The Crappuccino update

Awesome, you'll love it when its done!! ;D

get plenty of waxoil sprayed inside the sills once weldings done,.

just wondered if anyone had any preference with POR15 etc as they seem shockingly pricey?

Thread resurrection!


The SLOW progress continues...

RH inner sill done. Rear end jacked up and stripped.



A few holes, mostly from rust encroaching from the rusted out sills. Holes on the outside...



And on the inside. Passenger side


Drivers side cut out and partially repaired



Rear inner wheel arch rusted out...I was going to keep the rust as some perverted record of "weight saving" but gave up after the third bucket. These things know how to rust!



And partially repaired. It aint pretty but will be covered by the bumper



All rear suspension dropped and carefully catalogued (read stuffed under the bench which i will surely regret!)

Apart from the rust I'm getting to love this thing; everything adjustable and built lightweight. Cant wait for first thrash!

Stripped and painted the rear subframe using POR-15. Great stuff but bloomin pricey, brings it up nice and shiny though. God help people with proper sized cars.

Done the fuel tank too which sites above the subframe and had some pinholes on the seam. Hoping the POR15 will cure this and will keep a close eye on it when i put some more fuel in.

The trickiest bits (that i havent got pics for from the outside but can be seen in the pics above)is the mounts for the subframe. They are captive nuts on brackets you can only get to by cutting the bulkhead from the inside. The metal between the nuts is triple skinned and bulging with rust inside. Cut this out leaving nuts in situ, and welded fresh in to make sure these mounting points remain in the same place.

As it stands now, welded, painted and new brake lines in place. Ready for reassembly and dropping off axle stands. Be nice to see daylight for firsttime in 8 months, if only to wash off the layer of grinder-disc/rust dust!

Bookmarked!!

Bit more progress.... rear subframe stripped and cleaned, couple of coats of POR15. "New" bushes by Tigerseal.


Rear end finished and back on, time to start the nearside sill


What came out


My nightmare.....


And its not just the sill, no there rust on the inside too! Hole in the floor and down edge of trans tunnel


Deadline 4th July. Trip to Yorkshire for Tour de France then blast to wonderful Mid Wales for Monty street party and Mums 75th....

Did have some arch and wheel plans but put on hold as apparently unable to weld/redrill Cap hubs. Wrong type of Cast Iron apparently, anyone know any better, or know who can make some adapters that arent £250 a set?? Plan B is to setup as standard (so need some arch repairs) then get onto the mods.

Great to see the persistence, though sad you need so much of it!

A bit of progress, floor and 2 inner sections of near side sill done, but not painted.



Trying to do all the structural stuff, before getting some thinner steel to to the outer sills, and arch repairs.


Can anyone help with this??

Ive been told this cant be plug welded and redrilled for wheel of choice (slightly smaller pcd) as its the wrong type of cast iron. Can anyone offer any advice (not just "wheels that fit"!) as the Capp has 4 x 114.3 pcd and as such very limited choice? Anyone know of any decent budget adapters?


As it stands now

swapped round on the axle stands, ready to drop the subframe off the front, leaving the engine dangling. This is tonights job so may have more updates tomorrow.

Good work on fighting the rust the proper way.

In terms of wheels there's plenty of choice out there in 4 x114.3 (especially from classic J cars) unless it's a strange offset that's causing you problems?