Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

[Iain]

Finished the front end stitch welding today by doing the front chassis legs. Just the rear to do now!



My car support



Ready



Going



Up





Stitch welded chassis legs





Bit of rust to tackle but not found anything too bad yet.



Penetration

[tom reid]

Good work mate, your welding skills have really come on.Now, try welding upside down,

[Iain]

I've tried the odd bit and it's horrendous, which is why I opted for the car-on-its-side approach!

[7ova]

nice welding mate
keep up the good work

[Adam]

Welding looks top notch now, impressive!!!

[burgo]

looking good babes

[scott.parker]

Looks really good Iain, good welds too.

Have you checked round the spring seats? It's always quite bad there mate, but if your running coilovers next don't worry too much.

Scott

[Iain]

Looks really good Ian, good welds too.

Iain

Not looked at the back end yet TBH. Now the front's all welded up I'll focus on the rear, but I don't remember the spring seats looking too bad.

[scott.parker]

Alright it's not my fault your olds spelled it wrong!

[Iain]

Managed half of the rear end yesterday - middle floor join, drivers chassis leg and passenger arch. Will need to tip the car over on its other side for the rest.

What I started with:



This cleaned up very well after seeing pics of how some rot here!





Stitched:





Rear arch cleaned up around the seams and stitched (found it quite difficult to do the main splash guard seam due to metal thickness!?):





Today's penetrative actions



Half way there now:



Also welded up the gearshifter plate from underneath and filled in the existing bolt holes. Also removed the threaded bits for the exhaust heatshields and ground flat the rear seat bolt brackets for a few grams saving: