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Originally Posted by c20letminiman
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lol...
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Originally Posted by c20letminiman
colin is having the plate of it mate
in regards to the state of it the floor is well rotten as you will see when claire updates but were well on our way with it already
what we have undertaken most would have scraped years ago but the way i see it is i scraped one so must revive another lol
Shame that was wills 21st bday Present I'm sure he would give a few quid to have it back it prob means more to him than whoever bought the carQuote:
Originally Posted by ste porter
no what i ment was colin smith who we got the shell of has the wil plate and is planing on selling it pm himQuote:
Originally Posted by C20letminiman
Yes, I have the WIL 9047 plate, and it's ready to be transferred to a new owner.Quote:
Originally Posted by C20letminiman
Drop me an e-mail at ;
colinesmith@aol.com
and I would be delighted to sell it at the right price.
Colin
ok so little update: monday night went back down to the workshop and finished off with the wire wheel
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1245.jpg
then we had a few minutes of...........difference in opinion shall we say when i flatly refused to use the grinder with a cutting disc on it and in the end my stubborness won out (as it always does lol) so for the time being, until i cure my fear of a sharp disc spinning at 11000rpm an inch away from my fingers, steve will be doing any cutting of anything (i know it defeats the object of me 100% doing it but i figured if im not confident using it im more likely to hurt myself)
eventually work progressed and this was what we had to weld a plate over
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1250.jpg
so off he went with the grinder (lol) to cut a plate out of the sheet metal and tacked it into place for me.
now bear in mind here i've never even touched a welder in my life before and he didnt even give me any scrap to practice on first (think he was getting me back for my stubborness over the grinder lol)
he let me have a crack at welding
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http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1254.jpg
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he did sort out any mistakes i made as you can probably imagine a few holes were made here and there lol
then it was time for the seat rail to go back in
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1261.jpg
now i know it doesnt look pretty but its in lol
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then it was time to cover it in an equivalent to red oxide primer, its called weld 2 i believe
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1266.jpg
and that was monday over and done with!
last night i decided i wanted to tackle the hole under the pedals but as we started digging it soon became apparent that perhaps a whole new floor both sides would have been a better option but hey ho, bit late now! so i had the lovely task of getting off all the sound deadening left in the foot wells, how many times i hit my hand with the hammer is unbelieveable lol
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1291.jpg
so off he went with the grinder to cut some more plates and tacked them in for me again
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1289.jpg
the first time i tried welding it i burnt a massive hole through the floor and got a bit mad lol so he finally gave me some scrap to practice on
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1292.jpg
which seemed to go ok and i thought i may have cracked it until i tried to weld the car up again and blew another massive hole through the floor at which point my patience didnt exist anymore and i told him to sort it out lol to which his response of thin metal is the hardest to weld just got me even more mad but kind of simmered away when he blew a hole through it as well lol
anyway, this was the end result
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/IMAG1293.jpg
and thats where we left it as i'd had enough lol
i know it looks like a patchwork quilt and definitely will do by the time we're done but at least we know it'll be good and rot free and at the end of the day no-ones going to see underneath the car or under the carpets lol
had tonight off to calm down from the welder but hopefully will crack on again tomorrow!
Looking good Claire and fair play to you both, one for you actually having a crack at it an learning to weld, and Ste for teching you, i forsee many a 'debate' during the course of this build lol
Btw wanna sell me back them rear dampers off my old shell pretty pretty please?
looking good don't worry mine as plates ever were to
lol i can see many a debate happening too spud lmao its the electrics im dreading, im useless with it, never been any good at dt/science/maths or anything logic related really lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
i bet you're wishing you'd kept CYA now lol
you're a good mate spudly but im afraid they is being used on the turbo when it finally gets to that stage lol