Project No Money

Got a few hours on the old girl again today, got the repair done on the O/S corner of the engine bay



Finished the welding inside on the rear end



Welded up the trim holes on the N/S and got rid of the dodgy side mount aerial



And after looking into it have decided that deseaming the roof was not the best option due to the water ingress issues that it causes , so made up a section of gutter and welded it in.............lucky i'd only deseamed about a foot

cool work Dave, you will be able to come and finish mine off soon!! lol

Cracked on with no money again this weekend.......got all the welding finished on the inside,







Thanks to Chopperman and Opal for helping me to move the shell across in the workshop so i could work on the O/S

Welded up all the trim holes



and the bumper mounts etc in the front valance


Fitted up me new de-trimmed bonnet to see what it all looks like and to adjust the panel fit on the front end, It's starting to come together Just got to lose the handle now to complete the look



Then got really pissed off fitting the rear quarter repair panel....... the wing mount holes were in the wrong place so had to cut the section off and make up me own

fair play ....looking good dude ,keep chipping away at it ,looking v cool so far

Fair shout fella it's looking good, gonna be quality when its done!!!

Thought it was about time I updated this, I ain't touched the car for 3wks due to one thing and another

here's the pics from the last bit that was done!

Called me Bro in to tackle a couple of bits with me as I wasn't happy with the finish on the rear quarter and I wanted his help with the gutter repair......

Anton cutting the gutter out



Section removed



New section let in



The rear quarter was cut and beaten into better shape and welded back in lines up better now



And I smoothed off the front valance

Today I got back in the workshop and cracked on with the old girl

Got all off the welding that can be done for now finished and smoothed the vent on the O/S

Hopefully i'll get the body back onto the pan this weekend and start preping it for paint

Nice to see you back on here Dave, good progress fella.

good work Dave, looking really good mate.

keep chipping away dude

Looking good Dave fair play

Cheers guys!! Gonna go for it now hope to have it finish in the next few months but running a stock 1600 motor untill funds allow the bigger lump

What colour have you decided on dude

Goin 2 paint it the off white colour that the roof is!! Then give maybe give it a couple of racing stripes over the N/S in green

Coolio

You could always de-seam the rear quarters only for a custom touch. Would look sweet with them faded around the crescent vent area.

Good to see your back at it
cant wait to see it on the road

anton wrote:

Good to see your back at it
cant wait to see it on the road

Best you be helpin me out with the filler work then bruv

GREAT wash of the cement mixer ha ha

Got some more time on the old girl today.....Fitted the master cylinder and pipe work, refitted the loom into the car and got the new body seal on the floor pan, riveted and sixaflexed in place........................was really lucky when the rivet gun fired a rivet shank out missing my eye by bout half inch

Got bored of tripping over the 1300 lump in the workshop so slung it in the chassis!!

Dragged the body out of the workshop ready to lift it on when Anton got there to give me a hand cheers bruv



Got the body back on and decided to see how low the front end would go



Will go lower but the shocks are bottoming out so need lowered shocks now recon theres another couple of inches to go

Get in there ......wondered what you'd been up to .......looks kicking and the panel gaps look real nice

it should come down a bit more with new shocks plus the weight of all the glass ect to go in yet, looks really good !!

Done a few more hours on the old girl over the weekend and today

Found a loverly hole under some dodgy filler on the front scuttle well I guess it was predicable really

Cut the grot out and was left with this



Made up a repair and welded it in



And managed to save the gutter section that runs down the infront of the door just hope i can do the same on the other side and slapped some filler on



Dug out the bucket loads of filler that was in the N/S/R quarter



And made a start on the filler work, before anyone say anyting especially me bruv , I HATE FILLER WORK and i'm not any good at it

Hope you have a quality DA!

Had to dig the lot out as it didn't have enough hardner in and dug up everytime I tryed to smooth it over

Looking a bit better now


































but i am shit at filler work