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DaveL485
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Mark Davis
Brapmaster extraordinaire
If you head over give me a shout. Ill be at Salford Quays most evenings for the next 3 months or so
Haz
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Not far, just tinkering from home atm. Kettles always on :ay:
Wow. My old car!
It was very clean and original car. As Simon said, I bought it off him with a bad engine and clutch hydraulics.
I put in a genuine Renault reconditioned engine.
Drove it to Belgium for a meet at Jo's.
Sold it to Ollie, for his dad to drive.
You are doing an incredible job mate.
Heres the pics I have of it.....
It was very clean and original car. As Simon said, I bought it off him with a bad engine and clutch hydraulics.
I put in a genuine Renault reconditioned engine.
Drove it to Belgium for a meet at Jo's.
Sold it to Ollie, for his dad to drive.
You are doing an incredible job mate.
Heres the pics I have of it.....
Haz
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This week has been tackking the underside. The majority has been covered in a waxoyl stonechip which has to be completely removed. A blow torch and scraper to remove the bulk, then plenty of thinners and scrubbing to get in all the nooks and crannies to fully degrease. Wire wheels to remove the rust.
It's tedious job so decided to abort further welding to get the underside tidy, a clean slate to work with. In progress
Etch applied to bare metal areas
With primer applied to ensure the waxoyl has been fully removed
More derusting at the rear
Waxoyl removal, rust prepping and etch at the back end
Cleaned up and primed
Suspension points and arches next!
It's tedious job so decided to abort further welding to get the underside tidy, a clean slate to work with. In progress Etch applied to bare metal areas
With primer applied to ensure the waxoyl has been fully removed
More derusting at the rear
Waxoyl removal, rust prepping and etch at the back end
Cleaned up and primed
Suspension points and arches next!
Haz
Well-Known Member
Yes, it's not original so chances are it's hiding something. It can get messy, it needs to be clean for welding, which can make it melt, run and drop onto other areas, with a slim chance of catching fire. It's also greasy and I want to reseal and gravitex the entire floor. It's not worth taking any chances with the amount of rust this one has.
Haz
Well-Known Member
I wanted a little time away from the car after that mess, but with plenty to be on with some bolt on bits where derusted, cleaned up, and etched. See earlier posts for crustiness!
Rear struts
Rear springs
Rear shafts
Rear mounting brackets
Front wishbone and subframe brace
Finally got round to finishing the front subframe too
Back on the car and working on the os inner sill and floor, removing the previous patchwork, keeping some of the original features.
Inner sill repair section
Fitted
Floor repair section
Fitted, some further work required to the thin bits!
Etched inside and out
Moving along the sill
The rear suspension mounting points had again been patched so not wanting to chance hidden rust it was all opened up and removed back to good metal
Not worth keeping the sill end like the pervious repair
Continued into the wheelarch
It all wants sandblasting before further welding so proceeded to template and make sections for the several layers
Welding in the only piece I could
Although the other side was patched the amount of hidden rust from previous repairs is worrying so decided to chop a piece off and check
So another
With a bit of a poke at the rust
Onto the next
So pretty much the same required as the other side
Ns floor where the seat rail mounts was a little holey
Chopped out and cleaned up
Repair section
Both insides coated with weld through primer
Fitted
Etched inside and out
Once the etch was dry up front the template could be made for the jacking point section. I know these are available now, mine aren't as pretty or neat, but they don't have any holes the let the water in only to rust again!
Rear struts
Rear springs
Rear shafts
Rear mounting brackets
Front wishbone and subframe brace
Finally got round to finishing the front subframe too
Back on the car and working on the os inner sill and floor, removing the previous patchwork, keeping some of the original features.
Inner sill repair section
Fitted
Floor repair section
Fitted, some further work required to the thin bits!
Etched inside and out
Moving along the sill
The rear suspension mounting points had again been patched so not wanting to chance hidden rust it was all opened up and removed back to good metal
Not worth keeping the sill end like the pervious repair
Continued into the wheelarch
It all wants sandblasting before further welding so proceeded to template and make sections for the several layers
Welding in the only piece I could
Although the other side was patched the amount of hidden rust from previous repairs is worrying so decided to chop a piece off and check
So another
With a bit of a poke at the rust
Onto the next
So pretty much the same required as the other side
Ns floor where the seat rail mounts was a little holey
Chopped out and cleaned up
Repair section
Both insides coated with weld through primer
Fitted
Etched inside and out
Once the etch was dry up front the template could be made for the jacking point section. I know these are available now, mine aren't as pretty or neat, but they don't have any holes the let the water in only to rust again!
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