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Mwahahaha theres more chance of seeing Jeebus himself ride past on a flaming harley than me taking my mk1 to the next meet :tard:
On a serious note though i really am going to start cracking on with it once the welding and painting of the bay has been done!
A20NRY is being broken the first week of July so things should get going from there hopefully :thumb:
Give me a reminder nearer the time and I'll come down and get in the way when its getting broke
:thumb: Nice one dude,I've recruited Lee H and I'm sure a couple of others will want to help to!Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme Dixon
More mincing today, lovely job of stripping seam sealer off the inner arches,
Passenger side done,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0690.jpg
Bottom of the strut tower sorted (passenger side):
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0691.jpg
This was as much as i could take off from the two seams behind the passenger side strut, hope its enough:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0692.jpg
and then did the drivers side inner arch and bottom of strut tower,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0693.jpg
Its pretty much all prepped now, theonly thing i now need to do is get a strengthening kit off Lee H, offer that up and then see were i need to prep for that!
How clean of primer and seam sealer do the seams actually need to be to be able to weld properly and what are the effects if not?
Comments welcome :thumb:
Only a small update really as i cant do much until the welding has been done now, i thought seen as i have an empty bay its the ideal time to perform something called a 'pikey' chassis leg mod haha :thumb:
So i got this:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture162.jpg
And then hit this a few times, although i was quite surprised at how easy the leg actually does go back, the force needed is definitly not over neccesary:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture163.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture164.jpg
Then when i was happy with how far back it was i just gave it a few coats of primer and then left it for the time being:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture165.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture166.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture169.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture170.jpg
I think i'm going to put a little bit of body filler on there as there a quite a few small dints showing through but other than that i think it'll look ok when painted up!
I just hope i have hit it back far enough!
Comments welcome :thumb:
Quick update but no pics!
The car was picked up on Saturday and has gone to have strengthening kit fitted and the seams all stitched so should be back this weekend so I'll put pictures up then!
I have also booked the car in to be painted for the 1st week in July so watch this space!
lol just hope laura doesnt log on and read that then andy lol
Yeah hopefully not dude,I might be in a bit of troubleif she does :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Riggy
Good work Andy
Last time i posted up my car was just about ready to go for welding and i had taken all the seam sealer off all the seams and all the paint off the seams in the bay which was a nightmare of a job :mad:
A fella local to me came and picked the car up on Saturday morning, then left the car on a recovery truck outside his house Saturday and Sunday night, (which i wasnt to happy about ), he then cracked on with the welding on Monday and Tuesday!
I bought a Chris Astley strengthening kit off Lee H (cheers mate) and had this fitted at the same time as having all the stitch welding done, after much help trying to decide were a couple of the plates go :thumb:
Anyway less talking and more pics,
Drivers side chassis leg, note the strengthening plate under the mount which has been hammered upto the lip to make a box section,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10750.jpg
Passenger side, (same done with plate on this side too)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10751.jpg
Whole engine bay shot,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10754.jpg
Passenger side inner wing stitching, and plate at the bottom,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...SDC10752-1.jpg
Cockpit penetration, ooooooo
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...SDC10759-1.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...SDC10760-1.jpg
Tie bar mount plates, (ignore the crazy floating head)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10758.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10757.jpg