The centre's look really effective, good choice. What make of wheels are they ?
The centre's look really effective, good choice. What make of wheels are they ?
They are a Ronal wheel - 5.5 x 15Originally Posted by Tim Harpley
Just a brief project update - not much has happened really. I am hoping my welder is going to start again soon after an unavoidable absence over the last couple of months. As the shell on the jig takes up so much garage space along with the TVR being back, I don't really have room to do other things like clean & overhaul the seats. So I have bought two new genuine doors, sold a drivers door, almost sold all my spare Enem cams and managed to buy a couple of bits of trim that I need. I have also been selling a few odd little bits of new stuff with the aim of helping others out - when I order odd things, I normally get a couple extra. As I have probably bought most of what I need now though, I will probably be scaling back my part sourcing! :-)
. . . I was getting a little concerned by your lack of updates recently Tim, I thought you'd fallen out with it !
I had a bit to be honest Paul. I had even made a list of everything I had got to put a value on it to sell as a Sport project!. . . I was getting a little concerned by your lack of updates recently Tim, I thought you'd fallen out with it !
Now, now - we'll have none of that !I had a bit to be honest Paul. I had even made a list of everything I had got to put a value on it to sell as a Sport project!
Get the thing finished you'll regret selling it.
I think I am over that wobble now. My star man (Will the welder/fabricator) is here now and making good progress. That's despite it looking like the compressor had died as it spewed all its oil out of the filler and appeared to be pressurised in the wrong place! A quick engine strip and rebuild and all is good again.
So the welding/repair work has recommenced and some progress from yesterday:
The quality of Will's work is amazing - these repairs will need the thinnest coat of filler imaginable. More work is happening today so hopefully the o/s rear quarter will be done. Without doubt it is the worst part of the shell as the earlier pictures prove - the n/s inner/outer quarter and sill will seem like a doddle after this! So, still to do in welding/repair terms:
* n/s rear quarter
* n/s sill
* front lower panel (I have a genuine new replacement)
* finish of the battery tray repair
I have two new genuine front wings here and my two new doors will be here later this month - these will go with my soda blasted and primed bonnet and boot. It now feels like the back has been broken on the shell resto and it could be ready for paint June/July time. I have ordered the white version of this to paint the underside:
http://www.rust.co.uk/epoxy-mastic-r...-paint/c28117/
Followed by this (tinted Polar White):
http://www.u-pol.co.uk/documents/dat...RLT-TDS-US.pdf
That's a work of art...
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