A little something for the weekend....

[Ratters]

cheers matt/dave/trig

i managed to re-use the union on my tank trig but i've taken the one off the spare one & put it somewhere safe never to be found again when shall i bring the tank back over?

taking it over to rich friday afternoon for the mot, needs new fuel line from under the tunnel up to the engine but we're gonna do that while it's on the ramp

definately ready for shakey buddy

[Ratters]

Passed

[trig]

Passed

No way mot tester must be a good freind of yours.

[mike105e]

nice work with the floor pan. im well impressed. and glad its through the mot.

[merp0]

Well done

[Ratters]

thanks

No way mot tester must be a good freind of yours.

the camper's due for an mot soon ain't it

[trig]

thanks



the camper's due for an mot soon ain't it

Yep your have to let me know were you took yours.
bloke must be blind.

Only joking buddy you done a mint job as for the camper she gona fly though shes mint.

[Ratters]

well that ain't too bad it was only on page 14 i thought it would be more 'lost' than that

well, it needed new headlight bowls & headlights themselves. in all fairness, it needed them a long long time ago but you all know the story i also knew that the lights in there were fixed to steel best described as 'not like new'

a couple of months ago.....

this is what i knew....



this is what i found....





i wasn't surprised

as it needs a front end in the near future i decided to make replacement panels for it for now - read 'bodge'



i then drove into work to open the holes out a bit & spray some paint on



plastic bowls fitted with new wiring



& all finished & working



only took me a friday evening after work & a few hours on the saturday. i was quite impressed

[Ali]

Well done Very nice lee

[mk1matt]

Good work mate Those headlight surounds remind me of the ones i made for esme. If dave had followed my design both sides would of fitted

[PIG]

good work lee,great job m8

[Dave]

If Matt had followed Daves design he wouldn't have had to spend ages making the hole bigger, then making it so big that the lamp fell out and smashed and poor Mogsmex got the blame.

Nice work Ratters, but I do have to say that most of my projects start off in better nick than that

[Stu.C]

Chopping the rot out can't ever be just a "bodge" ... nice job

[trig]

well that ain't too bad it was only on page 14 i thought it would be more 'lost' than that

well, it needed new headlight bowls & headlights themselves. in all fairness, it needed them a long long time ago but you all know the story i also knew that the lights in there were fixed to steel best described as 'not like new'

a couple of months ago.....

this is what i knew....



this is what i found....





i wasn't surprised

as it needs a front end in the near future i decided to make replacement panels for it for now - read 'bodge'



i then drove into work to open the holes out a bit & spray some paint on



plastic bowls fitted with new wiring



& all finished & working



only took me a friday evening after work & a few hours on the saturday. i was quite impressed

Completly missed this last post

Well done matey another top job.

[Ratters]

trig

i still have to do the headlight alignment

but it's the weekend. a nice weathered weekend..... and, i don't need the motor until tuesday morning

plenty of time i hear you say but you don't know what i'm doing

all i will say is it's something i haven't done before

hopefully an update this evening or maybe when i sit down for some dinner if i have time

[boXXer]

missed the whole thread

some good welding there lee.

[project_quartz]

Cracking work a big welldone lol.

Charlie

[Ratters]

the offending items....

[PIG]

shit,thats a big bit lee

[lee 1]

Have you got any new metal back in the hole yet mate

[Ratters]

it didn't look that bad til the old man started standing on it couldn't have been too strong though eh?

anyway, though the best thing to do was to cut it apart after carefully thinking & measuring



how deep is the filler!!!



i remembered that bit



fully welded along the back



& also underneath as the new sill only just touched chassis looks pissed in that pic but it's just the angle... i think



penetration



ground down a bit



treated



& back on it's wheels ready for work tomorrow



no i haven't cleaned it

there were other bits i had to replace too but i wasn't in the mood for pics tbh

[Dave]

Brilliant mate
A damned site neater than anything I would do in a bad mood.
I have never yet fitted a sill that didn't need persuading to meet the floor panel on the underside.

[mk1matt]

well if you can do that like that in a weekend i dont think you need to worry about a driveway resto
Nice work matey and super quick too

[PIG]

you are the welding don,lookng at that fooking big lump in the pic you posted yesterday and this the finished item is tops fella.excellent shit

[panelbasher]

gettin there Lee

[Retromotorsport]

Hats off to you Lee

[merp0]

well if you can do that like that in a weekend i dont think you need to worry about a driveway resto
Nice work matey and super quick too

Like that man said, doesn't look like your gonna have a problem. Very nice work.

[Dan]

how you fixed on eurofest weekend? fancy doing mine then
pretty chuffing impressive that and i thought i'd had a productive weekend sorting a blowing exhaust

[essyrwd]

another sill bites the dust super fast and spot on as always top job Lee

[tom burgess]

Bloody superb LeeCracking job Mate

[Ratters]

thank you guys really means a lot i must say i'm a lot happier with myself today

i did skim some filler along the rear 1/4 join but filler ain't a strong point of mine i think i need to watch some dvd's

dan, my exhaust gasket's been blowing for ages it's only slightly though & the temporary fills usually last a few weeks at a time

[trig]

thank you guys really means a lot i must say i'm a lot happier with myself today

i did skim some filler along the rear 1/4 join but filler ain't a strong point of mine i think i need to watch some dvd's

dan, my exhaust gasket's been blowing for ages it's only slightly though & the temporary fills usually last a few weeks at a time

Told you it would be aright in the end
Top job buddy and as for the filler work I still O you.

[Ratters]

MOT next week

[trig]

When I seen you had posted thought you had done the other side.

Be ringing thats friend of ares agian then.
Only joking bud would fly through any mot.

[Ratters]

he e-miled me the pics of the work he's doing on no16 it's almost finished now & back on the road, he's just got to do the new cage i think. if you ain't seen 'em let me know & i'll pass the e-mail on

[Ratters]

all mot'd

just a few advisory's to sort out

[bodger rogers]

nice job mate very neat and tidy just doing this to mine at the moment.

[Ratters]

well.... as if there still isn't enough to do.... earlier on in the year i bought a nice pinto & type 9


i really want to keep the car on the road as much as possible & i've been losing interest lately so i'm gonna fit the box first on the x-flow then at a later date fit the pinto.

the next jobs on the list are the box [once i've got a few more bits i'm waiting on] mr roberts & matt thank you very much
& get the front panel/rad mounting sorted in advance for the pinto.
i also have decambered leafs that i wouldn't mind fitting before the pinto goes in too
then there's any cutting/welding that i come across on my travels around the motor

[PIG]

excellent m8,you will piss this imo,if you get it all ready call me and boxxer and myself with come to inbreed land with some of you brizzle boys and stick it in over a weekend no sweat i reckon m8y

[Stringpants]

Looking good...top welding...wish you lived near me!

Russ.