Daisy's fullon resto

Great resto thread, looks like your doing a proper job there Wish I'd invested in one of those rollers, they look very handy. Mind you I don't know if it would fit in my single garage.

Keep up the good work.

PS here's a couple of pic's of my C post repairs

 

Right, not got as much done as had hope due to work and running out of gas but got some bits done, first of all was cut out the rot from the floor.




Cut the end of the bad outrigger off ready for some fresh metal.


Plate tacked in.


Then welded them in - sorry about the welding bin a while since I have TIG'd anything


Sill test fitted


New peace for floor made around the anchor point - welding is getting back to good.


and fitted




At that point ran out of gas so stripped the front beam, which is in good order really



Then this came through the letter box


So cut the steering mount off the beam so I can drill the dimples out - was a bit scary!


Cut the slot and offered the adjuster up and tacked it in place


Then fully welded it


Then remounted the steering mount



Quite pleased with my days work really, just got the top tube to do.

 

very tidy repairs 8)

welding looking very neat, nice work

 

Nice stuff quality repairs i will follow with interest

 

Right its been a while sine ive updated due to work and problems with welding machines but back on it now and have got some pics.

First of all finish my beam of and primed then stone chipped it for a nice flat finish.


Think its come out real well.




Then got my inner sill ready to fit all punched and drilled out.



All fitted.




Then the middle sill.



Now the first to parts of the sill are in I have cut out the rear arch cos wanna make sure I get everything lined up before I put the outer sill on. The inner arch is a but rough.





So today I have cut out some of the rot from the inner arch and started recycling some good metal.





So i'm getting there and i'm quite pleased with the way its going and with the condition of the van, not found anything that made me cry yet :

Will hope fully be ready to start fitting my arch by weekend, then onto the next lot of ruch

 

Some good work goin on there bud doing my inners at the mo in situ not ideal and really fiddly lying on ur back

 

In situ? So u still got the outer arches on?

 

nice work daisy1

 

I'm impressed with the work so far David...that beam is looking really good! Given you some karma to wish you good luck with the rest of the resto

 

Great job on the beam dude

 

Lovin the quality of work on the beam - look forward to the rest of the resto

 

Wow that beam looks spanking

 

Right then, got the inner wheel arch repaired and the outer arch fitted.



Then the sill


First bit of filler on sill and a quick rub back and I'm pretty happy


Finished off the B post and door pillar (before and after)





Have now started to tac the front arch in place, even genuine arches are a nightmare to fit!!




So things going well I think and she's looking pretty straight



Hoping to have this side for Xmas and the other side done for end of Jan so I can slap some paint on her!!

Will try and keep putting pics up, I just get that involved doing to work I forget to take the pics!

 

sweet work at a very high standard like this great job

 

Cheers guys, once the body is done I'm going to be cleaning the crap off the bottom and after I little asking about I'm down to a blow torch and a scraper which sounds like a couple of days of hell!! Any better ideas out there?

 

That's starting to look good. Is that your own workshop?

 

sure is I'm lucky enough to have been able to build a rather large shop at the bottom of the garden, its been a godsend tbh!

 

Ha you lucky so and so!
I must admit when you said it was yours my eyes flicked across to see what your location was.
Too far away for me to slip my bus into the warm.