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[Itsjustanestate]

Time to add a few more pictures of progress. Rear o/s corner repair panel tacked in place.

 

Welded up.

 

 

 

 

 

Time to turn it round and did it a bit of air!

 

 

 

 

 

 

More cutting to come!

[Itsjustanestate]

Here is another hole or two! made with the aid of the grinder and sabre saw! The question is what to leave intact.

 

 

 

More to follow

[Itsjustanestate]

Even more cutting. 

 

 

This took me 2 days to cut out. Cutting through MIG welds is no joke!

 

Next up in goes the 50mm x50mm x 6mm angle sill strengthening that carries the roll cage feet plates front rear subframe mount and eventually the seat frames.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the front roll cage mounting plate. welded to the sill strengthening.

 

 

And here is the rear roll cage mounting plate also in place.

 

[Itsjustanestate]

Next job fit the sill strengthening to the car.

 

 

 

 

Then start to weld in the front rear subframe strengthening. The piece of 50mm x 50mm x 6mm angle welded into the panels  will give me something to attach other bracing to later in the build. The other side is the same.

 

 

My son wanted to help so he freed up and cleaned up the adjuster rides then gave them a fresh coat of undercoat and gloss. These allow the height and corner loads to be adjusted.

 

 

Time to sort out the o/s rear window frame. A few pin holes welded up and then a coat of rust cure. Then a light layer of filler and some elbow grease and it is starting to look ready for the ledge panel to go in. Sanding this gave me chance to get my head around the second rear wheel arch.

 

 

 

 

It is that wheel arch next!

[The Clubby Hubby]

Good job always good to see another estate

[Itsjustanestate]

Next up on the job list is the rear subframe. The subframe is brand new but painted in hammerite but got covered in wax oil so has picked up dirt and has been built up with stainless steel nuts and bolts and even titanium brake adjusters (stainless not available). Here it is with my sons restored adjustarides installed, new adjustable camber/tow plates, minifin brake drums and braided hoses. All ready to put back on the shell to allow the o/s mounting points to be positioned.

 

[Rocket.]

Nice work !

 

Wouldn't mind an estate one day

[Itsjustanestate]

On with the fabrication of the o/s/r wheel arch. I hadn't been looking forward to this as the n/s was a swine to fit but at least I had an idea of how to make it. First up cut a piece of metal and bend it to fit.

 

 

 

And then notch it out and weld to my cantilever turret. 

 

 

Next job was to fit and tack the closing panel in place. At this point in time the whole unit can be put in and out of the car.

 

 

 

Then simply weld it up!

 

 

 

I bit of time with the grinder/flappy disc and a quick spray with etch primer and it looks like this.

 

 

Now all I have to do is position it, drill the hole for the shock absorber and weld it in place. More on that in my next post.

[Itsjustanestate]

Next installment. Finishing off the o/s/r wheel arch.

 

Starting with tacking to the body side.

 

 

 

A bit of a patch on the body side.

 

 

Tacked in place.

 

And fully seam welded.

 

And after a bit of linishing.

 

 

Done on the outside.

 

The inside just needing a panel to close the floor.

 

Floor patch tacked in place.

 

And fully seam welded.

 

And finally with a coat of etch primer.

[Magnetagz]

great to see your bringing her back to life. 

[Itsjustanestate]

Time for a quick update. Been putting this off for a while. Fitting of the o/s floor.

 

 

After a day of fitting, removing, trimming, refitting, removing, trimming and so on it finally fitted.

 

 

Next job to start designing and fabricating the floor cross member. The original was more weld and patches than original metal as it has the seats bolted to it and was constantly cracking under the pounding of rallies. That in mind a plan was hatched which needed a small mod to the transmission tunnel.

 

And here is the plated hole.

 

And with a spot of etch primer and starting to weld the floor in.

[Gadgets]

Coming along nicely.

[Itsjustanestate]

Been a while since I posted as I haven't had much time on the car recently.

Started on the floor cross member.

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Edited by Itsjustanestate, 30 January 2016 - 01:33 PM.

[Itsjustanestate]

Managed to get back on the car over the last month after the winter lay up. 

 

I upgraded the door hinges to have 8mm stainless steel studs. No more seized nuts, these should last the test of time!

 

 

Needed to get these done so that I can get the old door pillar cut out and ready to take the new door pillar. 

 

 

But before I weld it all up I had another job to do.  

 

Make one of these!

 

 

It fits here.

 

 

 

Just need weld it on to the cage now and I can get back to the door pillar and fabricating a jacking point in the sill.

Edited by Itsjustanestate, 26 March 2016 - 11:35 AM.

[Itsjustanestate]

All welded up now!