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[Pitcrew6464]

great project coming on well keep up the excellent work

[scsracing]

Another update.Dad has been busy making the bottom of the bulkhead after the old one looked like some attacked it with a hole punch .

The rear should be welded up before christmas as my dad has 12 days off and i finish next friday .

The before after some had already been cut out







Most of the bad bits cut out



The middle section made up and welded together then tacked on but it now has been completely remoevd as the rest has to be removed





The whole rear section made up.Needs to be finished off as its just tacked together.



Fits pretty damm well.

Also found a colour i like as i wanted tartan red but the cost of cans to spray the inside(the outside will be sprayed by a pro,where just doing the inside).Went for mazda classic red which is about as close as it gets with it being slightly lighter.

[scsracing]

The bottom of the bulkhead has now been 99% finished .Just needs a skim of filler to finish it off.







The mazda red looks good with the red primer but grey primer makes it pink,haha.

Next is the big welding adventure for my dad with the boot floor

[GreaseMonkey]

Thats a really nice repair made up for the bottom of the bulkhead

[scsracing]

Thats a really nice repair made up for the bottom of the bulkhead

Thanks for the comment, it took my Dad longer than he thought to make it but it came out well. If all goes well then the boot floor will start to go in Fri and then the final repair sections to the bulkhead can be fiited once the inner arches are installed.

[scsracing]

Boot floor and arches are now in place with the right hand side arch welded in.

Boot floor lined up and pinned into place.









Boot still ines up so it hasn't moved





The seat plane has been spot welded to the heelboard and seam/spot welded to the bulkhead and right hand side companion box(the left hand box still needs to be replaced)

The welds turned out great and blend in great.







Right hand arch welded in and ground down.





All welds will be seam sealed eventually.

Thats all for now

Edited by scsracing, 22 December 2009 - 05:38 PM.

[scsracing]

Nothing happened over christmas, my Dad was really ill last crimbo so he didn't want a repeat this year.

On the plus side some more panels arrived last week, 2 bump stop panels and 2 close out panels for the rear valance. My dad will finish installing the battery box tomorrow after its been cut to bits, sectioned and re welded.

It only fitted on one side so the other three sides had to either cut and sectioned or completely cut off and a new section fitted to match the contour of the boot floor, very frustrating for Dad.

Hopefully this cold weather will bog off so we can be out in the garage more often. Roll on the summer.

[Twincam]

Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing the end result!

[scsracing]

The battery box with the flange cut off on the r/h side.





Fwd, aft and r/h side side cut, sectioned, new material and flange added and ground down.

[IMG]http://i653.photobuc...03/DSC02447.jpg[/MG]

Etch primed, primed and top coated ready to be welded in and this time sit nice and level in the boot floor cut out.

[scsracing]

The previous image did not come out so 2nd time lucky.
As per previous post etch primed, primed and top coated all ready to be welded in now that it will sit nice and level in the boot floor.

[scsracing]

Not a lot done this week but plenty of prep and painting.



New battery box welded in



Newly fabricated fuel tank strap support bracket



Newly painted bracket and the old manky one.



New bump stop brackets, rear close out panels and rear subframe to inner arch reinforcing brackets painted and ready to weld in, hopefully most of them this week.

Edited by scsracing, 25 January 2010 - 07:35 PM.

[scsracing]

Me and my dad went bingley hall today,had a good time and managed to empty both are wallets

Bought some 10x6 wheels and some falken tyres.Got some centre caps and nuts with them,cost £250.

Also bought

Rear subframe mounting kit
Front and rear poly bush set
Goodridge front and rear brake hose set
Some other little clips and covers.

Edited by scsracing, 31 January 2010 - 07:23 PM.

[Twincam]

Edit: Looks good - now you just have to fit them...

Edited by Twincam, 31 January 2010 - 07:26 PM.

[scsracing]

Yep sorry moved them around the photobucket account and it deleted the links automaticly,they should be up now

[Twincam]

by the way sorry to sound a bit of a pleb but what are those things you used in the above picture? Where they to help line it up? (I'm an amateur when it comes to welding)