tiny and stephen get there first project and its a 20 millionth edition

this morning i had a few friends come around to help lift of the body , only thing was i haddened diconnected the anti roll barrs speedo steering and wires to the starter lol , of with the doors to lighten the load , 10 minutes later of it came ,colm them scrapped the crapp around the frame head and blew it all of to leave a lovely clean area, now i can get the last of the welding finished , ie ends of the napp hats on the body , behind the heater channel end plates ,etc , body was then set on tresels owen nw colm and the helpers lol

 

to night i sprayed 2 bottles of keroseen as degreaser on to the chassiss and gear box front beam and will let it soak until to morrow , then colm can power wash till his heart is content lol ,
chassiss is in great nick owen nw

 

to day we sprayed the inside all the gaps etc of the nw rear panel , then drilled out the spot welds on the front ps bumper hanger , then removing it to reveal the extent of the rot which turned out not to bad so i repaired it rather than replace with a new panel it turned out well ,
on the other hand the wee helper OWner tiny power hosed the chassis all down he had a blast lol , i then went round and finished it lol owen wn tiny




well cleaned

 

drilled out

not to bad

fixed

back on it s marks

 

this morning i spent the time rebuilding the ds front bumper hanger in the same way as the ps one bit needed just s tad more work , ithen ground down all the welds and the areas inside to tidy them up follwed with a coat of paint to seal them and some seam sealers , looks very tidy , ithem removed the water trapp ie the bonnet seal stripps ill rep;lace with mexican clip[ on seals . ithen cut out the rot at the bottom of the nats hats where the body meets the chassis , and remade these too , just the back end now to finish , owen nw



before cleaning

 

tidied and seam sealed

 

fair play mate , thats a lot of work and you are really getting stuck in to it ,, when you finished that one theres another 19,999,999 to do

 

this morning a bit of good quality seam sealer to tidy up and protect from damp and is paintable owen nw
chassis protecter


under side well seamed

 

to day i finished welding the out side edges of the ends of the heater channel end plates , and drilled out the body mount as it had hidden rot behind it , so out with the grinder , i remade the part needed , replaced it and seam welded it on and pluged back on the mount , i also had to fix a bent part on the ds inner rear arch and reweld that to , now down to the last of the welding , which i will do tomorrow , BEER TIME , owen nw








tiny with his wee tractor he was given

 

WELDING NOW FINISHED , done the last of it today , ds rear b post , done , back of the ds end plate done , had to do a small bit on the lip of the door , again as it wasn t welded enough , , now all welds coated with ZINC PRIMER , AS WELL AS INSIDE THE DOOR SKINNS

 

Tidy work bud-keep it up. Plenty help on hand there. Still sporting flip-flops in the workshop I see! A legend at work 8)

 

ah moggsy thats all i wear , every day and in winter lol , the backs broke on it haven t touched it in a week , need to get motivated again owen nw

 

colm got tore in flattening the doors with 320 and the wings with 80 and 120 , i went round gringing cleaning filling , let the body work begin,wings now coated inside in zinc primer owen nw



wing had a very badly welded in patch over an old wing indicator mount , so of with it to revel that they hadnt even painted it ??????????????????






stripped with the wire brush on the grinder

 

to day even more body work , the bloody paint that some one painted it before is given me nothing but bother , the car is covered in micro blisters , telling me it was painted in a damp shed , but ill get there , fill rub fill , i had one quarter panel ie front finished filled yold colm to da it down with 120 , he did and sandedd of all the fillers too, even after i showed him what to do and marked it with a pencil , ah well , its done now lol ,
had to do a small repair on the edge of the door and lower frame ,



front panel finished



door posts done

getting a line

lower edges filled outer lower panel filled

 

to day lots of rubbing rubbing rubbing , chipping , welding etc etc , colm descaled the ole underseal of the bottom of the chassis , easy enough most just flew of , the rest had to be chipped , thanks to be god only found a few hidden suprises to be repaired but was happy enough , repaired the side rail on the back of the ps rear floor , most of the body work is now done some to recheck and prime , tiny mad an appearence and done some sanding then stephen had a turn , just goes to show what they pic up watching lol owen nw colm tiny stephen

 

Tiny and Stephens bug restoration

 

if you look close u can see ive drawn a line to where i need to fill out to , for a proper line for the wing and panel to be right so of with the wing and fill

areas marked that neede filled





small area of rot hidden by the bodty seal


men at work