1984 Granada BOA; small progress & Civic 25/10/24

No plans for a roll cage Mr, although if I was it is with the right person for one to be made nice and snug to the pillars


Shall update here with some more progress pictures tonight if I get a chance, the internet at work during lunchtime is almost clock work in speed

had another weekend session this weekend and I think (that's gonna curse it!) that the main brunt of the tin worm is now over with

Found a couple of holes further down the sills on each side, almost underneath the front seats

But Dave needs the workshop space for other work tomorrow so it was a spree to get the old girl buttoned up and ready to just pop the subframe back on to move her


Whilst tidying up the rear cross member for some rust remedy and a few coats of primer, I managed to uncover this



Which was duly chopped out and replaced with some new 2mm plate from the edge of the diff mount repair section, and the wire brushing commenced









And bum hats!! this needs sorting out as well



Just a quick chop out a plate and repair that then





And a patch at the rear of the sill that I poked my fingers through




Also had the new battery tray made up that is now welded in the boot instead of just floating around on a battery strap
That started off with these pieces



And some more wire brushing (although this bit got attacked with a poly disc in the end)



Then some folding, trimming and welding later saw this little beauty made and stuck in



And then the painting was under way










And last thing last night was stone chipping and under seal. everything underneath got the black splodge treatment and the wheel arches got the grey thinner stuff. Although there is still one can of black stone chip so that will probably get used up in the wheel arches so they have an extra protective layer too

No pis of the last states though, as my phone was on 2% battery and it was 11.30pm and I wanted to get home for work today

Excellent job there mate. I'm still waiting on mine being painted.

Just had a read through.
That welding is really impressive. Kudos to this "Dave". In fact my mind can't process the work on that rear window ... it's just amazing all that cutting, fabricating and welding that has to go into that.

Lovely work and very inspiring. Keep it up!

He did mutter under his breathe a couple of times about the rear screen surrounds
But we were both relieved that it got done ok.

He did say the next worst part to do was the section behind the headlight on the drivers side inner wing, as the weld is over the chassis rail. And the inner wing is lipped over and seam sealed as well, most of which was right underneath where he needed to weld

Still, it's now back on it's wheels to be pushed out for other work he has booked and awaiting me to get a differential unit to adapt to fit in the rear
Oh, and to sort out some rear dampers, as when refitting the new ones (well, new about 5 years ago!) they are very crusty looking and one of them doesnt do a great deal of damping at all

Miles per gallon or smiles per gallon, I know which one I prefer!

Last Monday evening after work I went over to Daves to get the rear end back together so the Granny could go outside and allow Dave to get on with some other work he has in his busy schedule

For anyone thats done one, the rear differential unit is not the best thing to be heaving around in to a hole on a jack whilst on your back

However, before it went in I managed to get a few pics of the underside covered in shone chip/under seal









Doesn't look too bad I thought
Just need to pester about a diff unit and decide where the bloomin car is going to go for paint work

That crossmember looks a god bit stronger than the original.
Nice looking when its all refinished.
Well done.
Wanna do mine??

So at the end of last week (Thursday I believe) I got a call from Dave asking if I wanted the drivers sill cover removed from the door shut to look at the mess that may be lurking in there

Got a picture sent through about an hour later saying it isn't too bad and is ready to go again



And he also did a copy and paste on the nearside sill repair as well, starting off with this



And getting to here





And this whilst the wing was off



And got that all buttoned up and done on Friday







When I got there after work on Saturday, he proudly proclaimed that the welding was all done and everything was going to get a covering off tetroseal shutz and that as he wore the last one it was my turn in the Womble suit



Whch lead on to this little lot











And all the cavities that were accessible were squirted with Waxoil to help stop the rust that we can't see from progressing as much