Rubbish weather here too. Doombar is order of the day

I've been to work and braved the morons who drive too fast in the worst of conditions and back again, been looking at inspirational threads on ere and watching my favourite car crash channels on YouTube LOL

I have also spent a few minutes sketching out my plan to replace the inner wing mud shields with plate and the jumbo rubber fin sealing strip, wanna make it from the bottom of the light boxes to the bottom of the foot well, I think I got it licked but you never know until I start cutting and bending it out of sheet steel.
 
Interesting. I assume this is for the rear dd? There's definitely not enough protection there is there. I've an idea. You can prototype and spend your money making the liners work then let us know the solution :D

I think that the sheet steel and rubber fin will be the chosen route, I plan to bitumen schutz the inner wings above the shield and the inner arch and foot well as the bitumen schutz has high impact resistance and as long as the surface is clean and dry the adherence is fantastic. The same will be done to the rear quarters from the B posts back, not to mention the Dinitrol that will go over the top of it all and will provide a secondary water repellent coating over the top of the bitumen schutz, I think I've got a plan, not to mention the PU seam sealant being liberally applied post rust converting solution as well as being primed, painted and over coated with the bitumen schutz. Not really sure I can do much else that won't seem like overkill LOLZ
 
by the time we done that, a new car would be cheaper :eek:

I was reading about a RRC that has been stripped bare and rebuilt/repaired and then metal sprayed with zinc galvanise and the chassis too, proper job, body on a rotiserie and spun through 360 degrees with every inch of it taken back to bare metal and repaired, same with chassis, they own and run a classic car garage so they have the space, time and professional tools to do the job properly.
 
I was reading about a RRC that has been stripped bare and rebuilt/repaired and then metal sprayed with zinc galvanise and the chassis too, proper job, body on a rotiserie and spun through 360 degrees with every inch of it taken back to bare metal and repaired, same with chassis, they own and run a classic car garage so they have the space, time and professional tools to do the job properly.

I'd love to do this to an RRC, or possibly a 3 door D1 ( SWMBO watch out!) - such a simple and practical vehicle whose only real problem is rust .... thus no rust = vehicle for ever - I would pass it down to my grandkids .... and they could probably pass it on to theirs :)

Good for you for saving this D1 too:)
 
these cheap runabouts aint, are they :eek:?

Depends, I'm well over £12k into mine but then again, look at what I've got for that money, admittedly it isn't worth that much to anyone but at the same time, my costs are bit by bit on a rotten old base vehicle, I couldn't buy an equivalent vehicle new for my £12K and even then second hand £12K won't buy you anything special and just a headache with all them new fangled elec~chickens running around your motor waiting to fry themselves crispier than a bucket of KFC :D
 
I'd love to do this to an RRC, or possibly a 3 door D1 ( SWMBO watch out!) - such a simple and practical vehicle whose only real problem is rust .... thus no rust = vehicle for ever - I would pass it down to my grandkids .... and they could probably pass it on to theirs :)

Good for you for saving this D1 too:)

Cheers :)

Yeah the rust is a problem and it's hard to keep it at bay but it is possible with regular waxoyling/Dinitrol applications to keep it manageable, a nut and bolt rebuild would be a dream but the space needed to do it and the tooling is quite serious and way beyond that of the average DIY mechanic who does his bit on the drive come rain or shine.

I plan to keep this thing forever :cool:
 
Cheers :)

Yeah the rust is a problem and it's hard to keep it at bay but it is possible with regular waxoyling/Dinitrol applications to keep it manageable, a nut and bolt rebuild would be a dream but the space needed to do it and the tooling is quite serious and way beyond that of the average DIY mechanic who does his bit on the drive come rain or shine.

I plan to keep this thing forever :cool:
tell me about it ;) :eek:
 
After getting rained off yesterday I found time today after running errands and doing chores.

Oh and I even managed to break out both welders :)

First I had to finish cutting a rather large chunk out of the A post bottom and remove what was left of the old front sill body mount, lots of cutting, grinding and sawing as I used the recip saw too.

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Got the body mounts slapped on the outriggers and ready for the trial fitting of the box section to work out the cuts.

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Pop the box in to measure it up.

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Measure, cut and use some of the off cut for capping the ends.

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Very pleased with the new welding leads and the clamps, top job and it's so weird using it now as the amps are unrestricted so I've had to alter my settings for the amps.

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And this is the rear of the new sill with an angle in it that follows the same line as the wheel arch :)

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It's currently sitting on the bottle jack, but it is in place and fits just like it should, ran out of time as I try to limit my noise to 6pm as the neighbours have small kids. The biggest setback was the fact that the MIG welder hasn't been used since I left Belgium, still had the bloody Euro plug on the end and needed a bit of TLC before I could even get it plugged in let alone strike an arc :rolleyes: and then when I did get it ready and the gas rigged up I set about a scrap piece of steel to try and quickly get it set up for the task in hand, and.......... cue............ melting the wire into the tip and then spending almost an hour hunting down the spare tips and shroud, still can't find them and as it was late, and bloody dark I packed up and called it a day :(

Will nip into Machine Mart in the day tomorrow and get a pack of new tips and shrouds, probably get a tub of tip~dip and anti-spatter spray too.

More to follow in a few days.
 

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