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[rally515]

DAY 3:

 

Righty-O...... Today has been less constructive in mass of things done as i ted to "tinker" at times on little irrelevant details.

 

But any who..i have taken out the screen, removed the wiper motor, ripped the bulkhead insulation out, removed a seat & started to clean back the scuttle to bare metal.

 

This is what i,ve done in picture form (because im rubbish at talking about what i,ve done ).

 

Took the windscreen out to find some swollen steel,

Happy about the rusting as it isnt as bad as i had expected to be honest:

 

These are under the dash rail seam from within the cabin:

 

& heres the frontal dash area with no screen or sound proofing (pain in the rear to remove):

 

 

New vin plate held to the heater hahaha:

 

 

Wiper motor & mech un-plugged & removed (ready to clean the bulkhead area up tomorrow):

 

Cleaned the nearside scuttle are up as this is the are i'l be working on first:

 

Repair panel mocked up:

 

Rear companion bins look reasonable:

 

 

So yeah thats ya lot ;)

Edited by rally515, 02 May 2013 - 08:25 PM.

[sonikk4]

There's a lot of rust along the length of the scuttle. Now i know money is in short supply but to be honest a full scuttle replacement would be the way forward here. 

[rally515]

True & i agree to be honest sonikk, i might try a non-gen as i hear bad about them but i myself have no proof of the fitment.

Mocked up that old repair panel i have but i wont be cutting the scuttle corner out anytime soon as theres bugger all wrong with it (on the surface).

I'l keep digging & make my mind up at some point.

 

Cheers again sonikk.

[sonikk4]

No problem, the thing with rust like that you see on the surface will be spreading like wildfire underneath. A non gen scuttle will be cheaper but a pain to make a good fit. But things can be done, it just takes that bit longer.

[rally515]

Ahh yeah i know, hate spot welding panels knowing they'll rot within  .

Might try & do the same as "MikaRaymond" has is is on his project mini, a load of Deox Gel & zinc primer should help battle it for a little while longer.

Does anyone know if the surfaces were bare from factory ? i know at the least the spotted areas would be due to the heat hmm.

Edited by rally515, 03 May 2013 - 11:03 PM.

[ToM 2012]

would you go that way? as it wont be how it was originally i want it to look at it come out of the factory. cheers dude. 

[rally515]

would you go that way? as it wont be how it was originally i want it to look at it come out of the factory. cheers dude. 

 

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Hi tom, what are you refering to ?

[ToM 2012]

sorry forgot to quote. when i replace the sills on the mk1. sorry.. 

[ToM 2012]

and you dont mess about do you. be in paint in two weeks 

[rally515]

If you're talking about flutes on the outer sill's its 4 fluted sills you're looking for "as per link", i mentioned the sealed ones as thats what i,ve heard & seen yet i know that it would degrade the inner cavity it seals & also degrade the sale price.

[rally515]

and you dont mess about do you. be in paint in two weeks 

 

 

I should hope that was a egg yoke Mr T

Edited by rally515, 02 May 2013 - 09:34 PM.

[ToM 2012]

lol cheers mate. 

[rally515]

No worries, here to help......tom haha ;)

[rally515]

DAY 4

 

Hello again followers, had a late start on the checkmate today as job hunting takes priority.

 

So today as planned i clean the nearside bulkhead area up & got to work on the inner wing.

I got a little distracted soon after i finish preping the top mating surface on the inner wing & started removing the shock absorber & mount, soon enough it was off & i had krept over to "quickly do the other side".

Soon enough i found myself butchering the offside flitch panel i was planning on leaving but hey ho progress is progress ;).

 

So heres a few photos i have taken today:

 

First up, the bulkhead clean up:

 

 

Heres the bulkhead on the offside for reference:

 

Now here comes the graphic stuff, i hvent yet used any power tools apart from on the nearside wing so excuse the pealed metal haha:

 

Looks like some work on the inner sill's will be required:

 

Heres what came out of the front of the oversill cavity area:

 

Shocker mounts & mounting point so far  (forgot to picture the nearside sorry):

 

Wheels off & up on axle stands to make working on the inner wings easyer:

Whilst i was under looking in disgust at the oversill seam weld i thought id snap a picture of the diff area:

 

 

Thats your lot for today guys,

Thanks for viewing.

Cheers

 

Cliff

[ToM 2012]

looking sweet dude i bet you have got a full day on it tomoz to?