1985 City Slicker
#31
Posted 28 August 2010 - 02:52 PM
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:
#32
Posted 29 August 2010 - 07:29 PM
passenger rear arch had a little bit of corrosion so put some fresh metal in
#33
Posted 28 December 2010 - 12:49 AM
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
#34
Posted 29 December 2010 - 08:51 PM
Looks like the shell is pretty decent!?
Matt
#35
Posted 29 December 2010 - 08:58 PM
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!
#36
Posted 31 December 2010 - 01:52 PM
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
#37
Posted 31 December 2010 - 02:37 PM
#38
Posted 03 January 2011 - 05:06 PM
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.
#39
Posted 03 January 2011 - 06:27 PM
nice one, was that on the VAT free day?
Have you tried it yet? I was thinking about one like that or a 165
#40
Posted 03 January 2011 - 10:34 PM
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
#41
Posted 03 January 2011 - 10:41 PM
30 amp plug?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
#42
Posted 03 January 2011 - 11:11 PM
My neighbour is going to give me a suitable one as he's an electrician and gets them free.
#43
Posted 04 January 2011 - 04:01 PM
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
#44
Posted 05 January 2011 - 04:50 PM
#45
Posted 06 January 2011 - 05:12 PM
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
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