52 replies to this topic

[pete l]

Wow

[Homersimpson]

Thats looking fantastic and the jig is a great idea as you have another one the same to do.

 

I remember looking at a jig for a frogeye sprite bodyshell and it had all kinds of removable bits for setting everything up which worked really well.

[fiestaharry]

Update:

 

Had a few days off the week just gone so put my time into prepping as much as i could ready to go back on the car.

 

Painted the inner and outer A panel with Mipa epoxy primer and got them spot welded:

 

 

Had some of the origional brackets / mounts to repair / bare metal:

 

 

Started spotwelding the floor to toeboard, toeboard to bulkhead and bulkhead to crossmember:

 

 

Primed the inaccessible void, inside all the sill sections and the underside of the load floor:

 

 

Fitted the spare wheel stabiliser:

 

 

Beach buggy anyone?

 

 

I next went onto sorting the brackets that hold the bonnet hinge onto the bulkhead, obviously this needs to be in the right place so:

 

 

Used the brackets from my woody to mock everything up and has worked well. I am going to be needing these again for the pickup.

 

More prep:

 

 

Bit the bullet and started on the sides, going really well upto now:

 

 

Pretty happy with the fit up of everything:

 

 

Got loads of welding to do now but going to be doing a few hours a night after work to get though it 

[sonscar]

Lovely work,thanks for sharing,Steve..

[cal844]

Wow! You're keen but then I suppose these cars are easy if you can weld and paint. Great work so far

[Homersimpson]

The car is looking great

 

What do you use to paint the steering wheel?  I have one to do on a MK2 jag thats in a similar condition.

Edited by Homersimpson, 27 October 2021 - 10:44 PM.

[fiestaharry]

The car is looking great

 

What do you use to paint the steering wheel?  I have one to do on a MK2 jag thats in a similar condition.

 

 

Just 2k direct gloss

[fiestaharry]

Update:

 

Been doing all of the difficult, boring jobs at the moment, the tricky top of the a pillar repair on both sides:

 

 

Another job, bottoms of both door frame repairs:

 

 

 

Done a load of welding on the front bulkhead area for wiring tabs, accelerator cable ferrules, threaded shock absorber mounts, threaded pedal box mounts, a panel stiffner, some threaded inserts etc.

 

But FINALLY after a huge amount of work (while working full time and only having a few days off) after 1 month after receiving the panels it is nearly ready for expoxy, i have to 180 grit sand everything (half way there) and do some more small detail welding bits:

 

[wingnut]

I can't believe this is the same van!

Truly inspiring

[fiestaharry]

Update, body now has epoxy primer on. More finishing touches to do on the booth, painting etc but extraction and air worked really well. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Maccmike8]

Fantastic.

[mini-mad-mark]

Great work and in such a short timescale. I wish I had a welder, the skill, a large garage, the skill, the time, the skill, the money and the skill to do a rebuild like this.

[pete l]

Can you tell us more about your paint booth please, i'll be setting one up soon but can't really decide how to do it !

 

Thanks.

[fiestaharry]

Can you tell us more about your paint booth please, i'll be setting one up soon but can't really decide how to do it !

 

Thanks.

 

Sorry for the late reply, what do you want to know? 

[g111mds]

Incredible work