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

[richard4040]

Last night saw the chassis tail end capped off.







Big thumbs up!



More tonight:D

[richard4040]

More done today. Not a huge amount as I had to help get a starter off my uncles 205 gti.















Full day tomorrow:D

[richard4040]

Spent the whole day today aligning the front panels. What a fiddle! Haha. No pictures as it looks the same as the last photo. It's coming though:D going to spend this weeks evenings getting the wings and front panel fitting as best as possible then crack on with more welding:D

[richard4040]

Loads more done lately but not many pictures as I've been busy haha. Got a few though but just of cleaning:D







Paint stripper tomorrow and hopefully welding on the n/s/f inner arch:)

[James467]

Is that a beer bottle cap on top of the turret!

[richard4040]

It is indeed. Got to have a bevvy when working with power tools:D there's a bottle in loads of the pics I've put on here haha

[richard4040]

Lots of progress today. The nsf inner arch was a little bit holy.





So that was promptly removed.




And some new metal got let in:D




And all done.





More to come.

[Mahesh]

Some serious work, love the commitment and attention

[richard4040]

Cheers mahesh. Hoping to get some filler and maybe even some primer on the osf inner wing tomorrow.

[Jon Tilson]

Hey Rich are you taking bookings?

My wings and panel are lacey.....

Jonners

[richard4040]

Haha. Ill take that as a compliment Jon:p got a set of wings here you could buy to repair yours?:p

[richard4040]

Lots of cleaning done today. Boring knot wheeling and wire brushing. But got some filler on the inner arches!









I also welded a small plate near the chassis rail on the passenger side which resulted in me almost burning the whole thing to the ground. Scared the day lights out of me. Was all going fine then all of a sudden everything was on fire. Horrible feeling. Moral of the story is keep a hose pipe near and alway have a spotter. Thankfully all was fine. Allbeit a bit wet

[sprint95m]

Like the others I am impressed with your efforts Richard.

Your welding machine trolly is a nifty idea!




Ian.

[James467]

Nice job on the welding there, looks like I have the same job as you but on the opposite side so this is massively useful.

[richard4040]

Boring update tonight. Just lots of cleaning and paint stripping. And a small amount of filling:) hopefully something worth taking pictures of soon:D