Ok, so with all the wind and rain down here in Sheff. The welding was called off. The guy doing it did not fancy sitting in the rain welding (dont blame him to be honest), also the wind had trashed his fence. Any way i got the passengers wing off (what a bastard) and got started on the...

What would you guys reccomend painting the footwells in after they have been welded ? Got some pound land black primer till i can order some good stuff.

With all this, i hope i can get something done tomorrow. Knowing my luck, ill get rained off :-(

Got the footwells from Paddocks, and the compressor from local forum. Just need some air tools now.

Got them ready for Saturday, got someone weliding them in and giving lessons at the same time :D. Also pick my self up a OLD but FREE 50lt compressor Tuesday night. Just waiting for tools now.

Wow, you got loads done. Did you sort your self a bulk head ?

Still not ordered my footwells yet, but plenty of time. Got some one coming over Next Saturday to start on the welding, and give me some lessons at the same time :D really looking forward to it.

Reg Q126JWX, time 5:08 in the vid from oil_dripper. Same bumper.

I like it, you are still looking for the old one right ? Now you see im a proper yorkshire man, tight as a ducks arse. I would be tempted to say "look i have £200 at home at the moment, so let me know what your after then i know what to save" ;)

So did you use a normal hand grinder ? You must have a steady hand.

:D very true b20wnx, i also have 2 micro breweries in a good walking distance in the area :D

The engine lift has come in handy, it put the series 3 box in the 2A (Elizabeth), and put the 2.5 12j in my S3 (betty). We halso have a MK1 transint camper which has the 2.8l V6. Going to drop a 2.5D in to.

:welcome2: from Sheffield.

I'm sure they will tell you. Think £15 to find out is worth it.

Just a few pics of Elizabeth, our series 2A. Only ones i can find at the moment. Fitting the S3 gear box. Date of First Registration .... 01 03 1970 Year of Manufacture .......... 1970 Cylinder Capacity (cc) ........ 2286CC Fuel Type ......................... Heavy Oil Vehicle...

Oh my word, bad times. With the sound of it then, you have paid DVLA to find her. Did you check their database to see if its still registed ?

:( i thought mine had to be honest, she appeared 3 roads away from were my dad live's. I asked him a few times if he would sell and he said no, any way we kept our eye on it and one day he saw my dad and said he wanted to sell as he want not able to get it running and he had tried everything...

Swapped her for a VW transporter T25, Some one crashed in to the side of the T25. The insurance gave us £1850 and gave us the van back, we put the T25 on ebay and sold for £1595 :D Bought betty back for £200 :) gave the guy £20 for towing me a awkward 8 mile journey.

Going to bite the bullet and order the footwells on Monday. LR19R Footwell RH - RHD LR19L Footwell LH - RHD Should get the Monday evening. Hopfully they will spur me on to getting the rest of the front off, and preping it for welding. So who's coming to do the welding :D