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

[richard4040]

A few pictures of last nights cleaning efforts.



And a little bit of filling.




And then Tonight saw some etch primer going on the inner arch.







Plenty more sanding and filling to be done yet but I had to get something on the bare steel:)

[richard4040]

Ok. Progress is a little slow as cleaning the paint from the engine bay is the most boring and arduous task so far! But it's coming:D



Also both inner wings have now been seem sealed and are almost ready for some stone chip!





The other exciting this is that my steering boss arrived:D got a bit over excited as I immediately put it all together









It's a snap off boss too

More to come when the boring engine bay stripping is finally finished haha

[richard4040]

Painted the front panel tonight. And lots of sanding/stripping in the engine bay:)

[GTS290N]

Looking good.
I always look for the beer bottle now.

[James467]

Yeah where's the beer bottle!!

Seriously though, that's looking good. It's a good how to on the front valance panels.

Love the QR on the steering wheel. Is it the Lifeline one? I had a look at one for the MG, they came in at something like £250 for one that fits a Moto-lita though.

[richard4040]

Ha cheers guys. Beer bottle is in the scuttle panel;)

The snap off boss is an eBay one. Think it was about £30. Very well made though:)
More tomorrow!

[richard4040]

Tonight saw my uncle filling and sanding the front panel whilst I started cleaning the offside footwell.

Pics as usual! This is before.



Then took the bitumen padding stuff off.



This is a "repair"



Fibreglass!

And then I hit it with the knot wheel!







And then hit it with a cutting disc!



Hopefully tomorrow will see that foot well all welded up. Will also get some pictures of the front end as it's looking amazing now!

[Mahesh]

You need to start a making bookings for members who need work done.

Seriously good progress.

[richard4040]

Cheers mate. It's great to get any form of good feedback. Really eggs you on:D although I don't think I'll be taking bookings anytime soon! Haha. Finish this then onto my uncle Capri!

[Jon Tilson]

Think I would have replaced the whole pan there Rich....well not me but my man who can....

Still your call....

Jonners

[richard4040]

it can be repaired easily though jon. not a bad job really. to be honest at £95 each ill repair if i can. there isnt much rust

make do and mend as they say

[richard4040]

Not a huge amount to look at today even though we spent about 5 hours out there. I started repairing the off side front footwell whilst my uncle carried on in the engine bay!



No pics of the engine bay as I totally forgot!

On another note my brms may be for sale soon as I'm thinking of going for something wider.

[richard4040]

Ok lots done today. Got the passenger inner Wing top finished.

Template taking shape.





Convert that to steel.







And weld in place.







Then some grinding.



Then some some filler.









Well happy with that.

[richard4040]

Also started on the passenger foot well. This ones a bit worse.





This patch was screwed on.



Which revealed this when removed.



Which after some cleaning ended up looking like this.





Which after loads more cleaning and de rusting ended up looking like this.





Happy so far with that. Plenty more to do with it though.

Also took a pic of the engine bay which I thought I'd throw in:D

[richard4040]

Not bad considering it did look like this.