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Author: | Reg [ Sat May 04, 2019 8:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Fab progress Matt.. Looking forward to lots of pics Sir, we all love resto progress pics! Thanks for the update report..that really is a lovely colour. |
Author: | dollyman [ Sat May 04, 2019 11:01 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Ditto above, great work so far Tony. |
Author: | tangocharlie1 [ Mon May 06, 2019 4:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Good Luck Matt |
Author: | Matt Cotton [ Tue May 07, 2019 9:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Thanks for the encouragement gents! I will keep you posted with my progress! MC |
Author: | RSi [ Tue May 07, 2019 10:12 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Keep the photo's coming, great to follow it |
Author: | dollyman [ Fri May 10, 2019 6:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Dont forget most body fillers are porous as well Matt, unless they have fibreglass in them. Looking really good so far Tony. |
Author: | Matt Cotton [ Fri May 10, 2019 9:34 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Quote:
Dont forget most body fillers are porous as well Matt, unless they have fibreglass in them.
Thanks Tony. Yes, good point that about the filler. As it stands I think by the time I've dealt with the grot it will at the least deserve a waist high repaint.. So I may leave the filling in visible areas to a bodyshop... A way off yet though.
Looking really good so far Tony. |
Author: | Reg [ Sun May 12, 2019 7:54 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Quote: using my skills in CAD (Cardboard Aided Design)
Thanks for the update Matt.. |
Author: | new to this [ Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:04 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Matt Looks like your getting on well,I've got the same repair to do,I bought a inner arch but it doesn't fit,so started making my own not finished yet, as got distracted working on engine Dave |
Author: | xvivalve [ Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:03 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
To successfully put a flange on a curve with a single piece of steel, you ideally need a shrinker/stretcher. If you look at the flanges on the boot repair where they go around a bend, you'll see the parallel lines left by such a tool. |
Author: | Matt Cotton [ Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SWU - Matt's 1976 Sprint Auto |
Interestingly I read a thread on Facebook this morning from a chap restoring an mgb. A small patch repair with a radius and flange was made using a M12 bolt. Cutting a slit in the thread of the thickness of the metal and to a depth of the lip or flange enables the bolt to be used to form the flange on the curved metal. This was only a very small repair piece on the rear window frame. Good idea I thought.. |
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