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[FlyingScot]

Great work mate, looking good.

FS

[Spud21]

looking good i must say.

 

Quick question, did you take off the front panel and then just roll the engine out on the front subframe, or did you lift the body over the engine?

[Mad Max]

I cut the front panel off and then put a trolley Jack with a bit of wood on the floor. Unbolted the subframe and jacked it off. Put big bit off wood under the front subframe with the engine in it and slid it out. That's the hardest part as the subframe wants to flop about so you need something to slide the whole lot about. Unless you've got a few mates and you could probably wheel the car back like a wheelbarrow.

[666junky]

Jim the advantage.. Rings a bell.. Did your partner work in a vets in rayleigh?

[Spud21]

I cut the front panel off and then put a trolley Jack with a bit of wood on the floor. Unbolted the subframe and jacked it off. Put big bit off wood under the front subframe with the engine in it and slid it out. That's the hardest part as the subframe wants to flop about so you need something to slide the whole lot about. Unless you've got a few mates and you could probably wheel the car back like a wheelbarrow.

 

Ah i see, think i'll do something similar with mine as the whole front end needs replacing and i dont have an engine crane currently.

 

Thanks.

[Mad Max]

She most certainly did, the rust finally caught up with him

[666junky]

Aha awh i just remember him covered in stickers! was always parked facing the hedge or fence so never really got to see the front of it. Jim used to park up next to my mini Nelly :)

[Mad Max]

Done a bit more today, to start heres a picture of the passenger step i'd already patched

 

 

Had a poke around thursday night and got alittle disheartened as i thought i had done the floors but turns out the inner and outer drivers sill was all manky. Probably going to have to replace the whole sill now as its going to be to many patches and look rubbish.

 

Anyway this was the poking

 

Then manned up today and fixed the inner and then sorted out the door step after lots of faffing with door clearance

 

 

Still not welded the step to the sill as i reckon i'm going to replace it as its manky. 

 

Heres my next piece of rot to deal with. 

 

 

 

I'm hoping to get this sorted tomorrow but as usual its worse than i thought so going to take longer than first thought.

[Mad Max]

Not really sure if anyone's reading this but I'm going to continue for my own piece of mind. Good Motivation

 

After a good poke about:

 

So started by cutting out all the rot on the flitch panel

 

Cut new panel and welded it in tying in all the strengthening points

 

Rebuilt the scuttle where I had to cut it for access

 

Patched behind the shock mount and scuttle closing panel then a coat of paint

 

The welds look kack in the photos but they are pretty good in real life. Plenty of PENTRATION :) which is always a good thing.

 

Cleaned up most of the inner wings so going to sort the subframe out this week and hopefully get the front on over the weekend.

[Ben_O]

I'm sure people are watching this and keeping an eye out for your updates mate.

 

I am 

 

You are making excellent progress but sometimes people will read your updates and have nothing constructive to say and so say nothing otherwise it would be comments like 'looks great' etc etc all the time.

 

Keep it up though, its coming on really well.

 

Ben

[Mad Max]

So todays adventures.

 

Started by getting the front subframe mounted nice and square.

 

 

The mounts bolted up to the front panel

 

 

About 2 hours of fettling and all the clamps i own

 

 

Cup of tea and a fresh set of eyes before i then started welding

 

 

Also managed to get hold of a spot welder which really sped things up

 

 

Lots more fettling and I finished up with this, banged on a coat of etch to protect it before paint

 

 

 

Started fitting the other side but got really tired, been at it for 7 hours so called it a night. Got most of the way there, just some slight adjusting before i can start welding.

 

 

[Ben_O]

Did you try the bonnet on before welding the front on?

[Mad Max]

Yes i most certainly did. Its abit tricky juggling all the gaps, might have to take a slice out of the bonnet ether side to even up the panel gap. Its a tad narrow at the front but i couldn't pull the wings any further apart otherwise the gap opens at the wing/valance join.

 

 

So after finishing the front stripped out subframe and doors and bent over A-panel flange, then rolled on its side to investigate the sill corrosion.

 

 

Abit of a state considering i thought i was nearly done with the floor.

 

 

So a couple of inner sill holes to sort before putting the sill on. Going to replace the other sill as well as there is bound to be rust there too.

[markyB]

Good looking work , and good to see plenty of brews ! Got to keep hydrated !

[Mad Max]

Been plugging away at the last bits of rust under the sills.

 

So carrying on with the drivers sill I sorted all the rust on the inners and gave it a generous coat of POR15 also painting under the wing.

 

Then welded the outer sill on after zinc priming the seams.

 

Seam sealed all the butt joins

 

I've now started on the passenger sill.

 

So this is what it looks like, sitting there all deceptive

 

A few surgical cuts

 

A quick fold

 

What a surprise