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[Viktor]

Good progress Colin, looking good. Is this a Magnum panel? Is it too bad the 'adjustment'?

 

Victor.

[colinf1]

No, its a Klokkerholm panel, bought from minispares.

Its not too bad fit wise, it lines up with where it needs to be, but its flat-ish until you pull it into place and the waist line is a tad smaller by about 2mm so not sure how it will line up with the magnum door skin.

[colinf1]

Made up the closing panel, old quarter panel coming in useful for patches.



And offered up roughly..



Measured up the passenger side again and getting same measurements on drivers side which is good.

Need to make up the bin closing panel next.

[Gilles1000]

Nice fabrication!

Just be careful, the trunion of the subframe fixing takes some space to fit in this area, not that you have a surprise while fitting it once the bodywork finished...

 

Gilles

[colinf1]

Thanks Gilles, yes I noticed the genuine repair panel has an indentation formed into it, so I have put a relief cut along the back so hopefully this will give me the clearance I require.

I think I will be fitting the subframe quiet a few times to make sure everything fits!

[colinf1]

Off work with a nasty throat infection this week, so wont be doing any welding until it clears up.

I managed a few hours "tidying" the shed, was quickly distracted with some tin snips..



Rear valance closing panels, still have to make the other side if it, but new valance is magnum so different curve to genuine.

Looking at rear subframe, top plate is very thin along the edges, but dont seem to be able to buy these, only the bottom plate.
Old door skin, paper template, tin snips and a few hammers and I have two..





Held in place to see how it all lines up...


Plan to mount it on a steel table, get it welded and braced before removing anything to keep it all in the right place.

Looking at quarter panel again and just not happy with the waistrail not lining up, think I'll get in contact with minispares see if they can offer a magnum panel - at least that should match up with magnum door skin.

[colinf1]

Sent off an email to minispares regarding the poor fitment of the rear quarter panels. Lets see if they reply...

I just cant see a way to make them fit without them looking terrible, it will be a wonky waist line or a window that doesnt fit correctly...

Edited by colinf1, 25 April 2022 - 07:22 PM.

[Viktor]

It would be good to know what they have to say about it...

[colinf1]

A few emails back and forth to minispares and I've packaged up and sent both panels to go back to be assessed.

Panel in position set by window opening dimension taken from original panel.on passenger side...



Which makes the panel too short to reach boot floor/rear panel bottom edge..



And also puts waist line out of alignment with door and rear panel which would be very noticable once painted...





Hopefully I can get it sorted, suppose I could get on with sorting passenger side inner wing to allow the front end to be reattached...

[sonscar]

Difficult to see from photos but are you trying to fit it too high?the join looks like it needs to be on the crown of the waistline.Interested to see what ensues,Steve..

[colinf1]

I can drop it down to get waistline right, but then the window "ledge" is 5mm too low so I dont know how I would get that part right.

The measurements I used was 400mm back from B-post just at the top of the waistline, and 400mm back from the panel join line at the top of the door opening, then measured from flat section of the quarter panel up to the seam which the window seal attaches to which gave me 360mm.

If it had to be a magnum panel I guess this could have been avoided as it has a small section above the waistline..

We'll see what comes of it...

[colinf1]

Tackled passenger door step today, welded in some bracing to keep everything in correct position.

Had a good look around A post and stiffner, I have a replacement for both but felt it was in perfect condition apart from last 100mm of outer part of the stiffner.

I managed to cut the required piece off the drivers side stiffner, flip it and use it as a repair patch. Welded it in and it looks good now. Slit along the step to remove it, just before it curves around to B post.

Took some measurements to make sure I put the step in at right height, welded in place and ground back the welds.



I havent plug welded along the inner sill just yet, passenger floor pan needs replacing and small patch required above crossmember.

[Viktor]

Looks good Colin. Have you check the gaps with the door put in, before welding the step? It helped me a lot when I did mine.

 

What is your plan for the inner wing? Do you have a replacement panel?

 

Victor

[colinf1]

Looks good Colin. Have you check the gaps with the door put in, before welding the step? It helped me a lot when I did mine.

What is your plan for the inner wing? Do you have a replacement panel?

Victor

My passenger door is inbetween repairs, new bottom of frame welded in but not fully finished yet, so decided to take measurements from the old step to the bracing, mark the exact spot on the bracing and write it on it, then offered up the new step and made sure it was in the same position before welding it in.

Hopefully its close enough 🤞🤞

[colinf1]

Offered up passenger inner wing, set shell to level across cross-member, then got wing roughly in correct spot, measured the same distance on both sides of the windscreen opening and put a level across both inner wings.





Held in place with lots of vice grips...



Pulled it in tighter around bulkhead, got it aligned with holes for door hinges then held it place with screws



Took more measurements from front of bulkhead cross-member to the front of inner wings, all seems to be within 1mm.

Next step is to score around where I need to drill holes for plug welding, then get it fully welded.

The holes for the upper shock mounting need to grow slightly, but the actual threaded part still needs drilling and tapping out the broken bolt.