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Progress has been made : hmm so what do a bike rack and a soccer goal have to do with building a car ?? Well they both needed welding and since I have never welded before in my life I though it might be a good idea to practice on something that won't kill me if it fails. So here are my first 2 attempts at any sort of welding : Not good but not bad for my first go.
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Last Edit: May 28, 2011 1:28:17 GMT by niterida
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May 27, 2011 12:00:04 GMT
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Done some more welding and its getting better but still far from perfect : But good enough to make this : Total cost for the rotisserie is a shade over AUD$200 :-) Which means I can do this : And strip the Brumby down to this : Remarkably almost rust free - just a bit under the passenger door (however the front guard where it bolts to the car just here is almost totally gone :-( ), in the tray where the cab meets it and under the windscreen cowl. There's a few dents under the body too that will need to be fixed but pretty happy with it overall. Next project is to clean the grease and curse word off it, strip the running gear from the donor Liberty and start fitting it to the Brumby.
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Last Edit: May 28, 2011 1:29:33 GMT by niterida
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Jowey
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May 27, 2011 12:33:20 GMT
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I love brumby's/Brats/MV's great looking truck and can only get better with a mad lump
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2000 Mercedes E55 //AMG 1998 Alfa Reomeo GTV 24v 1997 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v 1996 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v 1996 Suzki Swift 1.0 GLS
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May 27, 2011 20:28:16 GMT
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I see cobwebs.... watch out for funnel webs! :-P
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Koos
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I see cobwebs.... watch out for funnel webs! :-P Don't get funnel webs in this part of Oz - my shed is full of Daddy Long Legs which are harmless and Red Backs which are painful but not deadly. Although I thought you were being smart when I first saw your post and read the word 'cobwebs' - thought you meant I was being too slow or would never finish it and it would end up a dusty sprider haven :-0
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May 29, 2011 22:53:52 GMT
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I see cobwebs.... watch out for funnel webs! :-P Don't get funnel webs in this part of Oz - my shed is full of Daddy Long Legs which are harmless and Red Backs which are painful but not deadly. Although I thought you were being smart when I first saw your post and read the word 'cobwebs' - thought you meant I was being too slow or would never finish it and it would end up a dusty sprider haven :-0 I cant throw rocks onthat one, some of my projects have been going for decades! Arent you in Queensland?
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Picked up the donor car and the wheels yesterday. The wheels - which were bought separately and then put on the donor car so that the missus thinks they came with the car and I haven't spent as much money as I have :-) lol.. now busy picking alpen out my keyboard as that made me proper chuckle !!! ;D
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Quick update - I haven't done any actual work on the car since the last update but I have been busy.
Redid some of my rotisserie to make it a lot stronger.
Spent several days organising a million nuts, bolts, screws and washers into some sort of order. This has freed up lots of shelf space and several plastic boxes to put more important Subaru bits into.
Mounted my new vice and bench grinder.
Sold the doors and a guard from the donor liberty for half of what I paid for it.
And most exciting of the lot I have splashed out and bought a fancy alloy radiator, a set of WRX 4 pots, a mechanical 1.5 way LSD and best of all a short ratio DCCD box from a V5 STi RA :-) That has sent me broke though, so I can't even afford to pay for the freight for another 2 weeks.
Not that I can do any work on the car for the next few weeks anyway - I buggered my Median Cruciate Ligament in my knee playing soccer on the weekend. But at least I got my photo in the paper for my troubles - pity it showed me lying on the ground in a quivering mess :-( Off to the doctor again tomorrow to see if I need a scan and a reconstruction.
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Jun 23, 2011 18:52:08 GMT
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Soccer not Aussie rules?
Shame on you!
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Koos
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I'm actually Scottish so yeah definitely playing real football :-) Here ya go - I'm the old fart writhing on the ground in agony :
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Last Edit: Jun 24, 2011 1:44:55 GMT by niterida
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Jun 24, 2011 20:51:39 GMT
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Glad to see your cracking on with this! Will be awesome. What welding wire are you using? It looks like flux core- for use without gas. If it is then try using solid wire and a shrouding gas instead- if your welder can be setup that way. You'll get a lot less splatter.
If you are using solid wire with gas then maybe the gas was being blown away by wind causing such splatter? Anyway- weldings fun when you get into it and all it takes is practice, practice and practice. (and nice clean steel to weld helps too ) Get loads of pieces of thin panel and practice on that. ;D
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Glad to see your cracking on with this! Will be awesome. What welding wire are you using? It looks like flux core- for use without gas. If it is then try using solid wire and a shrouding gas instead- if your welder can be setup that way. You'll get a lot less splatter. If you are using solid wire with gas then maybe the gas was being blown away by wind causing such splatter? Anyway- weldings fun when you get into it and all it takes is practice, practice and practice. (and nice clean steel to weld helps too ) Get loads of pieces of thin panel and practice on that. ;D Yeah its flux cored wire - its ridiculously expensive to hire gas bottles here and it just isn't worth it if you are not doing much welding. Once I start on the car proper then I will get a bottle setup.
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Jun 27, 2011 18:16:59 GMT
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All that and you didn't even get a mention!
Btw gas is ridiculous here too, that's why some people use pub gas.
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Koos
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Jun 28, 2011 13:24:31 GMT
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All that and you didn't even get a mention! I know - bit sad. But I said I would get my name in the paper before the end of the season and I meant it - the photo is just a start - next week will I will be in there for socring a hat-trick ;D
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Jun 28, 2011 16:30:15 GMT
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The wheels - which were bought separately and then put on the donor car so that the missus thinks they came with the car and I haven't spent as much money as I have Very devious, must remember this in future ha ha ha! Cracking project bud!! I would do the same but as i'm doing a car for my misses i don't have too as she thinks the bits i'm buying are for her alfa Nice project will be reading this
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Alfa 155 2.0 16v, Alfa 155 white v6 skinny,White widebody 20vt more bhp project, Alfa 155 Q4 soon to be repaired
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Small but exciting update :
Dept Of Transport have APPROVED my modifications so I will be able to get this registered !
WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO :-)
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cool. Thats one thing to not worry about then!
As mentioned above by mdh you could try using a pub co2 bottle. Get friendly with publican (might involve beer) and borrow a cylinder. Get him to refill it. Co2 works fine.
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And saves money to spend on beer - it's a winner both ways!
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Koos
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even better. Move car into pub, weld car in situ, drink beer at same time. Happiness!
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even better. Move car into pub, weld car in situ, drink beer at same time. Happiness! I tried that but after a few I couldn't even see where to weld :
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