Tinkering with my Vogue

Ye it's great stuff, takes some abuse as well.

Glad to see I didn't hold you up too much. Did you get home for dinner on time?

Looking good Stu!!

KJ sorry I've not replied on you pm busy isn't the word!!

Who's going to the pub Weds night then??

I'll be there Jai, I should be bringing Stu if I can drag him away from the RRC. hopefully Djdommyp too, its his last night at college, so with luck he should be finished and out quickly.

Pub yes :beer2:

Lunch time update

Welded the floor up





Nice and straight



Welded the fuel tunnel but bit patchy so out with the chemical metal before pic taken



More chem metal





Took the wings if the donor and dropped them off at the courier.

Well lunch over, tea drank :tea: so back to it, rear body mounts then fingers crossed the welding is finished

Hmmm now where was I oh ye :tea:

So I investigated the rear body mounts,





Left one looks ok but will cut out anyway





Well got a template anyway





Bit thicker, take longer to rust



32mm hole drilled in each



Old set of mounts in either side to line up the body and chassis before welding





Dropped the body back down onto new plates





Good reason for using old ones, the arc set them on fire :flame:





And thats it the welding is



:bounce: :drum: raise: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :mil77:

So I started cleaning of the roof so I can put it on before I lift the body off for a bit more strength.

Fould this





One of the previous owners decided it would be a good idea to paint the roof with either underseal or bitumin. I would like to meet this person to tell him how wonderful I think his idea was, A1, total brainwave and a revolution in car painting, should be sent out to all manufacturers and implemented straight away :fencing::fighting::hurt::violent::violent::violent::mil86::mil21::mil52::5brant::censored::censored::censored:

So spent 2 hours with sand paper and white spirit rubbing it down like wet and dry. Luckily it was only around the sunroof and down the edges, everywhere else it had flaked off and fetched the paint off with it.............

Ha ho, back on it tomorrow.

stutab said:

Hmmm now where was I


And that's it the welding is

FINISHED​

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So I started cleaning of the roof so I can put it on before I lift the body off for a bit more strength.

Fould this

One of the previous owners decided it would be a good idea to paint the roof with either underseal or bitumin. I would like to meet this person to tell him how wonderful I think his idea was, A1, total brainwave and a revolution in car painting, should be sent out to all manufacturers and implemented straight away :fencing::fighting::hurt::violent::violent::violent::mil86::mil21::mil52::5brant::censored::censored::censored:

So spent 2 hours with sand paper and white spirit rubbing it down like wet and dry. Luckily it was only around the sunroof and down the edges, everywhere else it had flaked off and fetched the paint off with it.............

Ha ho, back on it tomorrow.

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Congratulations... it must be a relief.. Could the black **** on the roof perhaps have been old adhesive for vinyl ?

Nice wish I had know a blow torch and scraper would of got it of real quick the heat hardens the glue for scraping and if it was bitumen from underNeath would of softened it for scraping never mind good job

KillaJoules said:

Glad to see I didn't hold you up too much. Did you get home for dinner on time?

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Na, don't worry you didn't hold me up to much, the bloke came for the bonnet after you left so didn't leave the yard till 5.50, had to be in St Albans at 6

Rustystuff said:

Congratulations... it must be a relief.. Could the black **** on the roof perhaps have been old adhesive for vinyl ?

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Don't think it was vinyl roof, there is body colour paint on it and the previous owner did say he painted the roof but it didn't stick.

Grit Valve said:

Nice wish I had know a blow torch and scraper would of got it of real quick the heat hardens the glue for scraping and if it was bitumen from underNeath would of softened it for scraping never mind good job

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The only thing that would shift it was white spirits, industrial steam cleaner at 150c and full pressure didn't shift it.

stutab said:

Na, don't worry you didn't hold me up to much, the bloke came for the bonnet after you left so didn't leave the yard till 5.50, had to be in St Albans at 6








Don't think it was vinyl roof, there is body colour paint on it and the previous owner did say he painted the roof but it didn't stick.






The only thing that would shift it was white spirits, industrial steam cleaner at 150c and full pressure didn't shift it.

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I strip cars for a living to be blasted

The glue is sticky and clogs sanders ect by burning with a torch it burns the glue allowing it to lose it elasticity thus you would be able to scrape then sand it

If it were bitumen you would heat from underneath thus allowing it to not go gooey and soften allowing you to scrape it

Grit Valve said:

I strip cars for a living to be blasted

The glue is sticky and clogs sanders ect by burning with a torch it burns the glue allowing it to lose it elasticity thus you would be able to scrape then sand it

If it were bitumen you would heat from underneath thus allowing it to not go gooey and soften allowing you to scrape it

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Ok, point taken, if I find any more then I will do that. Does it distort the metal at all???

stutab said:

Ok, point taken, if I find any more then I will do that. Does it distort the metal at all???

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No as long as you don't generate the heat in one particular spot for too long do a area at a time
I'm not in the business to distort we have rare expensive cars here and our restorers wouldn't return although if its ally your to be extremely Carefull

Yes its an ally roof next to the sunroof opening that looks like it was cut with a jigsaw

stutab said:

Yes its an ally roof next to the sunroof opening that looks like it was cut with a jigsaw

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Cool you doing a fantastic job there keep it up .

How you getting paint of with ally we get the bulk off with a chemical neo paint stripper for ally so there is no distortion through blasting and when the bulk is off we give it a gentle blast at about 20 psi on a shallow angle
You could sand the last bit
Ps you can use the stripper on the glue sometime too depending on what type it's a case of trial on some glues

I am sanding with 600 grit to get any loose off then 2-3 coats of etching primer and then quick sand and top coats.

That's the plan anyway.

Sorry no lunch time update today, been busy though.

Washed the roof down with white spirit ready for painting.



While I was waiting for that to evaporate off I sand blasted some suspension mounts that I found on a Disco Cheers Killajoules and djdommyp



Well time for my first ever attempt at spraying with a compressor, No pic of it etch primed I am afraid but this is it after 2 coats of etch and 4 coats of Gloss Black





Need some wet and dry to flatten and then a polish and hopefully will be all shiny

So quick tidy up of the workshop and got the forklift out, had some help from one of the tenants for this next bit





















So its meant to be getting better not worse, oh well best get the engine out of the way





Chassis looks in very good order, even found some original paint in places





I was a bit premature with the partying though, need to repair the front body mounts so will be getting the welder out again soon





Guessing the baring has gone in the steering as well



So day of cleaning the chassis and the shell tomorrow. Might even get the engine and gearbox back in by friday

Some productive work there stu. You'll be ready for your fish and chips tomorrow

Looking forward to the beer more.

Firstly I will start with some part porn :jaw:



Got them out to seam seal, Did loads of that this morning.







Then took some bits off the chassis ready for painting, Hope that the bolts are a hint to what the inside of the chassis is like



And behind the self leveler



Took the towbar off, its just a coincidence that the gas is there the bolts came out easy honest :flame:



(They had to be cherry hot then hit with a big amma to come out)

So out with the chassis for a steam clean



For all you disco owners look away now

There is still paint on the chassis





Manufacturers mark maybe??



Even the axles are painted



Cleaned off and primed the shell







Then primed the chassis



With the chassis dry enough to move, i took advantage of it having nothing on it and a forklift holding it up I changed the turret rings and steering damper





Right, pub tonight, sprogs new school visit in the morning and the wife wants to go showjumping in the afternoon, will I get anything done? Fookin hope so.

stutab said:

Firstly I will start with some part porn :jaw:

Got them out to seam seal .

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Stirling work there Stu... Can I ask if you got the inner wheel arch and light box as a complete assembly ? Mine now resemble what's left on your workshop floor ! How it all stays where it is I'll never now !! Cheers.