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Author: | xvivalve [ Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:42 pm ] |
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I have a reasonable scuttle panel already cut from a car |
Author: | Reg [ Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:08 am ] |
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Looks great..not too bad at all. Another fab resto to keep the mojo going during the cold, cold winter. Fab work and photo's as always James. |
Author: | Awaiting Repair [ Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:49 pm ] |
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Great stuff as as usual James! Always enjoy your restoration threads, keep up the good work! Excellent photos as usual. Are the wings the original ones btw? Cheers Keith |
Author: | shaunroche [ Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:07 pm ] |
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Are the wings the original ones btw?
Don't think so Keith, think it's had a whole new front end including bonnet at some point as there's no holes for the bumper side fixings nor holes in the front panel for the under rider stays.....I've a feeling there will be soon though! And yes, superb work James!! |
Author: | Awaiting Repair [ Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:04 pm ] |
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For its age, the inner diaphragm sill looks pretty good when compared to later models.... |
Author: | Tony Burd [ Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:20 pm ] |
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Nice work James. |
Author: | xvivalve [ Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:31 pm ] |
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I think you are going to have to redo the outer cill; I can’t believe it, but your plug welds are at irregular centres! How can you sleep at night??? |
Author: | Carledo [ Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:52 pm ] |
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I think you are going to have to redo the outer cill; I can’t believe it, but your plug welds are at irregular centres! How can you sleep at night???
I'll bet any money you like that James' plug welds are more regular than the original factory spot welds! Perfection would be unauthentic and therefore not believable! He's just going for the "original" look! Steve But a quick question of my own, what are you planning to do with the non original horizontal lip at the bottom edge of the sill? I normally chop this off to keep it looking stock (it also lets me use a hole punch to make the plug weld holes, much quicker than laborious drilling) Since you have kept it, I assume you are going to turn it up over the soffit flange. May I therefore suggest, rather than welding it in place, a generous bead of Tiger seal, then clamping with a door skinner tool. This should stop any water ingress into the triple seam! |
Author: | soe8m [ Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:02 pm ] |
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I think you are going to have to redo the outer cill; I can’t believe it, but your plug welds are at irregular centres! How can you sleep at night???
During a torque simulation in solidworks it showed uneven stress on the sills and on the stressed area's the spotwelds were closer to eachother. Easy explaination.Jeroen |
Author: | James467 [ Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:02 am ] |
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Quote: But a quick question of my own, what are you planning to do with the non original horizontal lip at the bottom edge of the sill? I normally chop this off to keep it looking stock (it also lets me use a hole punch to make the plug weld holes, much quicker than laborious drilling) Since you have kept it, I assume you are going to turn it up over the soffit flange. May I therefore suggest, rather than welding it in place, a generous bead of Tiger seal, then clamping with a door skinner tool. This should stop any water ingress into the triple seam!
To be honest Steve I was just going to leave it on the basis that the fold adds extra strength (probably not much!!!) to the lower edge of the sill there.I haven't seam sealed anything yet, I'll do that last! What is interesting is that holes have been made and taped over to allow some cavity wax (Ziebart or whatever) to be injected. However I have found absolutely no evidence of any cavity wax being used. Not really a problem, it saves Shaun having to drill holes and they are all in perfect places to get the wax gun in there. Unless Shaun, do you want me to wax protect it? But I would have thought that you probably want to do that after paint. |
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