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lazeruspete wrote:

Wow! Simply fabulous welding.. Please all raise your cups of tea to salute this man's skill..

Fantastic resto thread.. Please keep the pics coming..we love 'em!

scott wrote:Someone else has seen the light, do it properly and you will have a nice car.
Scott

Reg wrote:

lazeruspete wrote:

Wow! Simply fabulous welding.. Please all raise your cups of tea to salute this man's skill..

Fantastic resto thread.. Please keep the pics coming..we love 'em!

DoloWIGHTY wrote:

Jon Tilson wrote:That really looks a quality repair.
Inspiring I'd say...

Jonners

I can only agree. There are some very talented people on this forum.

as i have said before, it isnt my welding! although i do make the patches

and i do some of the cutting out work, and digging around for rust.

i'll pass your compliments onto Alan(if he hasnt seen them already)

lots of progress today!

we decided to attack the other scuttle panel from either side.

cut the patch from the bulkhead out



and the wing section



new bits in and painted



grotty piece



patched area ready for the new one



this is the new piece from the front, looking at it from underneath



new patch on bulkhead



cutting out the next one along



considering the size of the hole.....this patch was horrendously large. you can just see where the weld line is



first piece of new patch



welded



second and 3 bits of new patch

everything welded in



i hope you like

evening again.

essentially all of these pictures are a mirror image of the other side but i thought id post them anyway.

more rusty bits, i dont like people who dont repair cars properly! i get the feeling most of this rot wouldnt have been there had the bulkhead repairs been properly done



welding



primer



top bit with 2 new flanges



top bit welded in, removing paint with DA...;



how many layers of paint/primer can you see here? i counted 9.....



finished!





drivers and passengers footwells next....thats tomorrow

evening all. lots of progress today!

started off by investigating a repair done by the previous owner on the drivers footwell. it looked ok(alot better than the rest of the repairs on the car!)



so we cleaned up the existing weld and added more weld to it, both upwards and downwards through the floor



one side finished in record time, next we marked out passenger footwell and.....



....proceeded to cut it out! fred flintstone car now



tidied the hole up



and welded in, the same way as the other side!



another day tomorrow, really starting to get into the nitty gritty of it now!

oh and here is a picture proving that im actually doing some of the work . plasma cutter's are awesome!

yeah... it's star wars!!

dolofrog wrote:yeah... it's star wars!!

Star wars?

the fruits of todays labours..

feels like it has been a very long week!

scabby bit



it was very sunny today so we had the doors open!



bit more ventilation....



new bit



ground down



new other bit



ran out of primer again....

Crikey!!

...there's been some going's on here while Ive been away(Ill - Man-Flu - terrible affliction to the male of the species... )

Well done Pete!

Quality welds - some of the those " Jack-Points " are ART!

My son show's me up every time I try - must go on a course this year...!

Most impressive is your determination - SO much work done in such a short space,
- and to such a high standard! - ...you are setting a bench-mark to the rest of us "Non-mad-marts" !

..Kepp the updates coming - it really is inspiring!

haha me and Alan both say thanks!

when you're working on it almost continuously for 10 hours a day it moves on pretty quickly!

ready for some more inspiring pictures?

now you see it....





now you dont!



front end of passenger side chassis rail...bit scabby but ok once cleaned up!



the drivers side isnt as good.....horrible repair. which also cleaned up



o/s chassis rail cleaned up and with new bit





preperation....



....for seam welding! easier to get to since front of the car is missing!

stay tuned for more 'inspirational' *cough* pictures tomorrow!

Fancy selling me the shell once you're done?

haha no.....Alan is available though.......!

lots of work today but all in very tight spaces so you cant really see it!

all seam welding based too.

a selection of pictures, not all of what we seam welded but all of today's pictures are very samey! i dont want to bore you.....


top of both front suspension turrets




down the sides



these bits



footwells



these bits...dont know what to call them!



front panel sage continues tomorrow....

Dolly-Nut wrote:Fancy selling me the shell once you're done?

lazeruspete wrote:haha no.....Alan is available though.......!

Tell me...what is the going price for an Alan at the moment? Just thought I might put myself on eBay to see if I'm worth anything?

A bit more than a dave as everyone knows a dave!