Looks great James!!
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Looks great James!!
looks a good project, and the standard of your work is excellent :thumb:
No such luck today though :(Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
hay i recognise that astra, and that garage looks very familiar, hang on a minute thats my astra lol :), can`t wait to c this nova finished, im hoping to get the astra dyno`d at pv :)
onca again stunned by your builds mate.Keep it up James.
Nice work James, will keep an eye on this :thumb:
Although it makes me miss my TD... :cry: :cry: :cry:
Youve got some skills James! Impressive work
As Sunday was a was out i was determined to get at least something done on monday what ever the weather!
Fortunately the sun was out to begin with so i cracked on
I ground back the welds on the newly inserted td chassis leg section, then V'd them out to take a final cap off
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD351.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD352.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD353.jpg
V'd out
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http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD355.jpg
Then just as i was about to lay the first line of weld it started to pissit down ffs, i thought funk this its time for some sort of circus gypsy tent as so
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD356.jpg
This kept the rain off everything thank funk. Anyway it was a short shower so onwards with the welding
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD357.jpg
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Happier with that i moved on to the small section i had cut out to get at the inner skin
Held in place with a magnet while a tacked it home
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD359.jpg
Tacked
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD361.jpg
And done (not the prettiest admittedly lol)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD362.jpg
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Moving swiftly on I welded up the top edge of the chassis leg insert
First below the turret
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD360.jpg
Then all the way down the top of the leg, yes there was fire and it popped and spattered like a bastid!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD364.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD365.jpg
Now it was jigsaw time as i needed to do something with the large hole were the rotten metal used to be
First and easiest repair section tacked in place
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD366.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD367.jpg
Then i began at the back of the hole below the turret with the first of my home made repair sections, the section in question is directly above my earth return clamp in the pic below.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD368.jpg
I crafted this shape after some careful measuring
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD369.jpg
Cleaned up the weld behind the repair section
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD370.jpg
Manipulated the metal into shape
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD371.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD372.jpg
Getting there but a little more needed
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD374.jpg
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Tent time again, fecking rain!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD373.jpg
Once i was happy with the final shape i drilled some holes were the repair section meets the chassis leg lip so i could puddle weld it in later on
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD376.jpg
And tacked it in to position - not to bad a fit
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD377.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD378.jpg
Moving down the leg i was getting frustrated with yet more rust so out came some more metal
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD379.jpg
Giving me the perfect opportunity to douse the inside of the chassis leg with acid etch primer
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD380.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD381.jpg
While the primer was drying i cut up some more metal to fill the hole
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD382.jpg
welding it in good and proper
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD383.jpg
This gave me a much better base to build the rest of the repair off of
Metal cut
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD384.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD385.jpg
Bent
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD386.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD387.jpg
And tidied in to shape
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD388.jpg
Tacked in ready for the next section - i thought small sections would be easier....
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD389.jpg
The beginnings of the next section
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD392.jpg
Fettled
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD393.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD394.jpg
Inserted
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD395.jpg