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[stumpy75]

Thanks mate
Glad its sorted and i can start making my panels half floors x member flitch panels and doorsteps ime hoping to do myself

[stumpy75]

Bit more done today on the spit and started making the flitch panels and hing panel as wanted to get strength into the bukhead bfore chopping the floor out

Edited by stumpy75, 15 February 2019 - 05:40 PM.

[stumpy75]

Decided i didnt want to rely on just the bulkhead x member so added some diagonal supports to the lower floor subframe mounts i think two more from the diagnals to the x brace that bolts on to the spit and a bit of gusseting in the corners of the diagonal and that will be that

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Edited by stumpy75, 15 February 2019 - 05:46 PM.

[stumpy75]

Enough over thinking lets go ! Started with the hinge post i didnt see the point changing the whole thing as inside the box is clean steel so i just changed the rotted and pitted section i was a bit worried about it but came out ok

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[stumpy75]

Thought things were going to easy and after welding in place and rtarting work on the outer slin wich had a 40×30 patch of grot showing thro and after taking the outer skin of to repair the small patch i had to take more and more away and ended up making a new panel for that to

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Edited by stumpy75, 18 February 2019 - 10:47 PM.

[stumpy75]

Again

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[stumpy75]

Also got the shell braced up

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[stumpy75]

Took delivery of a few sheets of steel today and have a few days off so will get on with making my floors and x member as next week and the following week i can only get an hour at night to work on it and its to late to be metal forming and panel beating at 7.30 at night ime going to have v strengthening ribs and a shallow tray in place of the original ive up specd the steel with 1.5 mm for floor and using the same for the x member should be able to get some nice welds with it and it will be stronger than stock at the expense of a slight weight increase will post pics when ive emerged wiuh them and pics of how i got them made

[stumpy75]

First of the panels 1.2 mm steel passenger flitch.... needs to be trimmed to shape(doing away with the air vent hole and blanking that over) and holes drilled for the door hinges and the return lip added but thats no problem i have made a mistake in that i went to far down with the swage (should have stopped at marker line) but thats ok easily sorted when i fit it

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Edited by stumpy75, 22 February 2019 - 05:39 PM.

[stumpy75]

All in all very happy with it much stronger than original and imo will look as good once welded in and mated to the floors boot floor rear arches bukhead box and the majority of the inner wing .all will be made this way

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Edited by stumpy75, 22 February 2019 - 05:37 PM.

[stumpy75]

Only managed an hour in the shed today but got the basic swage done on the second flitch (needs dressing and a few high spots taking care off) used an of cut to mock up how its going to fit before i trim both full size panels to size and shape ime going to replace the whole inner wing but in 3 pieces and weld them together the shock mount upwards needs sorting any way so pointless doing such a lot of metal replacement and then leaving a small peice in the lower front corner may as well do it all new

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Edited by stumpy75, 24 February 2019 - 05:12 PM.

[1330RG]

Some seriously good panel/fab work going on here. Keep it up dude love reading this thread.

[stumpy75]

Thank you buddy didnt tink anyone was reading it to be honest but its a log for myself if nothing else...ime no expert its my first time making body panels but a can do attitude and a tape measure anythng is possible

[1330RG]

You will find a fair few lurkers on this site bud who often may not comment, but still will be reading along. And for a first time at panels mate they are looking good dude.

[stumpy75]

So thats my basic blanks for the floor and x member made them over length and over width ready for trimming and putting in swages which will lose me 20mm width per swage also in the pic is the tray that will be replacingthe pressed square in the original front floorpan (these are 1.2 mm steel i had asked for 1.5 at the stockists but was given the 1.2 by mistake (or fate) as my bender flexed doing these i think with 1.5 it would have struggled due to length of the panel) ime not entirely convinced i need the square panels fitting in the floor but any detail in a flat sheet adds strength and rigidity

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Edited by stumpy75, 01 March 2019 - 05:46 PM.