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Floor now fully welded and ground and little foot board brackets in place. Big job!
Still lots of little jobs I’ve been putting off, like fixing the heater valve studs.
The I got distracted by making the trolley. Holes have loads of clearance in case it changes shape whilst on Barry’s Celette!
Now the floor is on I fully epoxied the inside of the sills and the rebuilt seat mounts. Sometimes I forget how much I’ve done as there is always the next job.
Slap of epoxy around the floor edges to protect the seams as the welded areas flash rust so quickly.
Tomorrow I’ll tackle those heater studs!
Still lots of little jobs I’ve been putting off, like fixing the heater valve studs.
The I got distracted by making the trolley. Holes have loads of clearance in case it changes shape whilst on Barry’s Celette!
Now the floor is on I fully epoxied the inside of the sills and the rebuilt seat mounts. Sometimes I forget how much I’ve done as there is always the next job.
Slap of epoxy around the floor edges to protect the seams as the welded areas flash rust so quickly.
Tomorrow I’ll tackle those heater studs!
Edited by gary71 on Saturday 7th December 20:18
Not quite tomorrow, but a week later the heater studs get replaced with some T nuts welded in place.
Also I spent another hour cleaning around the torsion tube and fuel pump bracket. This is such a pain that I can only stand it one hour at a time! There’s no way it’s all coming off to metal without cutting a hole in the seat pan to get to it so I’m guessing those areas are just fine
Also I spent another hour cleaning around the torsion tube and fuel pump bracket. This is such a pain that I can only stand it one hour at a time! There’s no way it’s all coming off to metal without cutting a hole in the seat pan to get to it so I’m guessing those areas are just fine
With the floor fully finished and much cleaning done it was time to get it off the rollover frame so all the panels could go on.
It’s now sat on the trolley up on axle stands to get a good working height.
All the outer panels except the rear bumper are now on. Nothing really fits that well, wings, bonnet, scuttle are ok but the doors to quarters need plenty of work. Not much point trying too hard until the shell is straight.
I dug the rear 1/4 bumpers out of the shed and found this lurking under 3mm of filler. It would be such a shame to find one bit in good condition and requiring nothing more than cleaning wouldn’t it?
Time for a short Xmas break now so I’ll be back out to work that bumper once festivities are over.
It’s now sat on the trolley up on axle stands to get a good working height.
All the outer panels except the rear bumper are now on. Nothing really fits that well, wings, bonnet, scuttle are ok but the doors to quarters need plenty of work. Not much point trying too hard until the shell is straight.
I dug the rear 1/4 bumpers out of the shed and found this lurking under 3mm of filler. It would be such a shame to find one bit in good condition and requiring nothing more than cleaning wouldn’t it?
Time for a short Xmas break now so I’ll be back out to work that bumper once festivities are over.
Cheers chaps, I had another afternoon on it today and finished the other half of the RH bumper. It looked easier, but as ever it wasn’t just a simple flat surface when I got closer, so needed a gentle curve vertically as well as the obvious wrap around the back end.
In progress compilation pics:
And the trim fits!
Tomorrow I’ll find out what lurks beneath here:
In progress compilation pics:
And the trim fits!
Tomorrow I’ll find out what lurks beneath here:
Just to say I love following this thread!
Whenever I look at the classified and see SC's, 3.2's, etc, I wonder what really needs doing to them beneath the shiny surface, thanks to this thread.
I missed the boat on getting a £12-£15k SC as they used to be priced, but part of me now thinks that I dodged a bullet.
You can spend a very long time dead and not enjoying a old 911 if you worry about rust
Most are perfectly serviceable, yes there will be rust in it, but it can be maintained to MOT standard for many years without getting this deep in.
Do it. You won’t regret it!
At least using this thread you know where to look for the worst of the rust.
Most are perfectly serviceable, yes there will be rust in it, but it can be maintained to MOT standard for many years without getting this deep in.
Do it. You won’t regret it!
At least using this thread you know where to look for the worst of the rust.
Had my Xmas bonus today in that the other bumper is just fine!
I bought this aluminium rear panel 10+ years ago and it spent the morning in paint stripper shifting all that lovely sepia
I’ve now stripped it to the bare ali and it had nearly 5mm of filler at the bottom edge and 1mm over the whole surface. My garage now looks like Pompeii as the paint stripper doesn’t get that off!
Not quite sure why it had so much filler in it, ok it was dented, but 20 minutes of even my inept panel beating skills has got it back to an almost perfect panel.
I’d forgotten how easy working aluminium is!
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I bought this aluminium rear panel 10+ years ago and it spent the morning in paint stripper shifting all that lovely sepia
I’ve now stripped it to the bare ali and it had nearly 5mm of filler at the bottom edge and 1mm over the whole surface. My garage now looks like Pompeii as the paint stripper doesn’t get that off!
Not quite sure why it had so much filler in it, ok it was dented, but 20 minutes of even my inept panel beating skills has got it back to an almost perfect panel.
I’d forgotten how easy working aluminium is!
Before:
After:
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