Still plugging away on the bodywork to get the engine bay finished. Yesterday a parcel arrived that I'd been waiting on to finish a job: 8mm O.D. brass tube which was then chopped down to create this bush bearing Which allows the handbrake and hydraulic ram for the handbrake cylinder to be connected. Much better... Continue Reading →
Bit of garage time this weekend so put the big hole in the passenger side inner wing right. Part of the 3mm plate bracket for the gearbox mount has a 90 degree bend and ties into the engine bay side of the inner wheel arch. From factory the two were pressed together closing a 1.6mm... Continue Reading →
Didn't seem to get a lot of garage time this weekend. Still did get some work done - managed to get the other Satchell wishbone mount reinforcement welded into the drivers footwell. I did some tidying up as when I modded the bulkhead for the PAS pedal box, I ended up using some nutserts for... Continue Reading →
So when I had the white 16v Rallye caged and the same tunnel reinforcement plate removed, the MOT station failed the car because the mounting for the handbrake was then too flimsy afterwards. To remedy that I welded a plate on around the handbrake mounting points which kept the testers happy, but was no good... Continue Reading →
Started on the passenger side... needs some work due to some poor quality previous work. Not long after this started chopping bits out: Not going to post a lot of pics of the work, because to be fair, most of that is not very exciting. So here's something a bit different. This is the standard... Continue Reading →
It's only taken a year since I went down to see Colin Satchell in Cornwall to get around to fitting some of his fine craftsmanship to the car... Strut tower sides needed a little arc of relief near the tops to get the down tubes in the right place as the photo below shows they... Continue Reading →
April. That was when I started work on the drivers side inner wing. For a variety of reasons it's taken all this time to finish it. There was a lot of rot that was hidden from view, but the good news is it's all sorted now. During this time I've had chance to think on... Continue Reading →
Not updated here in a while as not much progress as I'd like has been made in the last three weekends as they have been write offs with DIY jobs (rebuild the boundary fence, then re-roof the kitchen, finally re-tile the shower), but have made some headway as per below: Patched Final bits to sort... Continue Reading →
Turned card templates into steel: End of the bulkhead was a bit ropey so marked it out and then cut a big bigger chasing the rust. This needed doing as you need to be able to weld this into the inner arch repairs. Not too bad under the seam, only the end section nearest the... Continue Reading →
On the inside of the car in the drivers footwell there was the tell tale sign of the seam being compromised with a hint of rust showing through the seam sealer. In the end chasing that out meant removing pretty much the entire seam. As part of cutting that rot out I did some more... Continue Reading →
Main section of the inner wing now replaced. Some more patching happened. The current entertainment is this: Cutting out the cancer Had some fun along the way. There are many seized bolts snapped in the captive nuts. Normally you'd be able to get them loose by welding a new nut on - by the time... Continue Reading →
Strut out and a bit of a tickle with a twisted knot wheel in the grinder to get the underseal off and the work needed is greater than originally thought. Chop chop! The seam welds on the engine mount made it a bit harder... Needs a bit of a clean up and then some fresh... Continue Reading →
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