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[Rusty Mike]

Hi Guys

Yeh, im going to replace the whole floor, Ive ordered one from magnum panels, its a mk1 one floor, so trying to keep it original. Its a rare survivor. from looking inside I dont think its been on the road since the late 80s . 

[Rusty Mike]

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Bottom of the luggage holders repaired. 

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Had to put a new lower gutter on the drivers side, slightly different profile, but looks ok.

[Rusty Mike]

While awaiting the new floor to turn up I thought id start the a-post quarter panels. There seems to be different ones around when I've looked on the net, some seem to have a inner panel, but mine just has the outer one with 2 brackets for the door hinge welded to the A-post.

Ive taken both off, they were the original panels, but unfortunately could not be saved.

 

I started with the drivers side. had to do a small repair to the A-post.

 

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Then made a start on the passenger side, on this side the bottom hinge support bracket has rusted away, I'm not sure if you can buy these so i may have to make one.

 

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Again another small repair will be needed to the A-post. 

Edited by Rusty Mike, 29 October 2022 - 02:33 PM.

[Rusty Mike]

So ive repaired the A-post bracket, forgot to take a pic

 

So made a start on the floor.

 

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On further inspection Ive decided to replace the seat crossmember, it didn't look too bad till I took the floor off the underside of it, the flange along the front was badly corroded.

So once this is replaced ill carry on with the floor.

 

[Rusty Mike]

So Quick update, Replaced the seat cross member, then made a start on welding in the floor.

 

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more pics shortly

[colinf1]

Fantastic, a whole new fresh, rust free floor! A great step forward!

[Rusty Mike]

Been making slow progress, bit cold in the garage ( fan heater broke)

 

Got the floor welded in place, welded the seat brackets to the new cross member.

 

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so now just removed the front wings and valence. need to do some repairs

 

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will do some more welding then get the front attached.

 

 

 

 

[Gilles1000]

Nice work!

 

I would unscrew the damper brackets on the inner wings before starting any repairs on them. I guess you will find the red demon there also :) 

[Rusty Mike]

Thanks for the info, Ill have a look at them.

[Rusty Mike]

so started the repair of the inner wings

 

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so just a few bits of corrosion where the front valence attaches, and some damage on the drivers side.

 

I removed the damper brackets from the inner wings, and the inner wings had no corrosion, but the brackets were full of rust  And of course half of the screws snapped off, so im going to put some new screws in and weld the brackets to the inner wing. just to be doubly sure that they are secure.

 

Next job was to fit the bonnet, I had to make a hinge bracket for the bonnet, ive fitted the bonnet so that I can fit the wings and front valence

 

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next job will be to fit the damper brackets

Edited by Rusty Mike, 04 February 2023 - 07:04 PM.

[Rusty Mike]

welded the damper brackets.

Then started to look at fitting the wings, and front valence.

 

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but the wings aren't the best

 

 

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had to butcher it, but doesn't fit, so going to buy a heritage panel and try again. 

 

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so will wait and see how the heritage panel fits on the passenger side, if its good I might buy another for the drivers side.

 

 

 

 

[Rusty Mike]

well 2 new heritage wings fitted and 2 a-panels

 

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front valence also fitted, all seems  good 

 

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so now just check it all and start fitting the front subframe

 

 

 

[Rusty Mike]

so I've cleaned and painted the front subframe. The suspension cones are still in place, I'm just waiting for a compression tool, I'll take them out and check them once I have the tool.

 

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Then painted the inner wings

 

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After that I removed the frame from the engine bay, then it took me 3 hours to remove the brake and clutch reservoirs, the split pins didn't want to come out , but got there eventually. now just need to remove the other bits so that I can clean and paint the engine bay. 

Edited by Rusty Mike, 01 April 2023 - 08:13 PM.

[Rusty Mike]

so I've receive the compression tool, so now I took off the front suspension cones, cleaned and re-greased the the top shafts and fitted them back on to the front subframe. Then I put the subframe back on the front of the car, I was a little worried that it might not fit after replacing the front end, But got away with it and it fitted fine. 

 

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Then I realised that I've not fitted the steering rack, so  according to the manual I have to drop the front subframe to fit the steering rack. ( typical) I should start reading the Manual.