Hi folks, I picked up my Bulkhead, radiator panel and sills from the galving people. £115 complete. I thought the guy quoted me £150 plus vat. Issues...A few spots look not done. probably the shot blasting. Next...Where I had butt welded some panels together, they stand out where I had welded...

I cut a piece of 2x2, cut a flat on the top and sit it in the v of the stand .

Took the bulkhead and a few other bits in the back of my old Astra for a trip to Wedge in Eastleigh for galvanizing.

Good thread , am enjoying the journey.

As promised PICCIES :D A few of during work and after completion and after the SHOTTING:rolleyes:. The last one is of beneath the water drain channel, not seen until after. It is double skinned so I may just leave it and fill with a bit of seam sealant.

I'll do some tomorrow. The parts are nice and dry and warm in the garage. it's raining like a f***k down here.

i worked in industry and the term used in the fab was shotted. Shot this, shot that. Hard to stop using a term that you used for 40 years.

Just got my repaired bulkhead back from being shotted. Including Rad panel and Apron, radiator surround, and inner sills. £132 including vat. I'll give it a once over then off for the galving for the bulkhead and rad panel.

Talking about knobs and inserts get me a bit worried about this site.

That is like my old 1971 Vauxhall Victor Super 1600. It had drums all round but earlier fd's had discs on the front. I had an alternator but my mate had a dynamo same year/model. There was something else but I cant remember. they get to the end of the model and bung on all the spare bits that...

Meant to say . You're doing a good job there. Steve.

I took my sills and brackets to be shotblasted yesterday along with the bulkhead and radiator grill. The sills were rotton on the end like yours and I had to refab them. Also the small plates welded across were gone and had to be replaced. All good fun. My rebuild is a takeover of my eldest...

Took the bulkhead, radiator panel,apron and a few other bits to be shotblasted. Bunged it in the back of my old Astra. Estimated £110 plus vat. I will post final costs afterwards.

There is a mixture , i havent found them all yet,

Sorry I should have said this a 1983 series 3 It is 8 mm

I found some 5/16 unf nuts and bolts in a unopened packet. Courtesy of Homebase shutting downnd selling fasteners off cheap. So i bought about 30 packets of different sizes. 5/16 unf does not fit, M8 does. My son and have plenty of different taps but not an m8. cheers Peter

I'll try them both with some bolts, if i can find any. I have 2ba threads and unf and metric.on the car cheers peter

Hi As the heading says I just need the thread size for the two windscreen hinge bolts that screw into the bulkhead. Cant seem to find it in the book. Cheers peter

Thanks for the feedback guys, always interesting to hear different views/ideas. I just remembered the shotblast guy said that some people put wax in the threads for protection. I thought that would melt straight away, unless he was pulling my old todger. I do have some taps in my tap and reamer...

Hi folks I hope to be getting a bulkhead, radiator panel shotted and galved in the next few weeks. What have people done regarding the threaded holes in the parts? and did it work? I mentioned to the guy who is going to blast it for me about putting screws in the holes first and he didn't advise...