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

Always satisfying to be sticking fresh metal back in the the places where fresh-air and rusty bits once lurked.

That's looking super.

I really don't like doing the wiggly dance when a hot spark goes through the trousers, it isn't much fun.

Don't confuse any of the above with me knowing how to weld

I've only shown the good bits, and none of the misery of blowing through tissue paper thin stuff. Nor any of the massive frustration caused by my lack of patience and not letting the metal cool down

Although I did get huge satisfaction making the holes and swaging them in the panel that will never be seen again

I use the elastic sided boots these days ‘cause I can get out of them quick. 🙂

That’s a big job / keep up the good work.

I did see your build thread the other day. Thats quite a lot of rust hidden on yours with previous repairs

Also didn't realise how similar the inner wing area is between mk1 and mk2 Granada

Where are my manners? Its been 4 days since Saturday, and I didn't update my build thread on Sunday

After fretting about the apparent lack of gas in the welder, my welding friends suggested I just got on with it, as the flow gauge was still pointing in the right direction!
So I drilled all the holes in the sill upright for plug welding that in place, and did a bit of preemptive prep work to make the welding go better.

Drilled all the holes to 5mm to start with, only to discover that was difficult to plug weld and get the upright to remain stuck to the inner sill. So the 2mm to 2mm side of the upright had the holes taken out 7.5mm, and that seemed to work very well...







Had a slight issue with one of the lower ones midway being a git to hold, but got there with a bit of patience. And before end of day on Saturday, flap disced all those welds back ready for the outer sill panel, and gave them a quick weld thru primer as well

Well, today was meant to be spent getting the outer sill (or rocker cover) on.
Only downside being that I appear to have used all the gas on making up a new section for the lower A post










So I had a sort out of my toolbox, got the outer sill prepped for plug welding, and just hung the front wings on the car to keep them out of the way. And took some pics to lift my spirits a bit










Can't remember if I'd posted a pic a few weeks ago of my bracket. But I decided to make a new one from stainless steel for the coolant reservoir

What day are we on now? Thursday, and the second day in a row of faff. Too many dead ramps at work with jobs waiting for parts, so I was chucked off the 4 poster.

Managed to get the doors on Tuesday before being moved, and now know I need to give the outer sill panel an almighty tweak with a lump of wood and a BFH, as it heads upwards at the middle section around the bottom of the B post

(I'm really not impressed with the quality of the outer sill panel, especially for how much it cost!)

















Although I did fit my coolant header tank bracket in place





And today was spent fitting up some bits to the drivers door whilst I was floor bound 🙃    not taken any photos of todays shenanigans tho. You'll just have to wait til tomorrow for those

Saturday came and went, I spent most of the day at the workshop from about 9am.

Got my finest block of wood out and my copper/hide hammer, and set to giving the sill an adjusting.
Didn't get loads of pictures, but did get one of the drivers door to sill gap...




Got on with the rear arch/outer sill panel



















And returned on Sunday (!) to get on with the bottom of the B post.
Made up a few new bits, and re-used the rear door curved section of the bottom of the B post as it wasn't rotten