Finished the brakes off tonight. Used a Gunson easy bleed system to push the fluid through the lines and it worked a treat. Used Dinitrol cavity wax inside the gusset repair sections, plugged them back up and painted the outsides with Gravitex. Will get some pictures of that posted up - shown here with the... Continue Reading →
8v Progress
Yesterday with the chassis rail and gusset repair section for the near side ready, welded the repair section on and then prepped it for paint. Prepped Fitted Also seam sealed the O/S section that had previously been POR'd. Not pretty, but no one is going to see it once it's covered in Gravitex and painted.... Continue Reading →
8v Repairs Update
Right progress from the last few days. N/S chassis rail section in primer. Fabricated up a repair section for the chassis rail. Utter, utter bastard complex shape to get right, but made it spot on in the end. Removed the passenger seat, lifted the carpet and moved the fuel line out of the way and... Continue Reading →
8v Near Side Repairs Commence
Finally went through the paperwork for the car today and discovered that in 2007 it had an MOT advisory on the chassis rail gusset on the near side. Kind of wish one of the previous owners had tackled it before it came as bad as it is now. Crushed metal, underseal and regular exposure to... Continue Reading →
8v Off Side Done
Finished the offside repair tonight by welding in the gusset repair section. Tricky section to fabricate, but luckily I had carefully removed the original damaged gusset so could use that as a guide. Then ground down the welds. For reference swaging the holes is important for getting the plugs to fit in correctly... Over the... Continue Reading →
8v Repairs Continued
No updates for a few days. but that doesn't mean no progress. Decided yesterday that a bit more needed chopping out: Cleaned it up with a wire wheel and etch primed it. Started making a chassis rail repair section. Utter PITA having to go under the car everytime and adjustment was made to make sure... Continue Reading →
8v Repairs
With the 16v shell laid up, it's time to tackle the work on the 8v road car - so first job! Tackle those two chassis rail gussets that are goosed. Off side gets the treatment first. So here the progress so far. Car's now up on axle stands... Initial Inspection: Pick off the loose underseal:... Continue Reading →
Rig Finished
All finished today on the chassis rig. It needs a coat of paint at some point, but I've put it straight into service. It ain't pretty Shell went on with out any major problems just needed to slightly adjust the position on the mounting holes for the front supports where they tie onto the wishbone... Continue Reading →
Rig Nearly Done
Rig is almost done. Just need to cut the beam mountings to the right length and add a few more welds here and there. Should get the shell mounted on it on Saturday. May try and get some better pics outside. Bit of triangulation
Rig Update
Made a bit of progress on the rig tonight but not as much as I had hoped as I ended up getting side-tracked.
Rig Mockup
I need to move the Rallye in the garage and it's currently sitting on axle stands across both bays in the double garage. I'm not ready to put the suspension, steering and wheels back on so I thought I'd make up a rig. I had a hunt around tonight and managed to find all the... Continue Reading →
N/S Chassis Rail Repairs Complete
Near side chassis rail repairs complete. Need to stock up on a few supplies before further welding.