Corroded chassis members repair questions

[rev-erend]

Very poor quality welder .. nothing like a good tig welder to produce the best welds.

[anonymous-user]

rev-erend said:

Very poor quality welder .. nothing like a good tig welder to produce the best welds.

I think even any weld, however crappy, on some of the joints would have been better than an open gap!

[grngriff]

Hi going to get the outriggers on my griff done in the new year., chaps is there a list of Potentials somewhere ! Where not to get them done ?

Cheers

[grngriff]

Thanks for the heads up djstevec , won't be going up north then ! Well not there anyways !!

Cheers

[M3John]

Glad to hear that it's all getting sorted mate !

[gruffalo]

grngriff said:

Thanks for the heads up djstevec , won't be going up north then ! Well not there anyways !!

Cheers

I would go up north but only as far as Newark where Willow Sports are based, http://www.willowsportscars.co.uk/ or to a reputable Indie to strip the car down and then ship the chassis to Willow.

this is the route mine will be going in a few years time, STR8SIX for the strip down and then Willow for the chassis repairs and back to STR8SIX to be put back together again. I have seen a couple that they have done and they deffo tick the chassis porn box!

[anonymous-user]

Two trips and 450 odd miles to call in to APM and RT Racing yesterday and today, to keep the guys updated (and to drop off some shiny bits to RT). As ever thank you to Andy and Richard for their time, storage space and coffee!

Chassis coming along nicely, still strange seeing it with sections chopped out, but there''s some shiny new metal on there too.....v exciting!!! Interestingly, but unsurprisingly, the box sections, whilst holed were very clean on the inside, but the 2 year old outriggers could have been part of a North Sea oil rig with the amount of rust on the inside.









They also had a Chimp with a headlight arrangement I have been thinking of for mine too, only difference to my thinking was to mask over the old indicator aperture as I'd like to accentuate the sill line (and I don't drive hard enough to need the extra brake cooling )

Edited by djstevec on Saturday 24th November 18:00

[anonymous-user]

spongy said:

To be honest if this was any other car i would have thrown in the towel.....but i love this car so much i dont think we will ever part company.

Quoted from April and on the day I found the initial corrosion, but, this is still my thinking!

[ukkid35]

djstevec said:

Interestingly, but unsurprisingly, the box sections, whilst holed were very clean on the inside

Relieved for you but very surprised, as this is what concerns me most about chassis corrosion - it's like an iceberg, it's not what you can see that you have to worry about.

[anonymous-user]

ukkid35 said:

Relieved for you but very surprised, as this is what concerns me most about chassis corrosion - it's like an iceberg, it's not what you can see that you have to worry about.

It is a little bit of a contradiction I admit, but having seen in them and have a section of the worst area in the boot, its surprisingly rust free. I guess, maybe, the waxoyl, was kinda like the boy with his thumb in the dam holding back the flood.

[Byker28i]

Wow my chassis looked spotless compared to yours. But, it just goes to show that with the Cerbera it really needs to be a chassis off job to do it properly.

[scotty_d]

Glad to see you had it blasted and going down the right path to getting a great cerb back on the road. Anything can be fixed

[anonymous-user]

Ok well latest update and pics. Basically the whole front end of the chassis from box sections up and forward of the dashboard mounts has or is being replaced, no great surprise in the end, and at least its less of a fragmented jigsaw of old and new metal at the end of the day and soon to be with some real outriggers.

Love the first pic as it shows how the huge pile of "dead" metal that's been cut out!

Anyone with many years worth of waxoyl on their Cerbs, strip it back and check what lies beneath....

[Mark.]

Looking much better Steve!

[anonymous-user]

Mark. said:

Looking much better Steve!

The only holes left are for bolts.....kinda how it should be!

[Mark.]

Still not quite the right colour though

[anonymous-user]

Mark. said:

Still not quite the right colour though

Im open to suggestions!!

[Mark.]

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[jamieduff1981]

Any chance you could PM me with the names of those who are doing the work (in case I need any done myself). Also, I'd interested to know where not to go!

[anonymous-user]

jamieduff1981 said:

Any chance you could PM me with the names of those who are doing the work (in case I need any done myself). Also, I'd interested to know where not to go!

YHM!