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#46
Posted 22 March 2024 - 08:57 AM
#47
Posted 23 March 2024 - 05:05 PM
Re-fabricated the inner wing end repair panel because i wasn't satisfied with the 1st one. This time I bent the flange with my shrinker tool for a nice curve and welded to the other piece. Much better shape
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I drew my plans where to cut the toe-board but not sure what to do... This piece has more rust inside than outside
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And I purchased a pair of aftermarket wings. They fit suprisingly good for the heritage front panel, just some little adjusments will need
The wings made my RHIBO ( or MAXICAR)
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#48
Posted 24 March 2024 - 07:15 PM
Ummm, interesting Gaspen. Doing my front panel and wings now, so I was thinking on doing the same as you; welding the wings and front panel together and get them in one go into the car. I will be following...
Victor.
#49
Posted 25 March 2024 - 06:07 AM
Ummm, interesting Gaspen. Doing my front panel and wings now, so I was thinking on doing the same as you; welding the wings and front panel together and get them in one go into the car. I will be following...
Victor.
They are not welded yet. Just test fitted with some clamps.
But when I've made my Authi I welded them into one piece after carefully aligned them on the car. Then I marked the postions with adhesive tape.
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#50
Posted 25 March 2024 - 06:07 PM
Cheers Gaspen, that's helpful.
#51
Posted 31 March 2024 - 05:32 PM
I am working in slow motion on this car
I've made the patch panel for the left side of the toe board. It's a good ide to keep the original pieces for copy or template
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On the holidays I have to be quite so I tried if I can make a lift bracket. Yes I can
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The door frame and the stiffener spot-welded into one assembly
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And I got some experience with M-Machine panels. They are "heavy" , I mean made from pretty strong and thick steel but here I had some issues.
It is the front quarter piece of the floor. I trial fitted it but it did not fit very well. So I started to measure.
The vertical part is 9 cm high at the front (as the original floor) but only 8.4 at the end. It came out that the bending is on the wrong place.
I draw the correct bending with a pencil. After some hammering it's much better.
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#52
Posted 03 April 2024 - 05:57 AM
Could anybody confirm that the bottom edge of the toe-board must be a straight line ? And the toe-board is basically a flat surface ?
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#53
Posted 08 April 2024 - 01:51 PM
Everyday I give myself an achievable task. Today I repaired the upper corner of the inner wing - from one piece. It was easier than I thought.
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Edited by gaspen, 08 April 2024 - 01:52 PM.
#54
Posted 22 April 2024 - 05:55 AM
I decided to make a new floor instead of patching. As I already have the tunnel and outer sills I ordered two half floors from M-Machine.
Some tension remained in the floor panels, I hope it will be straight after welding
Similar to the upper corner I repaired the front of the inner wings.
Using the old pieces as templates I fabricated the rear valance closing pieces and the subframe mount stiffener
And finally I can not dance on the floor for a while...
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#55
Posted Yesterday, 04:21 PM
Patchwork continued....
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