Sheepy Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It's fun when you start getting into it! ;DShould look good once done, keep up the spirit, we're here to bug you, I mean help you along!Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Hello all, bringing you all up to date, this is as far as ive got so far on the restoration.the seat belt mount on the wheelhouse had started to rot through.this is spot welded on, and the big spot welds had coroded over time.i cut out a big hole and managed to cold form a piece of 1.2mm plate to the shape you can see in the pic.i drilled a clearance hole in the middle and welded it all round on the wheelhouse.the seat belt mount was re-usable so i just cleaned that up and welded it back in under the wheelhouse.now its really strong again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 i am not sure what you call this part of the car, its where the rear seat would go i guess , anyway this floor corner was pretty thinso i cut it out and made a new piece, this will be welded in after the heelboard part is finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Have you got a metal bender? RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 on the both sides there is whats called a bulkhead strengthning mounting bracket.this is a 2mm thick piece of steel, the one on my drivers side had been half cut off and welded ontovarious bodged repairs in the past.i had a spare passenger one which was ok, so i mirror imaged it and using a bit of heat, anvil and hammermade up the missing one, the home made one is in primer. not exactly identical but it fits spot on.last bit and your all up to date, the car had had a new boot floor put in some time ago, and quite a good job too i have to say.however the spare wheel mounting bracket went out with the old boot floor.i managed to get a sized up sketch of one from mr john bonnett on this very form, and made one up.the round piece on top is just a round hand wheel to clamp the wheel in place.At present, i have now trimmed up the new floor and am waiting for primer to dry before welding fully in.Thats the next job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Doubt if your need that, the boot is small & mine is full of spares & a can of tyre inflate.RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 hello RR, i have a home made bench folder, it works quite well, but the rest is all hand made.i will use the spare, i would`nt use that foam stuff if you paid me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonnett Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 7235 wrote:on the both sides there is whats called a bulkhead strengthening mounting bracket.this is a 2mm thick piece of steel, the one on my drivers side had been half cut off and welded ontovarious bodged repairs in the past.i had a spare passenger one which was ok, so i mirror imaged it and using a bit of heat, anvil and hammermade up the missing one, the home made one is in primer. not exactly identical but it fits spot on..Hat's off to you Ian for forming that. You must have arms like Popeye :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 7235 wrote:hello RR, i have a home made bench folder, it works quite well, but the rest is all hand made.i will use the spare, i would`nt use that foam stuff if you paid me.Fair enough, but i've never had a puncture, ever, in 29 years, lot of other classic problems though. saying that i'll probably get two tomorrow.RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 hello rr,no puncture for 29 years! thats what i call luck.we have had 2 in a week before.i know some new cars have no spare and a bottle of that gas/ foam stuff.but tyre places wont fix your tyre if you use it, not round here anyway.you have to buy a new tyre.a lot of the lads at work buy a spare wheel to carry.i am old fashioned and like the spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 a good welder does`nt flinch just sizzles ha ha now just waiting paint to dry before completly welding in the floor and sills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 hi, went to weld all yesterday, only to find i had stupidly painted the wrong side of the inner sill strengthner.punched all the holes in today and clamped up ready to weld in next time i am off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 note, the heelboard closing panel still needs trimming at the top, it will be flush when finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoflex Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 You weldy people make me feel so inadequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I felt that way too Bill, so I learned how to skip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 if you buy a welder with a 3m earth lead, you can do both smithy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 hi, not much work being done with this cold weather,however when i was clamping up for welding, i decided while access was good to replace the door fixing plates behind the A post upper panel.i read a few times that these plates strip the threads.rather than open them out i made new ones,these are 6mm plate as opposed to 3/16 as origonal.infact my origonal plates were ok, but i decided to put new ones anyway.they are just held in place by 2 tabs bent up behind the plates.i could just get in to bend back the lower tabs and take the plates out.the top one is a bit of a waggle to get out but straightforward enough.as the new plates were slightly thicker, i angle ground a chamfer on the back to assist the tabs on replacement.the new ones simply slot into place then rebend the tabs up.if you do ever decide to open these up if yours are stripped, say to 10mm. i would use a fine pitch thread and bolts to match as the plates are not really thick enough for an m10 standard thread.m10 fine thread have a 1.0mm pitch.alternatively if you take them out, you can turn them round 180 and re drill and tap 5/16 unf marking them off from the existing holes.-7 up here last few mornings and i dont fancy lying down and welding in that,hopefully next week will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 hi, its been a while since i posted, but the work has been going on relentlessly.i got the drivers side finished.here are a good few pics, everything was more or less straight forward but the heelboard box section took some figuring out and i seemedto take ages over that.pic 1 floor and sill tack welded in.pic 2 the bulkhead patched and welded.pic 3 the door to sill gap, i have not fitted the outer sills yet, this is just held by hand to see what the gap looked like.pic 4 a-post innerpic 5 heelboardpic 6 back of the heelboard showing the sill closing panelpic 7 heel board box sectionpic 8 heelboard welded inpic 9 welding complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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byakk0 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Car's looking good!rotoflex wrote:You weldy people make me feel so inadequate.Welding is not an issue for me (now). I bought a used Lincoln 135 and just started playing with it. The folks that make me feel in adequate are the ones who can restore a car in worse shape than mine was in about a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolmaker Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 hello all,well after a long time of not keeping up the resto on here, here is some more.work has been continuing all the time as family and work allow.at present, the welding is almost complete, the following is the passenger side being reconstructed in pictures,the drivers side just need the outer sill on which will be done in the next fortnight, then its body off and put it on its side to catch the new panels with weld underneath.however i realize i am running out of space, so the body off bit will have to wait, i am hoping to put a bigger garage at the other side of my house, this will give me the space i need to finish.the following is the story of the passenger side, it became more difficult than i at first thought as when i got into it i realized the apost upper panel was no good. you can buy a new panel, but you dont get the gubbins thats behind it, so this has to be carefully cut out and welded back onto the new panel.initialy when doing the a post, i lost the door gap, but managed to get this back with the box section that i cut and wedged in from the heelboard to the screen pillar. i judged this gap was ok when the windscreen glass fitted just right . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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