bigrod
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Feb 21, 2013 22:06:29 GMT
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A wee bit more work done tonight. Scribing the pattern from a masking tape template.... Snippy snip and a bish bash bosh. One chassis outrigger! Let's have a try on the car now... Bzzt Bzzzzt Bzzzzzzzzzt
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Feb 21, 2013 22:34:40 GMT
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Awesome, should put the nipper on the path of engineering greatness this. He will learn so much more from this than playing playstation all weekend. I wish I could weld @ 30 lol
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bigrod
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Feb 21, 2013 23:10:47 GMT
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Awesome, should put the nipper on the path of engineering greatness this. Dunno about greatness although I certainly wouldn't object. I'd settle for practical ability, a healthy curiosity with a dash of ingenuity. He's constantly asking me questions about how different stuff works especially when we're out tinkering. It's quite a challenge for me to explain in terms he'll understand. Explaining how a clutch works took ages until I found an animation on Youtube! He will learn so much more from this than playing playstation all weekend. Oh there's an element of that too. (Mainly GT5 LOL!) I think a healthy balance is the name of the game.
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Last Edit: Feb 22, 2013 23:31:28 GMT by bigrod
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Feb 23, 2013 23:43:00 GMT
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I bought my first car (88 panda) for £85 on my 12th birthday... The head gasket was gone so it got fixed, got given a set of 14 inch tempra wheels, got a pair of doors and a bonnet etc and turned it into something that looked presentable.. Lifted the rear mat up to find lots of holes, it needed 3 arches and bumper mounts but I didn't have a welder and it had a bad oil leak so it got scrapped
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This thread is a great read! Keep us up to date on this! Hats off to you and your son, me and my old man have built up a few cars together, it's the best form of farther son time there is in my opinion! Great stuff
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bigrod
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Mar 13, 2013 20:42:35 GMT
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So, progress is slow but consistent. Getting spare time between work, swimming, Cubs and other associated stuff gets in the way but I'm sure you all know about such things. I think, other than to fill the gaps with some rust inhibitor and coat with underseal the rear of the car's adequately catered for... And I'm happy to say that after a considerable hiatus and enduring the use of shonky equipment, my welding is improving... So now we move on to the sills and floor... Both sides will need attention and the interior's going to have to come out so I've tasked Boy with removing the driver's seat on his own. It should just be three bolts and I'll need to give him a hand to actually lift the thing out but we'll see how he gets on under his own steam. ETA:- That's not his bike in the picture, it's his Sisters! (Just in case!!)
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Last Edit: Mar 14, 2013 0:04:28 GMT by bigrod
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Mar 13, 2013 20:54:23 GMT
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That is such a cool thing to do with your son, my boy also comes out with me to the garage but he is only 4 so not really that appealing to him. I hope once he and his brother get a bit older they will want to get more involved and find out why there dad spends soo much time in the garage!
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All I can say is that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me
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bigrod
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Mar 13, 2013 21:40:52 GMT
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That is such a cool thing to do with your son, my boy also comes out with me to the garage but he is only 4 so not really that appealing to him. I hope once he and his brother get a bit older they will want to get more involved and find out why there dad spends soo much time in the garage! Well, he's always been mad on cars, even though we've consciously tried not to influence him, but I guess when Daddy's got a passion for fiddling with shonky rolling stock which changes frequently it's bound to get his gander up. He's really getting a kick out of it and while he's been a little hesitant to get near the noisy and sparky stuff he's getting over it and increasingly wants to be more involved. It is his car after all and as an end result he wants to drive it himself. He might even make a bit of money out of it if we're lucky!
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Last Edit: Mar 14, 2013 0:06:32 GMT by bigrod
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Been a few weeks but got a bit of graft in on the wee Fiot today. This bit's boring for Boy and he doesn't have the strength to use a grinder or cold chisel so I did this bit myself today. I'll get him involved when it's time to start making things to fill the holes. Gimme a paw!! As we pretty much finished the tail end for now we decided to move on to the off-side sill. I knew it was frilly, but hoped it wasn''t any worse than I imagined. Those hopes faded fairly rapidly... That's my boot on the floor of the garage... ...OK, it's not as bad as it could be but worse than I'd hoped and because of the seat runners and method of construction it's a bit awkward. There's a sandwich of three sheets of metal where the floor and sills meet so it took a bit of chopping out. I try and be as sympathetic as I can to the existing steel so I can put it back together the way it left the factory and I'd hoped to be able to save the outrigger/jacking point but it's not worth patching so I'll just chop the thing out and it'll make replacing the floor/inner sill a whole lot easier in the long run.
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Last Edit: Apr 7, 2013 19:25:41 GMT by bigrod
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saxoman
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simple solution for the roof repairs ... DUCK TAPE ... why has no one suggested this already haha. It will be weather proof for a while
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bigrod
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simple solution for the roof repairs ... DUCK TAPE ... why has no one suggested this already haha. It will be weather proof for a while Duct tape is already on there and it's hopeless! Thanks for the suggestion though!
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Great! When I was his age it was always look but don't touch, what good is that?! Keep up the good work
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FOAD
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Wow, Didn't think it was that rusty. Good effort on repairing everything so far.
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bigrod
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Wow, Didn't think it was that rusty. Good effort on repairing everything so far. Nor did I Scott, but it's still miles better than any, (ok, I'm not an expert!), or Panda of that era I've ever crossed paths with. I just need to remember to stop tryiing to be sympathetic and ruthlessly cut the bad stuff out.
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Apr 21, 2013 19:25:02 GMT
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More choppgage done today on a bit that I didn't think was a problem until I started exploring the nooks and crannies.... ...This started off as a hole I put my finger through... ...It's fixable but very awkward. What gets me is having to cut out sound metal to get at the rotten stuff. Now given that the black pipe in the background is the petrol filler tube and the tank is about a foot away, do you think I should drop the tank or could I isolate it with a fire blanket before I start doing proper sparky stuff?
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Apr 21, 2013 21:24:11 GMT
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Aw seeing your boy working and welding takes me back to when I used to help ( hinder) my dad ( god bless dad)! Great times.......
Welding looking good, rust sure knows how to hide!
I think the tank should be fine! Wedge some sheet metal up there so the sparkly stick bits bounce off!
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FOAD
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Jun 19, 2015 21:46:20 GMT
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Any updates on this?
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bigrod
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Jun 19, 2015 22:57:00 GMT
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We have been working on it but progress is glacial. Buckle up for the excuse... I took on a new job last year and I'm working with a team predominantly based in the USA so my work days are skewed in favour of the evenings. Also both kids are into their pastimes so ferrying them around chops into any available time. However, we're not giving up on it. It's still in the garage and we have good intentions.
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FOAD
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I'm just glad to hear it's still around, we felt we had unfinished business with Panda's so when we saw one in U pull it we bought it. After having to get it through an mot I'm now no stranger to welding Panda's.
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Jun 20, 2015 10:12:19 GMT
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Ooooh this thread passed me by so now booked marked for the slow and steady march to the finish line...... *Wishes bigrod had been my dad when I was 8
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