|
|
Apr 24, 2012 19:26:58 GMT
|
You could always rent one for a week and enjoy the scenery and roads of the Scottish west coast DSC_2756 by Scotland by Camper, on Flickr 3 by Scotland by Camper, on Flickr Let me know if you are interested and I will sort you out with a discount. Dave. P.S. If the blatant advertising is frowned upon let me know and I will remove.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 23, 2012 20:37:15 GMT
|
It will remain Black this time. I didnt get work done on the car this weekend as I was servicing my welder, puting up new strip lights in the garage and enjoying the sun.
I have had a thought about visiting a galvanizers and seeing if they can dip the donor heater channels, my thinking being that I can clean off an inch of the coating along the weld line.
Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 20, 2012 21:08:47 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 19, 2012 20:53:00 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 17, 2012 20:14:16 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 16, 2012 20:57:32 GMT
|
A lot of the interiors were studio built. The interior of the fire house is inside another fire house in LA as is the Sheriton hotel where they catch slimer so they slide down a pole in a fire house in LA, drive out of a fire house in New York and arrive at a hotel in Hollywood.
Have to admit I got goose bumps when I arrived at the firehouse.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 16, 2012 20:22:46 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 11, 2012 17:39:06 GMT
|
Todays update; First job was to dig out the donor heater channel so that I had an idea how much of the car will come off; P1140490 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr As you can see there is a good bit of panel work still attatched to the channels from California and I plan to use as much of this metalwork as I can. It also lets me paint the inside of the heater channels before fitting as I am never directly welding to the channel. This is the grotty rear 1/4 before cleaning; P1140492 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr And after; P1140494 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr For some reason the weld inside the arch is a nice neat butt welded seam but where the panel is on the outside of the car its a messy overlap, spotwelded and sculpted in filler Its not just a skim of filler, I think the artex on my ceiling is thinner (pound coin for reference); P1140495 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr At least the dust saved me having to find a white pen to mark my line; P1140498 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr At the front it dosnt look so bad......Yet; P1140501 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr After a clean up the new panel should come higher than the previous repair which will make fitting easier and neater; P1140503 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Except the same sculpter has applied his skills to filling the front 1/4 panel; P1140504 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr So here is where I left it tonight...... VERY dusty work so I think I will invest in a mask before my next session; P1140507 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr I think before I go on I need to go and find my welder, buy some steel for patches and some other supplies. Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 10, 2012 21:24:44 GMT
|
I think the grey area comes from the crotch coolers being introduced in '51 for the '52 model so could go both ways.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 10, 2012 20:11:54 GMT
|
This was parked at the Queen Mary in Long Beach when I was there; Corvair by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr I got some funny looks as everybody else was photographing the ship and I was taking pics of the car. Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 10, 2012 12:14:14 GMT
|
Details like the crotch cooler vents and grooved bumpers mean this is either an early 50's car (correct me if I'm wrong bug experts) or one died in it's creation. Crotch coolers were '51 only. I think it looks great but I think I would need to detail the Fuchs as they are a bit lost and narrowed beams are one of my pet hates. Dave
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cheers Dungbug. The car is generally very good but has isolated areas needing work so decided instead of chasing the rot and building up more work for myself later it was time to go for a full resto. I don't know that updates will always be this regular but with another day off for the bank holiday I got more work completed. Offside front wing came off first and the inner wing is better than the nearside; P1140469 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Same can be said for all of the offside body but strangely the floor and heater channel on this side look worse than the nearside. With the last wing off and the tailpipes removed the car now fits perfectly (with the bonnet open and heater removed) across the garage. These stands are worth their weight in gold; P1140468 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Inside the car the sill and floor look not bad, just a bit scabby round the edges; P1140482 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr P1140483 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr But going by the floor pan bolts there is a fair bit of rusted steel inside the heater channels. The top of this bolt would stick up inside the channel.; P1140485 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Wings arent in the safest place but at least they look pretty; P1140488 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Next job is to strip out the interior then I can start getting ready to cut. Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wedding and honeymoon over and time to get some work done. Started the strip down today and not surprisingly the rear wing bolts were either seized solid or the captive nuts were no longer captive. One thing for it, grind 'em off. P1140450 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr With both rear wing off, bumpers off and front offside wing off I could start to guage the tin worm; P1140459 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr The offside rear 1/4 and inner wing seems to be pretty grotty; P1140461 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Jacking points and rear floorp and are a very common rot spot so it was no surprise that the jack point easily broke away in my hand. The new pans will not have jacking points fitted as they are just too much of a dirt trap and very hard to paint behind. P1140462 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Rest of the sill and heater channel bottom plate don't look too bad but you can see the perforations in the floor pan edge in this pic; P1140465 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Front inner wing was pretty good but still a bit of work needed where the bulkhead has rusted through the corner; P1140463 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Not looking worse than expected which is a bonus so hope to get back to it soon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 19, 2012 14:24:04 GMT
|
Thanks everybody, wouldnt normally do a "look at me" type of thread but I don't intend getting married again so making the most of my excitement.
Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 18, 2012 23:01:02 GMT
|
Congrats ! Too bad there's no church wide enough to drive to the altar with the Type 3 and the Type 1 True....... So I took my vans ;D wedding day 14 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr Dave
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 18, 2012 22:17:47 GMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 18, 2012 17:45:48 GMT
|
Spot on Tickman, thats Jacks listing.
I would have had more work done this weekend but a certain knot was tied on Friday and a honeymoon is now due to be taken next week.
I will crack on as soon as I am back.
Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 17, 2012 21:21:57 GMT
|
From the No rhyme no reason thread; There are more of them about but this was the first picture I could think of.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 17, 2012 18:52:26 GMT
|
Can't beat that how's the paint holding on? Is the car still living outside? I'm not blaming you at all, I'm just curious about how the weather affects an old-but-restored car. The car spent the firdt year outside and apart from a light stain on the bonnet from a bird curse word that only I really notice the only thing to suffer is the chrome. When I gave up on the engine build I tidied out the garage and got the car in there. Alpina99, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. Dave.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The engine is still the original. Before the resto I was using the car daily so when I was planning on building a new engine for it I was still planning to use it daily.
Since the re-build it has become my fun days and show days car so I decided that if the engine needed work I would re-build the original and keep the numbers matching and as I can live without using the car every day I can afford to be without the engine during any work.
It still runs great so decided if it aint broke I'm not going to mess with it.
|
|
|
|
|