Done a reasonable amount today.
I started off by going over some of the rollcage joins which i thought looked a bit iffy.
cranked the voltage right up to ensure there was good penitration through the material that was already welded.
Some of the joins will need looking at when its flipped back onto its base and on the other side, also some of the welds will still want a little dressing but nothing like they were before (even found seam sealer in 1 or 2 joins... disgusting!!)
After that i set about looking at the front triangulation, upto the cross member, i had noticed how some of the holes were welded fully.
Quite annoying to find that but at least its getting sorted now.
So, for the pictures, below shows the lack of welding.
The picture shows the dash bar and the top bar of the footwell triangulation which then joins to the bulkhead spreader plate (this plate was also not welded in sufficiently. I have since welded it, but didnt snap a picture)
Pretty difficult to get a continious weld given the space i was working through, but managed to get quite good coverage, importantly all the way round!
The above is another part of the footwell triagulation, this has also been welded now. After all the footwell triagulation bars were fully welded up I set about patching up the inner wings where i had cut access holes aswell as plating the fresh air vent.
Plate made up and held in place
All welded in, ground down and then flap wheeled smooth. Its mostly level. Im happy enough with it.
So I also then plated a few of the other remaining holes, didnt get round to doing the lot but its nice to start adding metal into the shell rather than taking it away for once!
Anywho, i think im going to add a bit more to the panel list, maybe a new scuttle under panel thingy, cant remember what they're called but mini spares will tell me haha.
The door post will get a patching too
More progress later in the week i hope!
Edited by mini93, 21 April 2013 - 07:09 PM.
hey ho, best just crack on!
