I had a mate a long time ago who stripped down his mini engine and found one of the pistons was made of oak. Apparently this wasn't an uncommon bodge - I suppose a bit of turned oak is probably as strong as alloy and nearly as fireproof.
I once had a mate as well.![]()
you do mean the floor pan right? The floor pan should just be bolted in with a rubber matt sat on top
well the bodged footwells may have won the battle but the war goes on. I recently bought a series 3. It failed its mot on a few little things and the footwells. I made the guy get me the failed mot cert to prove this before i bought it. The foot wells have been made from riviting old pieces of bulkhead (which had just been repaired) together in 2 x 2 inch bits. But the war goes on and as the new whole footwell replacements have arrived the angle grinder is going to have fun tomorrow.
I can imagine! Would have broke the socket for sure..:5bsifone:Can you imagine if that fell off and hit the wheel at 50mph on the Motorway!
Now that is shoking, I imagine it went through MOT too, covered in underseal.After i had my chassie shot blasted i found this. Ive seen sh*t welding but this is the worst by far.
Right. Old footwell out.
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Easiest way was drill old spot welds and just cut the rest taking as much rust with it. Here you can see the holes where I am going to pot weld with the mig.
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From inside it looks much better. Going to plate the rust gaps from inside.
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The door pillar one reshaped with the hammer will get pot welded with the mig again.
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is that leprosy ?or maybe genital warts. thought my welding was bad .After i had my chassie shot blasted i found this. Ive seen sh*t welding but this is the worst by far.
is that leprosy ?or maybe genital warts. thought my wedding tackle was bad .![]()