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Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:23 pm

Good luck with the bodywork mate!
Just realized you cut the beam on the outside of the chassis mounts, did you get the torsion arms in OK?
I read somewhere that you had to cut and weld the centre of the beam because the weld would stop the torsion arms going in properly?

Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:07 am

roflhat wrote: Good luck with the bodywork mate!
Just realized you cut the beam on the outside of the chassis mounts, did you get the torsion arms in OK?
I read somewhere that you had to cut and weld the centre of the beam because the weld would stop the torsion arms going in properly?

thanks mate. ye they went in ok. i cut just to the side of the mounts so there was room before the bearings. the center was welded when i put the say-a-way adjusters in :lol:

Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:54 am

rain stopped work today so got my shell inside. cut the glass out, bonnet off,door off, and some hard graft sanding and welding

found a few holes on the rear so drilled them out and welded them up

anti rust was before paint

one coat to stop the rust getting to is in this damp weater

Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:53 pm

more done today. god its hard to get that paint off but no filler found yet so thats good news.

i stopped work today and got a beer out when the bonnet hanger sprung up and smashed me in the eye brow giving me a nice split :mad:

Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:25 am

Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:26 am

who said heater channels was easy. made a good start on mine today

my old channel haah

Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:40 am

more pics

ready for filler a undercoat

Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:19 pm

Great work, wow! Go on!

Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:38 pm

Geez, good stuff happening. Somehow I missed this thread. I got a slash across my throat from the kung fu bonnet hanger. You have my sympathy. I wont be doing that again. The funny thing is, this happened right after I started dating a chick. Hmmmm. Fit of jealousy?

Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:48 am

thanks guys i can see the end now. ooooooo now that looks bad. bet that hert more than mine. i think its a bug thing. i was going to get a beer when mine happened :twisted:

Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:59 am

Sorry the photo posted as freakin portrait size, I didn't intend that. It was a dumb move on my part but I walked away much wiser.

Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:18 am

got the other heater channel in today. the car was in a bit of a twist but iv got that out now. few pics for ya :D

Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:12 pm

few spot welds here and there but most of the bas is good

Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:51 pm

bit of a hole but filled now ;)

Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:09 pm

got my old bulk head out tonite and a new one in, not as easy as you guys make it look :lol:

Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:14 pm

This still has got to be one of my most favorite build threads ever! Such a unique car! And you're doing one kick ass job bringing it back to life!

Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:47 am

PatterBon wrote: This still has got to be one of my most favorite build threads ever! Such a unique car! And you're doing one kick ass job bringing it back to life!

hay thanks alot, coments like that make it so much easyer to keep going, haha, hate sweeping up rust. im hopping it will be done by september

Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:12 am

started on my rear pannel last night. why is it you allways run out of welding wire on a sat night or a sunday when nothing is open. aaaaahhhhhh, got the pannel spotted so jus need to weld it in now :rolleyes:

Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:19 pm

All I can say is WOW, great job. I'm just starting on mine and can only hope to be as complete as you are.

Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:45 pm

jasoncardenas21 wrote: All I can say is WOW, great job. I'm just starting on mine and can only hope to be as complete as you are.

hay thanks dude, just take ur time and mark things out . then cheak them. then cheak them again and you will get there, good look with it and enjoy :lol: