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[woodenman23]

I got into the garage for a couple of hours today,

Toad is sitting on new wheels . Went down to the local garden centre and got a wooden palette then fitted some castors, it's a lot easier to move the car around and also meant I was able to drop the rear subframe.



Then I welded the new engine stabiliser bracket, the old one had snapped in half so I wanted this one to be strong. First I drilled a few holes in the bracket so I could plug weld it, then I seam welded all the way around. Just need to dress the welds, i'll do that tomorrow but I think that should hold.



And lastly after standing staring at my new scuttle I decided to weld up the extra holes for the windscreen wipers.



This also needs dressing, something else for tomorrow.



Liam

[mini danny]

Looking good matey i need to weld these holes kn my new scuttle on my estate

[woodenman23]

Another couple of hours spent in the garage the past two days. Seems like slow progress, but progress is progress.
Here is what I've done:

Cut out the n/s toe board end, as it was rotten around the lip and holey, same on the other side.



Welded in, and weld dressed back,



Primed with zinc primer,



Also ground back the welds on the scuttle and engine stead bracket, then primed,



Liam.

[Tupers]

Nice work, you're definitely giving it both barrels.

[woodenman23]

I don't have before shot of this but it was completely shot along the bottom where the toe-board joins onto the lower bulkhead, it was also pretty badly pitted around the accelerator pedal bolts and towards the top so I thought it best to cut the whole lot out.



New section made up and fresh bolts for the accelerator pedal welded in place.



Welded in. I did do a number of trial fittings with the inner wing to make sure I had it in the right place.



Then I decided to tackle the toe-board, I have already done the other side which was in much the same state, holes plugged with filler.





New section trial fitted and held in place with Cleco clamps, which are really handy they don't get in the way as much as some other clamps, this allowed me to trial fit the inner wing to make sure I had it in the right place.





Tacked in place



Then seam welded, I think my welding is improving.



And finally I was so chuffed by what I had done I started playing silly buggers with the camera and took a shot of myself next to the work I had done.........LOSER



Tomorrow I will do some dressing of the welds, not much needed and a lick of paint for protection.

Liam

[woodenman23]

Little update

I had to do a repair here as it was miss a bit that is apart of the dash rail which is meant to return back and form a bit of the windscreen surround, whilst I was at it there was a bit of the bulkhead that didn't look too healthy so out it came.



First bit made up and held in place ready to be spot welded



And out came the spot welder. First time I have used it.



The bulkhead repair made and trial fitted



Then welded in.



I have got a lot of dressing to do as I thought I'll do it all in one go

Liam

[mini danny]

Looking good there matey i had to do that repair on my estate

[woodenman23]

Didn't realise that it had been that long since I last updated this.... almost two months, what have I been doing.
A couple of weeks ago I kicked my arse in to gear and started to crack on with the build.

Cleaned back to bare metal and coated in a zinc rich primer



Before welding on the inner wing, I did a last check to make sure fits/lines up right.
The door gaps look good to me.














All the plug welds have been dressed back, and coated with etch primer











Liam

[woodenman23]

First double post.....

Edited by woodenman23, 11 January 2012 - 01:42 PM.

[mini danny]

looking good coming along nicely

[woodenman23]

Thanks, I really have been putting in the hours....I'm by no means the fastest worker, hope I'll have the front end done soon.





Need to tidy this up a little.









I put seam sealent around the closing plates that sit under the scuttle seeing as thats almost ready to go on and I wouldn't be able to do it after. I have also given it a coating of POR15.





This was a tricky job to get the torch in to plug weld as the rad cawl got in the way and even harder to dress them down, I left the hardest to get ones.





There is a bit more but I haven't upload the photo to my computer yet.
Looking to get the scuttle and front panel welded in by the weekend.

Liam

[alex-95]

Looking good, Keep up the good work.

[Tupers]

Nice work, that scuttle to wing gap looks brilliant.

[evansisgreat]

Nice build mate, all looks really neat and well detailed. How's your daily getting on?

[charie t]

wow woodenman, great project you've undertaken there. great fab skills too