reflection it's easiest way to be able to properly derust and repair the frames.
I also have rear valance to fit but at least I am past the worst of repairs now.

[simpsonsclassics]

Thats fair enough I would probaly do the same, Hope the doors come out ok. The rest of the car is defo rust free now :)

Edited by simpsonsclassics, 13 April 2016 - 01:37 PM.

[Daz1968]

Thanks, the doors need replacement bottoms as the frame is quite bad, but other than that and skins will be fine. I got some more belts for my sander yesterday as well so ground down a few welds to test them as they were grit 40 but they do get the weld down pretty quick,



Will post some pics of the doors when I start them as have panels coming from m machine tomorrow

[simpsonsclassics]

That belt sander made short work of that, hope the panels come ok and you manage to crack on with the doors

[Daz1968]

Here is a picof the passenger door bottom, looks better on pics than it actually is, the corners are gone quite bad so bought the m machine bottoms to repair the door frames







Then I reverted back to the inner wing and marked the holes for plug welding and clamped in position



Then welded in and ground down the welds





Then decided to have a tidy up and trial fit the front panel to check everything lines up ok with the bonnet, nothing to bad discovered, just need to reshape front of drivers side inner wing to get front panel level with the bonnet.







Think will fit drivers side inner a panel and finish the a post off, get the frame out then try to finish the floor and bulkhead welding off next week, if I get enough time.
The m machine front panel seems ok I just have the smaller indicator plinths to fit but probably do them once panel on car as may be easier.

[ToM 2012]

Looking good daz keep up the good work mate