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Wheelarch Continued
After all the stripping down, I got on with welding the patches in this week. They needed to be fairly level as I’d be welding bits on to them, and this isn’t really one of my best skills. Nevertheless, I think they came out alright: They’re not exactly invisible (I’m not that good!), but once I’ve got the other bits welded in place a light skim of filler will sort that out where needed. There is a small bit where the flitch panel joins the bulkhead where a bit of weld built up, I can’t get to it with any tool in my collection so it’ll just have to stay as it is: Although once the battery tray, wiper motor and wiring loom goes back in place I don’t think it’ll even be visible. I also did another bit to the front of the turret, not quite so happy with … Read More
Interior Stripping And More Filler Bodges
After the mess of the windscreen surround, I carried on the other day with stripping out the rest of the wiring and the last of the interior. The loom is all out now, each connection labelled and the whole lot is sat in a box waiting for my attention later on in the year. There’s a few mystery wires in there, some obviously added by a PO, some original – I have no idea where they’re supposed to go, although they weren’t connected to anything so probably nothing (too) important. Given the age and condition of the loom, as well as the prevalence of scotchloks (and worse!), I’ll be making up a new one in time. I did look into having one made but that’s a lot of money, plus there’s a few modifications I want to do, so I’ll be doing that myself. The pedals, heater box and steering … Read More
Yeah, I know…
….it’s been a while. In my defence, I’ve been extremely busy of late, what with one thing and another – and what with the cold weather and dark evenings, I just haven’t had any time to devote to the car. However, I’m back on the case now, and ready to get started again. The last time I did any work on the car, I’d got to the point where most of the paint under the car had been removed. Obviously, it’s not ideal to leave a car stripped to bare metal in a cold garage over winter, but fortunately the car doesn’t seem to have been affected too much – a light coating of surface rust in a few places, nothing that can’t be rubbed down in a couple of hours. One of the other reasons I halted the work was because I’d got to the point where I needed … Read More