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[sonikk4]

Cheers for the comments folks,well it was quarter panel day today so started welding the beastie in

 

Should have it fitted tomorrow and ground flush.

[mk1leg]

WOW what a build.........keep up the fantastic work......

[sonikk4]

So on with the quarter panel welding to day and 5 hrs later it went from this

 

to this

 

 

Very please and minimal filling to do.

[Ben_O]

Looks superb mate.

 

Did you spot weld any of it?

[sonikk4]

Looks superb mate.

 

Did you spot weld any of it?

 

Nope all plug welds, still cant get to grips with my Spot welder.

[jagman.2003]

Excellent finish there.

[minimissions]

Top work these its looking great :)

[Marco1972]

Looking good Neil

Those door steps look great just about to fit mine that I had off you
Have you any more detailed pics of the fitting process just noticed that one end of the steps is a slightly thinner diameter than the other
Is this the front end ?

Cheers mate

[sonikk4]

Looking good Neil
Those door steps look great just about to fit mine that I had off you
Have you any more detailed pics of the fitting process just noticed that one end of the steps is a slightly thinner diameter than the other
Is this the front end ?
Cheers mate

Hi Marco one end is thinner but off the top of my head I cannot remember which end. No more detailed pics though. I think the narrower end is the front but you can check that out when you come to fitting it.

Don't forget you will need to cut the ends around to get the curvature correct. I cut on the fold line and notched the return where it attaches to the inner sill to do this.

[Marco1972]

Cheers Neil

Will do - off on holiday next week for a well earned break so it's top of my list when I get back

Cheers bud

[sonikk4]

Moving fwd literally so it was a quick trial of the door to make sure its fits which it did and then onto the A post.

 

First thing was to get the replacement flitch panel to line up. So after a bit of tweaking the lower hinge holes were relocated to the correct place and the top of the A panel return was sectioned to get the correct contour.

 

Right happy with that so onto the rusty bits, took a chunk out of the scuttle and removed the closeout just to make sure i have got the rust mapped

 

Then cut out the flitch section to find this

 

Not good and caused by this

 

A bloody great chunk of foam fitted at the factory. Just something else to deal with tomorrow

[sonikk4]

Today was remove the inner A post stiffener just to see what the damage was.

So out the old bits

 

and this was the state of the inside of the A post

 

Rusty as hell so without resorting to spending another £70+ it was time to brush up on my fabrication skills

So new stiffener slaved in place

 

And the first repair piece in place

 

Followed by the rest of the sections

 

Overall very happy with it, just a few final tweaks and cleaning up and it will be finished.

[sonikk4]

So on with the repairs, first thing to do was add some extra bracing as i will be cutting out the section where the main bracing is welded to.

 

Then out with the rotten section

 

New section cut to size

 

And this is the stiffener section for the dash rail

 

Repair section welded in place

 

And with the A post fully welded in, ground down and buffed up

 

Very pleased with it.

[Carlos W]

looks brilliant mate

[sonikk4]

looks brilliant mate

 

Cheers, i'm pleased as punch with it, will trial fit the door again tomorrow just to double double check it but nothing moved so should be golden. I hope i dont have to do this with the other side.