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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 20, 2012 17:04:24 GMT 1
By the 20th (ish)
rear corner - nearly there DONE
rear valance - few plugs welds DONE
boot opening - think theres 2 small repairs to do DONE
drivers arch and repairs to inner
passengers arch and repairs to inner
passengers sill - repair to front edge
passengers floor - small repair to leading edge
front wings - repairs and gapping CLOSER
front panel - repairs to both edges CLOSER
doors and bonnet - few localised repairs (leaving these until last, at least i'll have the main body done and i can whip these off and sort them in the garage)
windscreen and roof - not looking forward to these
Filler - splodge here and there
Repairs to rear side window frames NEARLY DONE
Pictures when i'm not getting covered in oil and soot from stripping the mrs engine down for head gasket.
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Post by datsfun on Jul 20, 2012 21:02:49 GMT 1
Pictures when i'm not getting covered in oil and soot from stripping the mrs engine down for head gasket. I assume you mean oil n soot from Mrs car engine and not Mrs engine? ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 20, 2012 21:41:38 GMT 1
well...........yes
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 23, 2012 11:11:43 GMT 1
Got another 2 weeks off work now, well I quit so I can work on the datsun ;D 2 weeks and new jobs starts again! With some good weather forecast I thought it was about time to attack the roof, I have not been looking forward to this day at all. Its involves removing the screen and welding along the front edge where the roof has as much tendency to bend and warp as a sheet of paper. First thing was getting the bonded screen out, all the trim had already been removed to have a quick look at what is needed. It took about 15mins to get screen out, I used a 20mm bladed packing knife to cut the bonding. Leaving me with this:  This exposed the rusty bits, its not as bad as I thought it was going to be, this datsun seem to rust out on seams but on one side only.   Theres another bit the other side at top but no picture yet!?! The bit at top of screen was first to attack. I cleaned it all up with wire brush in the grinder, cut and bent an L shape (15 and 16mm) done a bit of stretching on both sides to make it fit well. Welded it in and ground it down.   little bit to finish that off then i can get the bottom bit sorted. |
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 23, 2012 17:20:14 GMT 1
Finished repair along roof  Cut off a section of scuttle and repaired bulkhead and refitted scuttle bit.  By this time the sun was directly over where i was work so had a break then decided as the bonnet was in the shade i could start sorting that out.   By the time i had done that and had some lunch, the sun had gone over the house and i could go back to passengers side and get the floor welded up   rear corner - nearly there DONE rear valance - few plugs welds DONE boot opening - think theres 2 small repairs to do DONE drivers arch and repairs to inner passengers arch and repairs to innerpassengers sill - repair to front edge passengers floor - small repair to leading edgefront wings - repairs and gapping CLOSER front panel - repairs to both edges CLOSER doors and bonnet - few localised repairs windscreen and roof - not looking forward to these nearly done Filler - splodge here and there Repairs to rear side window frames NEARLY DONE Next on the list is passengers sill, then that should be passengers side all done ;D |
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Post by Al Ramone on Jul 24, 2012 6:06:57 GMT 1
well done. when can i drop the 910 off for repairs?
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 24, 2012 7:11:44 GMT 1
Give me a few weeks..........
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datman
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Post by datman on Jul 25, 2012 22:33:32 GMT 1
Looking good well done.
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 26, 2012 21:53:29 GMT 1
The welding around the window is all done, ground down, painted and window is back in. I'll probably get the sill done tomorrow and get the passengers wing sorted out then i can move onto drivers side for finishing off. rear corner - nearly there DONE rear valance - few plugs welds DONE boot opening - think theres 2 small repairs to do DONE drivers arch and repairs to inner passengers arch and repairs to innerpassengers sill - repair to front edge NEXT JOB passengers floor - small repair to leading edgefront wings - repairs and gapping CLOSER front panel - repairs to both edges CLOSER doors and bonnet - few localised repairs windscreen and roof - not looking forward to these DONE Filler - splodge here and there Repairs to rear side window frames NEARLY DONE Wheels should be here tomorrow  |
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Post by Al Ramone on Jul 26, 2012 22:03:27 GMT 1
well done. look forward to seeing this once it's all better |
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 26, 2012 22:05:33 GMT 1
You me and my mrs (and probably the inlaws) are all looking forward to this being done for one reason or another!
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Post by Al Ramone on Jul 26, 2012 22:17:06 GMT 1
once it's done your welcome to drop in at my work one evening/weekend and stick it up on the four poster to get some chassis paint and or underseal/waxoil on and in it. worth doing before the winter  |
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Post by Damien4884 on Jul 28, 2012 13:02:09 GMT 1
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datman
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Post by datman on Jul 28, 2012 14:27:35 GMT 1
It would be funny to band the original wheels so it still has that 180B centre, were you not tempted?
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Post by Al Ramone on Jul 28, 2012 15:57:03 GMT 1
It would be funny to band the original wheels so it still has that 180B centre, were you not tempted? I'd guess that he's gone for 15's as tyre selection is much bigger and cheaper too. plus going 15's means can run lower profile without losing the rolling radius |
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