had completely forgotten about this thread! still some great work going on
had completely forgotten about this thread! still some great work going on
just read this start to finish. Great work!
So, to finish off the tools part of this thread, I found one of these on eBay...
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It's a 6' box and pan folder made by FJ Edwards. It's heavy, and older than me, but still works just fine. Great for making sills or chassis sections.
Then I found one of these, nice and cheap.
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Now while not the best quality, it appears to work just fine for the small amount of use I will give it. Clamping it in a vice as recommended is OK, but does limit the usefulness though, so a root around the shop turned up some more material, so now it looks like this:
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Next will be a bead roller if I can find one cheap enough. Unless I make one in the meantime
Simon
Anyway, enough of all this, let's get back to the car. It's been quite productive recently.
Finally managed to get the front wing on.
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Not a bad fit after a bit of fettling in various areas. Bonnet lines are good.
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Lines against the door are good too. Another job out of the way.
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I think I'm nearly there at last!
Simon
Is that the METZ shrinker/stretcher and english wheel? Will have to let me know how good they are as I'm looking at those bits myself! Would make life so much easier when it comes to making repair pieces than just bashing steel with various hammers!
Yes, they are both Metz items. The shrinker/stretcher is great, although in fairness I'm not really sure the extra money for the bigger variant was worthwhile after all. I think if I was to buy again, I'd spend the money on buying two bodies to save messing about changing jaws so often.
It works just great though.
As for the wheeling machine, the build quality isn't great, but for light duty (which is good enough for me) it works just fine. I managed to create some very interesting shapes in 1mm steel plate. For the money, it's good value provided you don't want to use it day-in and day-out.
Simon
Awesome I'll have to look into those then, would it be worth buying 2 of the smaller METZ ones on the auctions that go cheap every now and then? 2 sets of each jaw and 2 bodies then?
Probably a bit too far into my capri to use them much but its a good excuse for another project!
Top work though mate and thanks for the feedback
Just when you think you are getting close, there's always something else
As the drivers door looked OK, I didn't really pay too much attention to it, until now. Cleaned up the inside of the door bottom to find this:
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As luck would have it, I had a lower door bottom repair in stock:
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So, for a door that looked OK, it's actually in quite a sad state. How surprising
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And so the cutting starts:
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As luck would have it, the folding machine came in handy to create a new inner door bottom repair section:
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And here it is welded into place:
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Next is to tackle the rot on the corners of the inner shell. These are a little tricky, as there are compound curves in these sections. The shrinker/stretcher will come in handy here to create these repairs. First up the front lower corner:
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And here it is welded in:
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Then there is the rear lower corner, again tricky with it's curves:
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And the new piece to be inserted:
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And welded in:
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That's the inner door bottom complete. Nice new metal again. The inside of the door bottom has been cleaned, rust protected and coated with etch primer ready for the outer door bottom:
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Simon
Suppose I'd better do an update on this one, it's been a while...
The lower outer skin has been fitted to the door now, and hung back in it's hole to check for a fit.
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The worst part about all this, is that thinking the door was OK, I spent a lot of time getting the door gaps nice and consistent all the way around. Since having to cut the bottom of the door off, the gaps are not as nice as they were.
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So, time to put the folding machine to good use and make a new cill top with a much nicer line to it and which matches the door. Now that's much better
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All that is needed now is a large hole to put it in.
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The new section tacked in. Looks better already.
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A quick test with the door reveals a much better fit now.
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Some finish welding and grinding, and hopefully time to get stuck in prepping for paint.
Simon
nice work; the gaps look very good
Great work as always. Loving the tools. If only I had the space....
Surly time for an update then Simon?
Real men do it Sideways
OK then
Yes I know it's been a while! (5 years, jeez!)
Anyway, moved home, and moved workshops at the same time. One would have been bad enough, but two?
So here's Project Mum in its new home:
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Getting ready for paint, at last. One final bit of welding to do, and that is to get rid of this:
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Many years ago, I kept the roof off of my old car when it got scrapped for just this occasion. So with some careful measuring and running a swage around the edge, here it is tacked into place:
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So with the welding done, and some flap-wheel action, it starting to look good. A nice thin skim of filler should sort it right out:
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Shame really, the sunroof was nice, but it had to go.
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So, with the welding all done, it's now onto prep. Hopefully this goes a little bit faster now there is more space to work in. Plus it gives me a chance to use my nice fresh paint booth we recently built. More on that later (not too much later, hopefully)
Simon
Now that is some gap between updates
Well done for keeping it and getting back on with it
Now that’s patience and a man who likes what he does, nice to see you still at it
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