Nigel

Good luck - looks like it's going to be a tough one...

At least you appear to have somewhere decent to work. Take your time and get it right first time unlike me where I've to wait for the sun to shine to do any meaningful work - some of which had to be done twice over.

Aye...luxury.

We used to dream about avin a garage....well, when I say a 'garage'...

Of course I didn't know about that damage Wayne. As soon as I figured out something went majorly
wrong with the car I took it off the road. I doubt those cracks were more than microscopic when you
drove it. But unlike most cracks that develop slowly over time, I'm sure these flourished overnight
due to the location and stressors of turning and especially braking. There's no bloody way in hell I'd
willingly drive around like that making the end result even worse.

Hood? Geez, why don't you tell everyone I live in the ghetto? (I do)

Insurance policy? You really think highly of yourself if you think I'd write-off my wedge just to kill you.

We should start running a bookies..

How many bits will brap brap have left over when this is all finished..

O' Ye of little faith! My name isn't Pilo-Wedgebits.

Mike: Loosen those shorts some..Was just yanking on your chain some. Didn't say you lived in the ghetto but did say the hood. (Were you said you were borrowing the garage for the work and I was offering an extra set of hands for lifting etc.)The insurance gag is an ongoing joke between Spousal Unit and myself about making sure she has enough money to continue her life after she does me in. ( Remember I spend lots of time with this economy at home under her feet and just maybe in her way. ) I can also understand some of what you are going through right now as I have all 3 of my cars partly dismantled.(Collecting lots of spare bolts/nuts and screws right now to leave near where my cars were at Todd's shop to see how he explains what they are for after he is finished getting things back together.) So when I come to were you are doing your car it might be wise to get me to empty my pockets outside just incase I get tempted. Now to the serious stuff. It is good that you are finding all those extra little things that need addressing now as it would be a shame to have to pull the body a second time for a minor thing that needs repair. From the pics it looks like you are coming along pretty good and that you are tackling things as you come up to them. It is going to be a long process but will be worth it in the long run for the GRIN factor. Good luck and will talk later.

Wayne/Sherry Leppard.

Brap Brap what are you implying? At least my pile of bits is shrinking as I bolt them on - I'm just hoping I'm bolting them on in the right place!! Good luck with the restoration it looks quite a challenge.

Cheers Shaun

ROFL!

@Pilo... implying nothing... I was just being funny... or trying to be... considering what rev-erend said about my left over "wedge bits" when the job's done.

The progress continues...


[b]I got the car clear of the frame ready for a quick lift.
I blocked the body off of the frame to make sure all was clear,
and that there were no hang-ups, and also for less lifting.
Tomorrow I will lower the frame to mere inches above the floor so
that those helping me with the lift wont have to lift very high.[/b]


[b]Unfortunately jacking the body up was not without consequence.
As you can see the body took some GRP damage in the corner of the
footwell. This is because the upper dimensions of my chassis are
now larger than the body that slipped over it.[/b]


[b]This is the top frame rail, n/s, looking aft, at the upper wishbone mount.
You can easily see where the weld SHOULD be, in relation to the tubular
steel. This spreading of the upper frame rail dimensions is what caused the damage
in the picture above. There was just no way of getting around it.[/b]

All in all it was a productive day. I'm ready for a lift and confident I wont be wasting
any volunteer's time. The car is quite ready for it.