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[vincent300]

just finished working on these, they came up pretty dang noice after a good cleaning and a small amount of spray painting.

[mk3 Cooper S]

Keep up the good work. Your project is coming on nicely.

[analogue_radio]

That glass looks new!

[vincent300]

this stuff came up pretty sweet, except for a few minor nicks here and there they look pretty good.

[vincent300]

Did some more work on the car today after receiving the welding gas and auto helmet i ordered.

Got the passenger side brace bar welded on there. (welding skill is still quite rubbish)



started to cut away some of the bad areas. There seems to be more rust damage to the cross member that I would have liked.



In the process of fixing the door hinge area, got the replacement piece all cut up and ready to put on there, just need to protect the area underneath first.



Also fixed one of the corners on the shelf that goes below the window, looks pretty good.

Edited by vincent300, 17 August 2011 - 05:03 PM.

[vincent300]

bloody english weather

[vincent300]

Well did get some more work done today, despite the heavens opening when I was really gettting into it, ahh well. Anyways this is what I got done, gave it a coat of kurust to protect it just in case I can't get back to it if it rains. The lower area is pretty much done but the part near the vent hole still looks quite scrubby, but its getting there.

Edited by vincent300, 18 August 2011 - 08:48 PM.

[vincent300]

Did quite a bit today, welded up some more bracing and flipped it on its side so I can work underneath easier. Really hoping that, that will be ok and not flex at all.












Cutaway the rusty areas and welded on a small piece in readiness for the floor pan to go in, after I fix up the cross member.





Sprayed up a small area for extra protection, coming along alright.

[Spitfire]

You is very brave to start on a project this bad rusted, But you is doing it well and I am following this thread
Ketil Frengen
Norway

[vincent300]

You is very brave to start on a project this bad rusted, But you is doing it well and I am following this thread
Ketil Frengen
Norway

I wouldn't say brave, just very naive. There is quite a lot of rust as you say, but when working on one area at a time it seems like less

[vincent300]

cut up the replacement panel and tested it on the car, looks alright, just doesn't quite line up in a couple of places. Still needs some refining before I tac weld it on there.






fixed this little area.



protected the inside of the cross member.



Also finished off and protected this area

Edited by vincent300, 20 August 2011 - 07:00 PM.

[MrBounce]

Keep at it mate - this is inspiring stuf!!

[benb12]

Coming along nicely

[vincent300]

Keep at it mate - this is inspiring stuf!!

Coming along nicely

thanks guys

[vincent300]

Managed to get the passenger side door step repaired today, for the most part. Had to do quite a bit of bending here and there on the replacement piece to get it to fit properly, but what can you do eh. Test fitted the door on there and it seemed to line up nicely all around.



As you can see on the left of the picture below, the previous owner just welded along the top when he put a replacement inner sill on top of the rusty one Will probably cut off that area and put a fresh piece along there. Didn't want to cut out the whole step out as the other half is ok except for a few little areas. The picture makes it look as tho it is bowing, it isn't, it's just that the right lip is bigger than the left at the bottom, and the top.



Still need to weld a small piece on this corner, but is mostly finished.



After I got the door step in I finished refining the floor pan and it now fits really nice. It is mostly ready to go on now, just needs a small piece cutting out and cleaning up along the edges..





Did want to get it welded on today, but it got pretty late, too late for load angle grinding at least. Will get it on there tomorrow

Edited by vincent300, 22 August 2011 - 07:06 PM.