GUH 731W A tale of happiness then woe then more happiness

[richard4040]

Only one picture from tonight as got a bit carried away haha. This is the osf A pillar now that it is all welded:D


Coming along nicely now:D

[tom16v]

Looks great Rich! Keep up the good work!

[richard4040]

Cheers. Bit more done tonight. Not much as I'm shattered! Just one patch finished on the end of the cill









Also I really want a start brace so think I will end up making one:)

[richard4040]

Day off today for my sisters birthday party but tomorrow is a full day so hopefully get loads done. Started looking at the rear arch which doesn't look to bad at all! So hopefully a nice big update tomorrow.

[richard4040]

Quite a bit of chopping done today. The near side wing is off as is the front panel. Sorry Jon I forgot to take pictures of getting the wing off! Got carried away haha.

Started by drilling the spot welds along the inner edge.



Then the outer edges.



After a lot more drilling and cutting and hitting this happened






All looks rather daunting when it's like this! Looks a lot better when I put the club panels on



But I'm a long way off that yet. Was just making myself feel a bit better:p that didn't last long though as we then got the subframe off and the car up on axle stands.



Much easier to work on now. And plenty of work to be getting on with!



Some of the previous "repairs" on this car are shocking.



But all will be cut out and repaired correctly.

Massive thanks to my uncle Robert is working really hard with me on this. Definitely couldn't do it without him!

More tomorrow:)

[richard4040]

Bit more tonight. This is the n/s/f inner wing lip which has been badly repaired in the past




So got that cut out!





Hopefully tomorrow night will see that piece built back up:)
Also waiting on the arrival of two new club headlight panels and the front half of the n/s/f chassis rail. Plenty of progress to come then:D

[richard4040]

Ok lots cut out again tonight. This time it's the n/s/f chassis rail getting attacked.











Needs more cutting out now to get the club repair to fit. More tomorrow:)

[Toledo Man]

I had to have my offside one repaired last year. It is probably leaking battery acid that has eaten away at the original metal resulting in the various repairs. You're tackling this the correct way. Get the subframe back on to line up the repair panel before welding it into place.

[richard4040]

Cheers mate will do:) fair bit more done tonight.



New bit to go in.







Then repaired a previous rubbish patch on the n/s/f chassis rail.



This is the patch I cut out. Good steel welded over the top of rotten steel. Mad.





That's better!







Once that little bit was done I started cleaning the under seal off the inner arches just to make welding a bit easier and to make sure there was no more hidden tin worm!











Much better. Just needs a good clean with thinners on a rag now:D

Also done the other side front inner arch.





That's all for tonight!

[Pippin]

Good work. You have been busy!

[tony g]

Great work and progress here Ive got to strip the inner arches on my blue car, is it just scraping or a quicker way to do it?

Tony

[richard4040]

Thanks guys. In regards to the arches I used a heat gun to soften the under seal then scrape. Comes off in sheets:) then a wipe over with thinners on a rag. Obviously be carful with the thinners if your paint is good:o

[richard4040]

Very busy two days:D got the chassis rail almost finished.









Also got the near side front headlamp panel all welded in.



Oh tacked In that picture.

And this is where the work is taking place. Will be a new tent soon. 9ft longer than this one:D

[Toledo Man]

Keep up the good work. I'd get some etch primer on the bare metal just to protect it. I know you're under cover but bare steel can still flash rust. This is going to be good when it is done.

[richard4040]

Cheers mate. Will get some etch primer on as soon as the panel is finished:D hoping to get the rail finished in the next couple of days. Then move onto the inner wing on the near side:D then the Cill. Then something else haha