interior panels and engine fired!

[Pete126]

Did you manage to sort the car out Stuey

[stuey]

yes mate its good to go for billing with disc brake goodness! running is a little erratic but i trust it to get to billing without a hitch!!

[Pete126]

Thats good news [-/ Better get my camera ready

[stuey]

Thats good news [-/ Better get my camera ready

smear some vasoline on the lense? 

[stuey]

decided to sort out the welding for the mot today as i sick of coming home and seeing alan looking unhappy at the end of the drive , there was (or so I thought) a small hole that needed patching behind the passenger side sill sadly when i started diggin i found this-

I made a patch for the front so-

then one in at the back..

I have tacked them in place and will finish them tomorrow and post some "all done" pics, then he's all ready for its mot!

[bis13]

just make sure its a continous weld you finish off with as i am sure you know already chap..

[stuey]

just make sure its a continous weld you finish off with as i am sure you know already chap..

dont fret my friend I will weld it to destruction as normal... and once its mot'ed its all gonna be replaced with new sillage! (i have a large pile of panels waiting in the garage!)

[Gordan]

Dont get this the wrong way or anything, but wouldnt it have been easier to first change the rotten pannels, and than paint the car 

keep it up,  [-/

[stuey]

you aint wrong gordan, they did look pretty solid so I followed the "dont fix what aint broke" logic to them, At some point I intend on replacing the sills, wings and front panel as they are all not as good as I would like but I dont want another dead car laying around so its getting patched for now and when I am ready (read-when I have got all the panels cheap from ebay) it will all get done...

[prkahrvat]

I have only one word for this: WHOA!!!! good job man! [-/

[Pegla ZG]

Very nice car, very nice.  [-/

[GTMaster]

Congrats on your hard work, i know the feeling. I'm doing mine at the moment and have finished the bodywork about a month ago (same symptoms: sills and fenders + other holes here and there) and can hardly wait to get the paint job done and onto its wheels after being on blocks since May
Question: how strict is the MOT over there? Just that here from Jan 01 2010 if the car doesn't pass MOT first time round then it's taken immediately off the road (i.e. no number plate....)

[stuey]

thanks for all you kind comments guys but its back to the shop to me Ive decided to sort it all out once and for all this includes new front panel, wings, sills and some other mods I have yet to reveal.. solid metal first the on with the cool stuff pics to follow this week problee with alot of people saying "noooooo" as the spot weld drill comes into play..... but access to a fully equipped bodyshop should speed the process up immensly this time.....

[stuey]

first wing off...another tommorow (hopefully without making such a pigs ear of it....)

[stuey]

wing an sill off the other side and a test fit of the new sill- lookin good! (much easier this time-proper spot weld  drills are a blessing)-