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[alex-95]

Well it's been a while since I really did anything to him due to having to weld the Ritz for it's MOT and a few other things, But work should be starting again this weekend .

A couple of things that I've bought:

 

And I finally got me a GB badge .

 

And as you can see it will need repainting as the black is permanent marker pen . And will fill the holes and drill them again.

 

Should have a proper update this weekend.

 

ALex

 

[Minidarren83]

good to see you getting back at it alex

[alex-95]

An update , saturday I did nothing to it as I had to do and oil and oil filter change, today I cleaned out most of the rubbish inside it, as it turned into a storage space and that's it .

 

Hopefully I can actually do some proper work to it next week.

[alex-95]

Ok a bit of an update. bought an austin mk1 grille and inno surround (already had the mk1 moustache)

I had two half days this weekend so Yesterday I set about repairing the wing.

 

Cut out and welded in a new peice on the front

I first cut off the scuttle end on the mounting lip and welded in a new peice then today i cut out the rectangle peice that needed replacing and welded in a new bit

Cut off the scuttle curve and cut a new peice which had curved to pretty much the right shape from cutting it.

Welded it on a spot at a time and cooled it down with a wet rag to prevent warping, and ground it down a bit.

I made this template before cutting out the rust so I know where the curve needs to go.

 

 

Thats about it for this weekend but hopefully will be able to finish most of it off on friday.

 

Alex

 

[zony]

I'm very impressed with your determination. Good work. Keep it up.

[alex-95]

I'm very impressed with your determination. Good work. Keep it up.

Thanks Zony, I did do a bit of work today, grinding down th welds and cut the curve, I am not going to finish it just yet as it is difficult to get the curve right so we are going to weld the scuttle on and weld on the lip after.

 

Alex

[zony]

I don't have those skills, going to buy proper panels when I do mine. That's serious fettling with a capital F what you do.

[alex-95]

Fair enough, it just needs practice, a bit of time, it's pretty much just copying what has been cut out unless it's rusted away , I probably will wish that I bought new ones but it's cheaper this way and a lot more satisfying .

[alex-95]

Another month gone past .

 

We managed to get some work done on it yesterday, well mainly dad, I was just Holding the extraction fan a putting out flames

Dad wire brushed along the sill and all around the floor pan ready for welding (just the floor).

Pretty good for upside down welding, It just need's gring down and welding in a couple of spots where theres missed places.

 

Hopefully there will be more next weekend.

 

Alex

[alex-95]

I've a  bit more work over the past couple of days finally got the mk1 conversion panels off, did some wirebrushing and a bit of welding.

Wire brushed the door post and gave it a coat of kurust and primer.

and welded this.

 

And thats it ...

[rally515]

Just looked through the whole thread alex and i'm feeling a little silly at the fact i,ve bought a load of panels   when i could have easyly wopped up a few £100 quids worth of pieces i,ve used   live nd you learn i guess, although as for the mk2 i'm needing a few pe-made panels in certain areas haha

 

Great to see this is still very much moving forward and hope you can be up and running as soon as

 

Also: saw a comment of mine from back in 2012 that i dont even remember  , how time fly's by aye

 

Cheers

Cliff

[alex-95]

Cheer's cliff,  Yep live and learn, Some panels are easy to make, Sometimes it's just as easy to buy the panels, I've certainly learnt alot from doing it.

 

It's not moving forward as much as I would like at the moment but other things crop up, but it will get done one day, I've thought when I'd like it done a few times, first being my 17th then that went to riv run 2013, now it's riv run 2014 I think But thats being optimistic i think

 

Haha, Some of the bits that I've done doesn't seem that long ago, but looking back some things were over a year

 

ALex

[rally515]

I know about that all to well  , never set myself a goal to be honet, maybe i'l just set mine as to beat you possibly ? Ambitious maybe but a goal non the less

 

Cheers

Cliff

[alex-95]

Not really an update, just a couple of pictures, A while a go dad made a frame to bolt on to the toe board so that we could get the floor.

mk1 light conversion panel removed.

[alex-95]

Dad and I did some more work today, Dad ground down the welds on the floor and I Drilled out a couple of spot welds on the sill lip where they welded the oversill on the egde of the original sill and 1/4 panel bit. Then I plug welded it back on after removing it.

 

Thats about.

 

Any comments welcome.

 

Alex