crusty rusty rocket
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Section for all vehicle and related projects. Please keep responses pertinent to thread.
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- james butler
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Re: crusty rusty rocket
right next i will have to tackle that rear drivers arch! WISH ME LUCK!
inner arch plate
inner sill plate
outer sill plate folded on the inside and welded to the inner sill plate for added strength and longevity
then the edge of the sill plate folded and welded to the inner arch plate
inner arch plate
inner sill plate
outer sill plate folded on the inside and welded to the inner sill plate for added strength and longevity
then the edge of the sill plate folded and welded to the inner arch plate
I dont mind project cars but I HATE SANDING!!!
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Some brave work going on there, it's keeping you busy then?
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- james butler
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Definitely keeping me busy. Once the welding is complete then I've got lots of boring filling and sanding to do.mark1gls wrote:Some brave work going on there, it's keeping you busy then?
Plus I want to remove the sunroof but haven't really thought how I'm going to fill the hole after.
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- james butler
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sooooo, the passenger sides welded up and undersealed so down and dirty with the filler.
so remember this is what it looked like before!
it now looks loads better!!!
so remember this is what it looked like before!
it now looks loads better!!!
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- james butler
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in my haste to clean up the roof rails i discovered/made worse a bloomin hole in the join
so the roof rails are being welded up and skimmed with filler. nothing really else for it.
thats going to take some sanding!
so the roof rails are being welded up and skimmed with filler. nothing really else for it.
thats going to take some sanding!
I dont mind project cars but I HATE SANDING!!!
- james butler
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ive taken the passenger wing off for now untill i can find a new one SO THIS IS A SHOUT OUT TO THE HOARDERS I NEED A NEW WING pretty please!
and got some red oxide, which i have to say quite like the colour of!
and painted the front end
then most of the side
shocking i know, i think i got just a little carried away!
and got some red oxide, which i have to say quite like the colour of!
and painted the front end
then most of the side
shocking i know, i think i got just a little carried away!
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i put the new door on today to solve quite a few scabby issue and some holes round the handle that looked like this
and sods law my new door being sat in storage for a good while went the same bloody way!
so i cut out the rot
and also cut me a repair patch out of the old door
and sods law my new door being sat in storage for a good while went the same bloody way!
so i cut out the rot
and also cut me a repair patch out of the old door
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with some fettling i got the cut out to fit
and then welded it in
ive skimmed over it with filler now so once sanded down i will get another picture of the finished bit.
dont expect showroom fresh though because im not that great at bodywork so time will tell how it comes out.
Mr funk, i now know what pain you put your welder through making the bandits door handles fit! its a nightmare stopping the doors ripple form the heat.
and then welded it in
ive skimmed over it with filler now so once sanded down i will get another picture of the finished bit.
dont expect showroom fresh though because im not that great at bodywork so time will tell how it comes out.
Mr funk, i now know what pain you put your welder through making the bandits door handles fit! its a nightmare stopping the doors ripple form the heat.
I dont mind project cars but I HATE SANDING!!!
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still thinking about welding the sunroof up but GTXTRA made a good point of it buckling up the roof skin with the heat and the fact that once done it will need a skim of filler which would most likely crack if the car was subject to twisting which it will ie going up down kerbs or thrashing round corners or potholes.
so i might just lay a sheet of steel over the top and rivit it on.
need your opinion on that on autoad
so i might just lay a sheet of steel over the top and rivit it on.
need your opinion on that on autoad
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Re: crusty rusty rocket
Awesome work going on here mate, well done.
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- james butler
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Cheers Alex.
Still a long ways to go yet tho!
Still a long ways to go yet tho!
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here is the front part of the door i had to fill and rub down with a dollop of red oxide on for now.
and a bit of the roof i spent all day sanding
and a bit of the roof i spent all day sanding
I dont mind project cars but I HATE SANDING!!!
Re: crusty rusty rocket
Read my post about wings got a good quality new pattern left hand wing from e bay last week from a company in Birmingham