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[Monstrous]

Did a little bit today, hoisted the shell up on one side so i could repair the hole in the corner of the drivers footwell

previous owner had welded it before, but hadn't fully seam welded it so water got in and rusted it again

Cut out the old 'metal' and made a card template then cut the steel out and welded it in:

[Monstrous]

Another little but of rust repair today

passenger rear arch had a little bit of corrosion so put some fresh metal in

[Monstrous]

Update time

Nothing major, decided to buy the front safety devices cage to go with my rear hoop, so today i welded in the plates and test fitted the entire cage

Hopefully wednesday my seats should be arriving from demon tweeks, so i can set about making some custom mounts for them, and then getting the steering column positioned and fabricate a support for it

[MBarnes]

Just read through this, looks a good project!

Looks like the shell is pretty decent!?

Matt

[Monstrous]

Just read through this, looks a good project!

Looks like the shell is pretty decent!?

Matt

Thanks mate!

Yeah shell is top notch!, obviously the couple of light rust repairs shown previously were carried out, but apart from that the rest is al metal.

Delay with my seats, so i think they're coming tomorrow, also ordered some box section so i can make my mounts which should be here friday.

stay tuned!

[Monstrous]

Big box arrived today

Sparco Sprint 5 seats emerged, as well as my OMP subframes. No box section arrived yet though, so guess i will have to wait until next week now

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

this looks a good project, so good luck and keep up the good work

[Monstrous]

Well still no box section seeming as it's bank holiday, so thought id get a nitty gritty job out the way while im waiting for it.

Me and the Father tipped the shell over earlier and i have been carrying out the thankless task of removing all the original underseal from underneath. Ive got the front and main floorpans done, just got the boot floor to do tomorrow. Need to then re-seam-seal the joints, and then i will hammerite the complete underneath, and then stonechip over the top of the hammerite, annndd thennnn spray the final body colour over the stonechip.

Anyway, started off as this



As it stands now



Also decided to bite the bullet and buy a decent welder. The cheapo Siegen mig i had before was never brilliant, and the wire feed on it got worse and worse, and i can't really be welding important bits like seat subframes etc. with a crap welder.

So bought this beauty today from machine mart, have yet to try it though as waiting to get a suitable plug for it.

[charie t]

nice one, was that on the VAT free day?
Have you tried it yet? I was thinking about one like that or a 165

[Monstrous]

Wasn't VAT free, but he let me have it for 17.5% VAT instead of 20% saved about £7-8 lol

Havent tried it yet as waiting for a suitable plug, which i'll get tomorrow, then i'll be welding up the little unused screw holes in the floor

will let you know

[charie t]

Wasn't VAT free, but he let me have it for 17.5% VAT instead of 20% saved about £7-8 lol

Havent tried it yet as waiting for a suitable plug, which i'll get tomorrow, then i'll be welding up the little unused screw holes in the floor

will let you know

30 amp plug?

[Monstrous]

I believe so, says in the instructions it has to be a higher rated plug, as a normal 13 amp plug isnt suitable

My neighbour is going to give me a suitable one as he's an electrician and gets them free.

[Monstrous]

Seam sealed all the joints underneath, and have hammerited..

Tomorrow i'll apply the stonechip. im jusy going to find a spray paint in halfords that closely matches the final colour, as it's far too expensive to get custom aerosols mixed up just for the underneath. Won't be seen anyway, so as long as its close it shouldn't be a problem

[Monstrous]

Got her all masked up this afternoon and put the first coat of stonechip on, however i ran out so got to get a couple more cans so i can finish off the first coat and give it a second coat.

[Monstrous]

Ran out of stonechip so had to buy some more, went to halfords and this time they had some grey stonechip in which is much more convenient as i now dont have to paint over the top of white stonechip.

So she's all done and ready to be turned back over, gives you an idea of what the final body colour will be now