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As well as discovering the M.O.T is due this week instead of next month I have made another discovery. More about that later. The current M.O.T gave me an advisory notice about the end of the sill on the drivers side and the passenger side front jacking point so I set about making a new pair to weld on the new patch of floor and up front.
I'm using an off cut of 2x1 rounded box I have in my shed.
Old and new after about an hours work for the pair.
Drew around the jacking point inside the car an drilled a few holes...
...used my trolley jack and a screwdriver to hold the jacking point in place...
...spot weled from the top...
...seam welded from underneath...
...and a quick coat of Hammerite.
I then put the front of the car on ramps so I can cut the other offending jacking point off and weld the new one on. Trouble is the jacking point itself looks fine. The floor between the jacking point and the bulkhead has been bodged and the plate and filler fell out as soon as I tapped it. Grrrrr!
Here we go again.
I'm using an off cut of 2x1 rounded box I have in my shed.
Old and new after about an hours work for the pair.
Drew around the jacking point inside the car an drilled a few holes...
...used my trolley jack and a screwdriver to hold the jacking point in place...
...spot weled from the top...
...seam welded from underneath...
...and a quick coat of Hammerite.
I then put the front of the car on ramps so I can cut the other offending jacking point off and weld the new one on. Trouble is the jacking point itself looks fine. The floor between the jacking point and the bulkhead has been bodged and the plate and filler fell out as soon as I tapped it. Grrrrr!
Here we go again.
Well that's it. I'm out of welding gas. I was planning to put a plate inside the passenger footwell and another outside but I only got this far...
...tidied up...
...and I'm back at work tomorrow. The car will have to wait.
Once again thank you for all the support, comments and constructive critique. Just set my alarm for half four as I'll be cycling.
...tidied up...
...and I'm back at work tomorrow. The car will have to wait.
Once again thank you for all the support, comments and constructive critique. Just set my alarm for half four as I'll be cycling.
Off work (job) so back to work (Rover).
Just a few errands to run on my bike and then I'm back to it.
Todays plan is to finish welding the inside footwell plate in place, make a bigger one for outside, spot weld it to the new plate from inside and seam weld it from the outside. Sounds fairly straight forward eh?
Just a few errands to run on my bike and then I'm back to it.
Todays plan is to finish welding the inside footwell plate in place, make a bigger one for outside, spot weld it to the new plate from inside and seam weld it from the outside. Sounds fairly straight forward eh?
That's very kind of you to say but I'm no where near that good. My Youtube guides are for things anyone can do as well. I wouldn't want someone taking me to court because they set fire to their car trying to copy what I've done.
http://youtu.be/CVXVO-reYyQ
http://youtu.be/9-_uEg0fxc0
http://youtu.be/VCtEnk7qcZA
http://youtu.be/jF0-y3pEmpc
I'll do it next time as I've already started I would just be another photo montage.
As for today. The cycle ride to do the errands went a bit pear shaped. It's Saturday for me and I forgot the post office shuts at lunch time so I had to go an extra thirty miles into town and back. Got some bits for my Guff racer and a new frap wheel for my grinder so I can properly tidy the metal work up as well now. It was getting dark by the time I got back so I started on the seat for project Catsarse II instead.
http://youtu.be/CVXVO-reYyQ
http://youtu.be/9-_uEg0fxc0
http://youtu.be/VCtEnk7qcZA
http://youtu.be/jF0-y3pEmpc
I'll do it next time as I've already started I would just be another photo montage.
As for today. The cycle ride to do the errands went a bit pear shaped. It's Saturday for me and I forgot the post office shuts at lunch time so I had to go an extra thirty miles into town and back. Got some bits for my Guff racer and a new frap wheel for my grinder so I can properly tidy the metal work up as well now. It was getting dark by the time I got back so I started on the seat for project Catsarse II instead.
No more floor welding!
Just a slightly blowy front pipe, the 99p one from eBay has the wrong connection so I'll have to cut it off and make one. It's clean metal on to clean metal so it won't look anywhere near as ropey as the rest of the car when I do it.
Right today I finnished seam welding the plate inside the passenger footwell...
...made a plate to go outside and almost mirror polished it with my new frap wheel.
Next I drilled a load of holes in the new plate from underneath the car.
While I was drilling under the car a splinter of swaf fell over the top of my goggles and into my left eye. Rather than pillock about with eye washes and tweezers I went straight to the fridge, grabbed a magnet and wiht the help of my bathroom mirror extracted the shard from my left tear duct without irritating the rest of my eye. Top tip there if it ever happens to you.
Next I shaped and faced the new plate ready to spot weld into place. I needed to rotate the car ramp so I lifted the front wheel with the jack, turned the ramp and put the car back down.
I placed the new plate on a wodden block and used the jack to hold it in place...
...spot welded the plate from inside the car...
...burned the block of wood a bit...
...got back underneath the car and seam welded the new plat and an extra plate the other side of the jacking point.
Finally a quick spray with black Hammerite before putting the interior back together.
Just a slightly blowy front pipe, the 99p one from eBay has the wrong connection so I'll have to cut it off and make one. It's clean metal on to clean metal so it won't look anywhere near as ropey as the rest of the car when I do it.
Right today I finnished seam welding the plate inside the passenger footwell...
...made a plate to go outside and almost mirror polished it with my new frap wheel.
Next I drilled a load of holes in the new plate from underneath the car.
While I was drilling under the car a splinter of swaf fell over the top of my goggles and into my left eye. Rather than pillock about with eye washes and tweezers I went straight to the fridge, grabbed a magnet and wiht the help of my bathroom mirror extracted the shard from my left tear duct without irritating the rest of my eye. Top tip there if it ever happens to you.
Next I shaped and faced the new plate ready to spot weld into place. I needed to rotate the car ramp so I lifted the front wheel with the jack, turned the ramp and put the car back down.
I placed the new plate on a wodden block and used the jack to hold it in place...
...spot welded the plate from inside the car...
...burned the block of wood a bit...
...got back underneath the car and seam welded the new plat and an extra plate the other side of the jacking point.
Finally a quick spray with black Hammerite before putting the interior back together.
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Taking advantage of the free listing weekend to get the old girl on eBay.
Taking advantage of the free listing weekend to get the old girl on eBay.
Guess you visited today?
None of the restoration work has been carried out as yet. Kev's been a busy bunny trying to run a business and find work so the SD3's been a bit neglected apart from new (correct size tyres) for M.O.T that is. The clutch still hasn't been changed, the brakes are a bit sticky and where the car has been stored outside there are quite a few new rust spots, scrapes and scratches in the paintwork that has faded to the point of being matte on the bonnet, roof and boot lid. So first I had to clean and strip all the old wax off, t-cut the whole car, cut the bonnet, roof and boot again, clean the excess powder off with a wash wax shampoo, Mer polish the whole car twice and then Triple Wax the bonnet roof and boot. So she's almost presentable for King's Lynn Cruises tomorrow.
I don't know what's worse the use and abuse the car got from me or neglect being sat in a garden/garage since.
None of the restoration work has been carried out as yet. Kev's been a busy bunny trying to run a business and find work so the SD3's been a bit neglected apart from new (correct size tyres) for M.O.T that is. The clutch still hasn't been changed, the brakes are a bit sticky and where the car has been stored outside there are quite a few new rust spots, scrapes and scratches in the paintwork that has faded to the point of being matte on the bonnet, roof and boot lid. So first I had to clean and strip all the old wax off, t-cut the whole car, cut the bonnet, roof and boot again, clean the excess powder off with a wash wax shampoo, Mer polish the whole car twice and then Triple Wax the bonnet roof and boot. So she's almost presentable for King's Lynn Cruises tomorrow.
I don't know what's worse the use and abuse the car got from me or neglect being sat in a garden/garage since.
Rollcage said:
I'm thinking of getting one of these - a 57k 216 SE on an F plate. Haven't seen it yet, but it is allegedly a minter. Won't be much money, so tempted to get it to hang on to for a few years (not quite sure why though!)
Because they're brilliant. Look out for smoke and an oil patch under the car. The SE was a step below the Vitesse and arguably the best of the "O" Series powered cars. Feel free to continue the thread. 
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