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Post by valhalla on Jan 10, 2021 22:08:14 GMT 1
It's getting exciting tonight; offside inner sill is clamped-up and ready to be welded-in tomorrow. Unlike the nearside, this piece I made a few years ago appears to fit just fine without any tinkering or hammering, so I hope to get all the sill work done before the end of the week.
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Post by valhalla on Jan 12, 2021 1:43:48 GMT 1
A quick post to show the work from the last few days - unfortunately I haven't any pictures yet from the work today to plug-weld the offside inner sill to the car, or any of the fabrication of the step-brackets. I have, however, got some photos of the other areas of the bodywork from last week;
The main improvement to the stiffness of the back of the car comes from the completion of the inner rear wheelarches (nearside detail shown) which finishes all the work to bootsides, but leaves the cosmetic flange to the outer edge of the wheelarch to finish. This has been the main beneficiary of the English Wheelmachine this Winter;
The nearside outer sill and A-post are almost completed - just the rear closure panel to invent once the rear mudguards are repaired. Sadly the curvature in the sill is tricky to see here, but is the reason for the slitting-methid used to get the gentle curvature in the single plane parallel to the bottoms of the doors (thank the heavens that there was not a curvature, as I first thought, in the vertical plane!);
The work today was preceeded by a big clamping exercise last night to hold the offside inner sill to the bottom of the car - the plug-welding went well, some seams have also been added, and the body is now stiff down the offside, although the outer sill has yet to be made (probably Wednesday.....). In total, 14clamps were used at each stage!
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Post by valhalla on Jan 16, 2021 0:39:01 GMT 1
Christmas holidays are nearly over at this end of the country!
I didn't quite get to where I wanted to be tonight - offside outer sill is only fitted at the front end, so I need to fabricate and fit the rearmost section. I will probably try and get this done by tomorrow evening, as I have a half-day to myself, but I definitely need to get the 2-post ramps clear for the first paying-job of the year on Monday.
The crucial part of getting the sills finished both sides is that the internal bracing tubing throughout the interior of the car can then be removed, and that will allow me to lift the body more completely in the future - the 2-post arms will have adapters to lock into the running-board fixing holes.
More photos to come, but right now I just need to weld like it's 1984.
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Post by valhalla on Jan 17, 2021 22:20:07 GMT 1
Well, I have had to call "time" on the work on this project for a while now, as the first commercial job is waiting outside the workshop for tomorrow morning... 
This last week has taken the car from having rotten offside sill inner/outer;
and I now have the offside sill finished, and more-or-less ground-back to a reasonable finish. The front of the sill into the A-post might need a little skim of filler to get it right, but the structural welding is now all complete on the car;
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Post by valhalla on Jan 17, 2021 22:22:07 GMT 1
With the structure now sorted-out, I have been able to drop the body down onto the chassis, and start removing the interior bracing tubework; |
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Post by remmington on Jan 20, 2021 7:08:07 GMT 1
Well, I have had to call "time" on the work on this project for a while now, as the first commercial job is waiting outside the workshop for tomorrow morning... This last week has taken the car from having rotten offside sill inner/outer; and I now have the offside sill finished, and more-or-less ground-back to a reasonable finish. The front of the sill into the A-post might need a little skim of filler to get it right, but the structural welding is now all complete on the car; Photos look good! You have made a "good job" of that rear valance - you have got "the shape" in the corners quite well.  |
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