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[Artful Dodger]

cheers8)

bit of an update while i am sitting around with a destroyed right hand....





bit of repair work and paint ( lots of!) to the inner sills pre-outer sill



patch pre finishing work to make it look good in and out





love a spot welder 8) have to grind back a bit of the sill lip but it looks good!



amount of cutting and rust to outer sill.. naturally, both will be replaced


subframe time!








patch made for rear subframe. didnt actually get pics of that.. DOH! anyway, now equipped with AWSOME tools i can make the most excellent patches. lovin life

PAINT TIME






(oh there it is!)



odd track rod ends.. hmmm, oh well! (this wont have any adverse effects will it? )











oooh yeah 8)


paint on doors ( inner is gloss, i dont think paint would fade when it is covered and inside all the time)







aaannd thats where im at, now cant do anything becuase my FUBAR'ed hand. going to try to do little things tomorrow, as long as the hand will let me, anyway..

damn rugby!! oh well, it was a good tackle!

(note, am i allowed to spam my own thread? Mr. Max? imurray? thoughts?

[Treacle91]

really jelous at the moment it's gonna look sweet, the parts look amazing and i love the blue!

did you the the seam welding yourself or was that already on the subframe?

[Artful Dodger]

cheers man:)

yeah i did it. made a bit of a slop of it, had the subframe blasted, and it just started to rust ever so slightly, so i spend a day on the subframes cleaning and etch priming etc. then when it came to welding i couldnt get the etch mprimer in the crevaces, so the weld was a bit messy, but im happy with it! feking strong though!

[alex-95]

Look's good, I bet the spot welder is alot easyer than plug welding.

[Treacle91]

looks spot on to me, you got all near corners for extra strength!
and indeed it makes it bloody strong as anything once you weld the seams up!

[minimaxie]

Coming on well dude! Love the history with this lil' bandit always makes a read worth while when you're sitting there looking at the nostalgic pics then find yourself trawling through ebay for ex racers lol

[afrance94]

another awesome update, look this project already carnt wait to see more including all the little details, good job man keep it up

[rally515]

cheers8)

bit of an update while i am sitting around with a destroyed right hand....

Am i missing somthing here ? i guess Teenagers will be teenagers .
Just joking dodge great work

[Artful Dodger]

cheers8)

bit of an update while i am sitting around with a destroyed right hand....

Am i missing somthing here ? i guess Teenagers will be teenagers .
Just joking dodge great work

oh.... well... na, rugby! did a good tackle on a rather large chap and he fell on my hand, broke my thumb and snapped the tendon!! carried on for 15 mins, didnt hurt a huge amount and then i couldnt move it, i went to A+E then

[rally515]

owch how long before your running on all four again ?
Got to love the spot welder 10/10

[Artful Dodger]

5 weeks... say the doctors. so probably 2 / 3

and yeah, made life so much easier already! worth the cost !

[Artful Dodger]

have been soldiering on, 2 XL gloves over the cast and im rolling!

built up rear subframes, just need wheel cylinders and 1 oil seal to finish brake setup and its ready to go

got to sort out A Panels and flip front fitment tomorrow



pics tomorrow!

[Artful Dodger]

smashed the A panels on today, i must say, they fit so well!!











did a repair to the toe panel, hopefully i can finish it off so it looks like no repair has been made





the grey is not seam sealer, its an aluminium filler, basically normal filler that can be used on metal. its real tough, but not really ideal for a finish filler:P


NOS seals for the front and rear hubassemblys









lockheed VG95 brake shoes, racing spec ;) in such good condition they can be reused



doing the other side sill tomorrow, then A panels and then tackling the BOOT FLOOR! AAAHHH.

[Artful Dodger]

had 2 hours on it this evning. finished the A panel, spot welded the seams and took out the weld at the top using the die grinder. then fitted the door and made the gaps as good as. seeing as the pipe and gutter have been welded in ( possibly twisting the door a fraction) its got bleedin good gaps!!

[sonikk4]

Those door gaps look good AD. Those door hinges have had a wood pecker go mental on them.