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Fat Bloke
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May 16, 2010 13:38:09 GMT
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Holy Tin worm!!!!  That frightens me just to look at it! Excellent work matey. I would have run a mile, especially with my little Clarke 90.  Well done for taking the project on and saving an otherwise scrap car. You'll be welding in the Oldbus class by the time you have finished! ;D |
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 16, 2010 21:09:46 GMT
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to be fair i am nowhere near as good as most on here but i thought i should have a go! old bus and tony bmw's thread on making panels retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=usetharch&action=display&thread=70135&page=1got me really motivated and i figured i cant just sell my car because it needs a bit of metal glueing into it i also started removing panels from my mini today and built repaired an old trailer to carrying junk to the tip cheers for looking dave |
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 22, 2010 21:59:39 GMT
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little update as i've had a cpl days break due to bad weather etc got the sill supports in place and welded in the sill vertical supports and seam sealed them all in  lower rear quarter tacked in place was a proper faff to get right as we had no datum to follow.  cut the part that meets the sill and tacked it in just to strengthen the front boxing  we shaped the sill on some 2" back iron pipe and then smoothed it over some 4" truck exhaust just to get it somewhere near  quick check down the sill to check the line seems ok   fully welded up  i put a small flange on the bottom of the sill to join the floorpan and plug welded it to the inner sill  smoothed all the weld with a flap wheels just needs a likkle skim of filler coat of zinc primer   start on the other side tomorrow oh joy! cheers for looking |
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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Torquesport
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Astras all the way!
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Fantastic bit of fabricating and welding, well done!
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berendd
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why do I need 3 keys for one car?
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epic rust on this 90ties vehicle, thought my 80's VW was badly rusted...
good job tackling the challenge!
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MikeT
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superb finished job - I can't beleive it's rusted that much!
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'78 Scimitar se6a (now on the road 
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MK2VR6
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Mk2 Golf GTi 90 Spec
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May 23, 2010 10:31:36 GMT
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Great work! Don't forget to drill in some drain holes, or else it will be a repeat of what you were faced with before  |
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 23, 2010 12:12:12 GMT
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yeah i'm gonna put some 8 mm holes in the bottoms then use the slide hammer to swage them down a little to drain more it is all zintec in there all waxoiled through the hole in the inner sill too
i took ages to get it done because all the strengtheners were gone so we had to make it up as we have gone along to a certain extent
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 24, 2010 22:26:24 GMT
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 24, 2010 22:42:28 GMT
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.........i wonder where the water was getting in? well a little poke around behind the plastic arch liner revealed...... well not much because most of it was on the floor but  oh well i hope i have enough steel left lol  grey steel right hand side is the support for the roof drain not joined just seems to point it in the right sort of direction i am going to patch the center rib and accross to the outer quarter and the over plate the whole panel from top to bottom to fully seal it.   i think i will be busy this week lol try to update tomorrow eve gonna get a few hours in after i finish work cheers for looking |
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 25, 2010 21:13:47 GMT
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had a couple of hours spare this evening so i cleaned up the sill cut out the rest of the bad stuff and made a pair of patches up ready to stick in............. ....so i cut out the swaged strengtheners as they were rusted at the base best to make sure its clean  bit of rusty steel at the back arch  so i cut it back again so i can rejoin fresh to it then using angle grinder and a cup brush cleaned it up  then covered it all with hydrate 80 rust stabiliser  back to the rear arch cleaned up the jointing surfaces to put a little support into it as the quarter was flapping around  support tacked in place  support seamed all along the side and top spotted to inside of quarter  new inner arch repair panel put in place to check the fit from the inside i think i am going to overlap it so will cut it along the mark and seam it either side to make it secure  again i hope this might be of some use to someone cheers for looking dave |
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 28, 2010 21:08:59 GMT
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oh well back to the grind, I had to make a lower panel to make up the sill piece that had rusted away camera had died so I missed the early stages of measuring etc. however I folded the steel over onto itself to form a double thickness flange and cut it to shape then I bent it to follow the rear of the sill  oh the big slice in the seat bottom lie on was when the slit disk on the angle grinder tried (unsuccesfully to remove all the flesh from my forearm ;D) stretching it and forming it to follow the lines the top part matches up with the strengthener I had already welded in  it fits rather well however it is not welded in yet so when I let go of it to take a piccy it dropped a bit lol last bit tonight was to replace the main sill support which I have cut out with my tin snips and folded the edges to make it the same thickness as the original at the weld points,  bit more tomorrow then its off to the garage for a turn on the 4 post ramp as I hate welding upside down thanks for looking dave |
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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May 28, 2010 21:52:53 GMT
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Stupendous work!!!! 49.6/10
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 29, 2010 16:39:00 GMT
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WoW coming from you and the work you produce thats a wonderful compliment cheers fella
dave
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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May 29, 2010 16:41:52 GMT
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awesome work  ... also a little scary, the car looked so clean in the pics, goes to show ya never know what lies beneath  |
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 29, 2010 17:13:21 GMT
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you worried about yours ?
lol
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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May 29, 2010 19:20:14 GMT
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well... i wasnt, but now .... |
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 29, 2010 19:25:47 GMT
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well as it is an import it will be basically rust free*
*1 as long as it has been properly waxoiled
*2 as long as it ain't been over here for 5 or 6 years as they soon follow their British cousins down hill
but as always everything can be sorted all the parts are available (not cheap though) which is why i am making my own lol
cheers anyway i may pop round fro a brew monday / tuesday text me yer number i will ring first so i don't have a long wasted trip pmsl
dave
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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May 29, 2010 22:16:53 GMT
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The MX5 is a car I had considered buying sometime (especially after seeing a Miata track day at Laguna Seca last month).
Is this rust fairly typical of a 1990 or is yours a bit of an exceptional case? I can't believe it had got to such a state for a relatively modern car. There was one on TV's Wheeler dealers recently but I missed seeing it.
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wallopadonkey
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stunning grinder! curse word welder!
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May 29, 2010 22:22:30 GMT
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no not really they only go like this when the sills fill with water due to blocked drain holes, main problem being you do not know this is the case untill you hear water sloshing about in them or it falls out of the sills with half a ton of iron oxide lol
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1983 mini city e
1985 miny Mayfair
1997 Audi a4 tdi
2003 gsxf 750
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That frightens me just to look at it!
Well done for taking the project on and saving an otherwise scrap car.
... also a little scary, the car looked so clean in the pics, goes to show ya never know what lies beneath 