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It's been too long since I was on here Work and life getting in the way About 3 years ago I started this project for a friend   It's nearing completion now, and thought it would be a good time to share it |
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Excellent, glad to see you back and another quality restoration!
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Great to see you back Tony, your metalworking threads have been a massive help over the summer, after I discovered some rot in the floor pans and sills of my e39. I managed to fabricate all my own repair panels taking massive inspiration and guidance from your posts :-)
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The car had been parked up for several years, in a lean too garage, with the back end sticking out
Rest of car looks ok, but rear end definetly needs help
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Alpina99
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Brilliant to see you back Tony
Looking forward to following this restoration
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Great to see you back on here Tony. I follow you on Facebook but forum threads are so much easier to read :-)
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1971 Ford Escort
1997 Peugeot 106 GTI
1998 Peugeot 106 GTI
2014 Ford Fiesta Zetec S
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Ah, the Maestro of Metal returns.  Welcome back. Bookmarked? Of course! |
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Last Edit: Jan 3, 2017 1:00:34 GMT by georgeb
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Sinky
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Run Baby Run......Please!
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Great to see your back Tony. Looking forward to this restro |
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2003 Piaggio X9 Evo
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Bookmarked, another one really looking forward to reading this. Your work is the benchmark by which I wish all restoration/modification was carried out.
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Oh yes, the man who moulds metal with his mind is back! (Sorry, was feeling a bit alliterative).
This will be more education for the rest of us no doubt.
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bstardchild
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BMW E12 M535i - Another onebstardchild
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So boxes ticked
- Welding and Fabrication - Big tick
- Great description in a very readable format - Big tick
- BMW 6 banger getting some love - Big tick
Clearly the next step is to "book" and "mark" because to do anything else would be frankly stupid for me.
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Keep refreshing this thread in the hope of seeing some superb fab work, looking forward to the updates!
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'72 Toyota Celica TA22
'74 Mercedes 350 SL
'68 Mercedes W108 280SE
'03 Renault Clio 172
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Thanks for the comments guys, it's great to know that my threads are inspiring others So as we all know by now the only way to fix this is to cut out the rot    Then patch panel made and welded in  And cleaned off  Stiffener needed work  And then in  Sorry photos are not much of the doing, it didn't seem necessary at the time |
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bstardchild
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BMW E12 M535i - Another onebstardchild
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Keep refreshing this thread in the hope of seeing some superb fab work, looking forward to the updates! Press F5  |
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Boom! Perfect as always Tony but you always leave me wanting more! Your wife's a lucky lady 😉😂
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'95 Toyota MR2 Turbo
'72 Toyota Celica TA22
'74 Mercedes 350 SL
'68 Mercedes W108 280SE
'03 Renault Clio 172
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You've only got to look at the first boot floor repair section to know this is gonna be yet another superb restoration.
Welcome back Tony.
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These threads are always amazing!
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Perhaps you should get sponsored by Flexovit or some other abrasives manufacturer... You've probably inspired more people to get out to the shed and try metal bashing (and use of abrasives) than you realise.
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