interior panels and engine fired!

[nrg19uk]

hi stuey looking good can with have some pics of the joins of the new panels?  thanks mate

[stuey]

Ill be taking some more pics on friday! 

[stuey]

still no pics but after much alignment hell (12 welding clamps!!) to get the wings and front panel straight I was finally happy to weld it in (1 burnt ear and my hair caught in my welding mask to boot!!)

pics v soon but its nice after all the prep to finally start putting panels back on!

[stuey]

Been a while since i updated as I moved house/life etc last year and havent had the time to do much... but alan arrived home last night and its time to get on with him-

Plans now include a-
-stripped out super clean interior
-rolled arches
-de-seaming
-leaded joints to all body panels
-smoothed painted dash
-chrome bonnet (powder coat)  with contrasting body colour checker board
-other stuff I decide to do

and a complete repaint inside and out.

heres some welcome home pics with a promise of lots of updates in the coming weeks-

[stuey]

A little progress I have started to do the deseaming and removing al the sound deadening-
Started with drivers side

And the space where the back seat lived-

Resulting in the obligatory bucket o crap shot-

[stuey]

Bit more done today-
Box of sound deadening full!

And interior stuff stripped-

Next job is to well all uncescerry holes in interior then knot brush the entire inside ready for priming!
More to follow soon!

[markymarc]

My god!! Are you mad?? Go for it mate, great looking lil BIS.
Me finks you need an exhaust like mine!!

[stuey]

My god!! Are you mad?? Go for it mate, great looking lil BIS.
Me finks you need an exhaust like mine!!

I think you are right- you are the only one to say it!- where did you get your phat exhaust?

[stuey]

Started fabricating patches for all the factory "holes" that won't be required in my smoothed new interior I started with all the round holes and had a little help from my girlfriend jewellery workshop with this disc cutter-

it has a set of holes running 2 plates you can hammer a set of punches through creating nice discs that I can weld into the interior.
More tomorrow!

[dajwid]

I thought your car was finished    

Looking good, great to see you back.

[markymarc]

My god!! Are you mad?? Go for it mate, great looking lil BIS.
Me finks you need an exhaust like mine!!

I think you are right- you are the only one to say it!- where did you get your phat exhaust?

I had a local firm make it for me in Hadleigh Essex/suffolk (not the one near southend) £250 but well worth it as it sounds great and a lifetime guarentee if checked every year at a registed garage....................go on you know you want to!!!

marc

[GTMaster]

You're certainly doing a thorough job, that interior insulator stuff is a killer to remove. It really will be nice and tidy.

[stuey]

You're certainly doing a thorough job, that interior insulator stuff is a killer to remove. It really will be nice and tidy.

Thanks! It's a pain to do but I just want it right- managed to clean it up with the knot brush today-

then started the welding of the holes-

[stuey]

More knotbrushing done today but mire excitingly one side of de seaming done-

[stuey]

Deseam completed on the other side today-

and got these alloy plates to make into floor runners- I intend to cut them to follow the lines of the front wheel wells and angle them up the foot boards- they will be mounted off the floor slightly on little steel posts on the floor-


more progress soon when i get a new angle grinder!