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#121 Daviewonder

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Posted 22 August 2020 - 06:18 PM

You'll be surprised how easy the boot floor is to fit.


I hope so mate.  What could possibly go wrong?  :D
 
 
 
Quick update.
 
I've got the boot floor out now and have started stripping off all the leftover bits of metal. I took loads of measurements beforehand and have painted either side of the old floor to give me a good idea of where the new one should go. I've also left the remains of the floor to arch brackets in place to also aid lining up.
 
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If anyone can spot any glaring errors please speak up  :thumbsup:


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#122 GT Jimmy

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Posted 22 August 2020 - 08:38 PM

You'll need to clean all that rust off with a wire wheel and treat it before you offer the floor up, you probably already know that. Keep it up and you'll be at next year's l2b

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Posted 22 August 2020 - 09:57 PM

Great progress!

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Posted 23 August 2020 - 05:30 PM

You'll need to clean all that rust off with a wire wheel and treat it before you offer the floor up, you probably already know that. Keep it up and you'll be at next year's l2b

 

Yeah I will do thanks Jimmy. Hope to do that next time. 

 

I think next year might be a bit optimistic mate  :lol:  

 

 

Great progress!

 

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Posted 31 August 2020 - 08:24 PM

Only had a couple of hours in the garage today but managed to remove (most of) the remaining bits of the boot floor.
 
I offered up the boot floor to see how well it fitted and I was pleasantly surprised.
 
 
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The front of the panel was a couple of MM too high, and the back was a couple of MM too low, that turned out to be where I hadn't removed the strips of boot floor from the bottom corners of the rear quarter panels and some lines of weld on the companion bin filler panels. 
 
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The lining up of these brackets isn't a million miles off either. Fingers crossed once the last remnants of boot floor are removed we should be cooking with gas.  :proud:

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Posted 31 August 2020 - 09:17 PM

Excellent progress, are you ging back to the original colour or sticking with green?



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Posted 01 September 2020 - 10:16 AM

Excellent progress, are you ging back to the original colour or sticking with green?

Hope he's staying green, I don't want to be the only one lol



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Posted 01 September 2020 - 09:58 PM

Excellent progress, are you ging back to the original colour or sticking with green?

Hope he's staying green, I don't want to be the only one lol


It will be going back to Reynard Bronze I'm afraid guys. I've never liked the green if I'm honest.

I love your colour Jimmy, one of the best colours for a GT and quite rare too.

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Posted 02 September 2020 - 08:42 AM

Reynard bronze is a cool colour too mate

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Posted 18 October 2020 - 09:30 PM

Any progress?



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Posted 09 September 2023 - 07:12 PM

Saw this and thought of you.

 

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Any progress?



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Posted 17 September 2023 - 06:01 PM

Saw this and thought of you.
 
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Any progress?


Hi Jimmy.

Actual physical progress, no. But I have bought all the panels I need to complete the rear end. Hopefully one day soon I'll have an update.


How's yours doing, is it still a daily?



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Posted 17 September 2023 - 07:42 PM

Good luck with the rear end, I used it as a daily for 3 months, I began to hate it lol. I did a 100 miles round trip on Saturday through Cheshire into Shropshire, great fun




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