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May 22, 2020 19:45:52 GMT
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Chris, what is the reason for the specific almost heartbeat style markings you make on the bodywork to highlight the areas for attention? It's areas of panel deviation / dents / undulations that required work whilst the panel is off the car and I could access both sides of it with hammer / dollies / paddles |
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May 22, 2020 19:59:52 GMT
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Chris, what is the reason for the specific almost heartbeat style markings you make on the bodywork to highlight the areas for attention? It's areas of panel deviation / dents / undulations that required work whilst the panel off the car and I could access both sides of it with hammer / dollies / paddles Are the shapes of your markings significant? |
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May 22, 2020 20:07:48 GMT
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It's areas of panel deviation / dents / undulations that required work whilst the panel off the car and I could access both sides of it with hammer / dollies / paddles Are the shapes of your markings significant? Not what so ever - most bodyshops would use a X or a circle and some so called vehicle restorers wouldn't even bother they just call it character or patina whilst other places would just throw a bucket of filler in the dent - but me - I like to be different so I suppose that there is some significance after all  |
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May 22, 2020 22:07:35 GMT
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eurogranada
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May 23, 2020 19:01:30 GMT
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You refer to offset measurements as a top tip, but maybe because of the language barrier or me not being very experienced in the metal work department... I'm not clear on what you mean exactly.
Can you give an example perhaps?
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May 23, 2020 19:49:18 GMT
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You refer to offset measurements as a top tip, but maybe because of the language barrier or me not being very experienced in the metal work department... I'm not clear on what you mean exactly. Can you give an example perhaps? Alex - Better done by pictures - I will take some tomorrow & post up |
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May 23, 2020 19:57:09 GMT
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A little more progress on the nearside door frame today  The bottom sections of the front frame were removed  Dead - very dead  New sections formed & trail fitted  Probably heading for a record on the number of clamps that you can get on to a small repair  Further clips added  Internal brackets fabricated & trial fitted  And the weak ends of connecting framework removed & replaced  So now it can all be welded together  Ready for cleaning up & dressing back on Monday |
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May 24, 2020 14:13:56 GMT
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Will you be adding any type of protection between the steel and aluminium to reduce an corrosion due to the dissimilar metals?
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May 24, 2020 18:37:19 GMT
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Will you be adding any type of protection between the steel and aluminium to reduce an corrosion due to the dissimilar metals? Pete - I could but I wont particularly achieve anything - the reason for stating that is that unless I unpick the complete alloy door skin from the door shell (probably extensively damaging it in the process) I still have the same problem with the rest of the door frame making contact with the door skin - If I then move on to the wings they all have beaded outer edges all wrapped onto a steel wire - then the bonnet is mounted to a steel frame work - has is the rear shroud - where do I stop - being realistic is the best policy because unless you are completely reskinning the car you are just not going to achieve the fitting of a physical barrier between the dissimilar metals - what you can do is the next best thing - ensure that all rust to the steel work is removed and the application of high quality rust preventing products are used from thereon - followed by a through application of recognised primer treatments & good quality final paint applications and again followed through with the use of cavity & underbody waxes - it will not prevent dissimilar metal corrosion forever but it will ensure that works undertaken on the car last for a significant period prior to the car requiring any remedial attention |
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May 27, 2020 19:39:19 GMT
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You refer to offset measurements as a top tip, but maybe because of the language barrier or me not being very experienced in the metal work department... I'm not clear on what you mean exactly. Can you give an example perhaps? Alex - Better done by pictures - I will take some tomorrow & post up Alex - Has promised you can use a offset as a datum point to measure from when making repairs - hopefully the images explain but please bug me for further explanations if not - Chris    |
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May 27, 2020 19:46:40 GMT
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Plenty of running around to complete today so I only managed a few hours on the nearside door repairs  Completed welding up all the splits on the door braces & frame then dressed all the welds back  All Jupiters & Javelins have their body panels set numbered - this Jupiter has all original matching numbered panels  Door is now back on for trial fitting  Some repairs are required on the base of the alloy door skin but these can wait for now until I complete the repanelling of the car More tomorrow |
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If you have to replace PART of a panel that holds the stamping do you restamp the new bit?
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If you have to replace PART of a panel that holds the stamping do you restamp the new bit? They are an old imperial sized number stamp - so in just the one pervious case I cut the original section with the number on it out and rewelded to the non original panel then dressed it back - a proper cheat  |
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eurogranada
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Alex - Better done by pictures - I will take some tomorrow & post up Alex - Has promised you can use a offset as a datum point to measure from when making repairs - hopefully the images explain but please bug me for further explanations if not - Chris It's completely clear now how you meant your comment! Thanks for taking the trouble to clarify with images. And indeed a good tip for when panel edges or shapes make for lousy references or are too far from your repair etc. I can see the value in doing this for sure. |
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May 29, 2020 19:23:37 GMT
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Many other things getting in the way of progress this week  But progress has been made although the pics don't account for the amount of hours in getting the door realigned and opening / closing properly  But after several hours I'm getting there  My good friend Sid called in for a end of week inspection  And to remind me that it was 5 mins to go before his dinner time More later |
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May 29, 2020 23:41:13 GMT
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Always good to see Sid. We don't have any kitties at the moment (just two 16 year old black lab-mix girls ... not related, just a coincidence. Had one since she was young, inherited the other from a friend who passed.) But, we get to see a lovely grey shorthair named Al (as in, Al E. Cat) at the barn where my wife works. He's a great fella and I look for excuses to visit and give him a good cuddle. He's very talkative, tells us about the weather and all the varmints he's liquidated. He purrs like a small diesel motor.
I've been admiring those tires; are they Pirelli Cinturato's?
John
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May 30, 2020 14:24:01 GMT
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Michelin X’s.
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XC70, VW split screen crew cab, Standard Ten
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May 31, 2020 12:25:55 GMT
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Sorry for inturupting the thread grumpynortherner, but this came up locally to me on facebook. It was a red 1950 car and looks to have similar problems to the car you are doing. There are more photos if you look at k blast   |
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Last Edit: May 31, 2020 12:27:12 GMT by tigerfox
1936 Riley 9
1982 Moto Morini 350
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May 31, 2020 13:02:46 GMT
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Great view of the chassis; put a DeDion rear axle in there and ....
John
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 They certainly are - These will be coming off the wheels - then I can get the wheels shotblasted prior to paint - but they are good tyres and will be going back on the repainted rims |
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