Beans Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 So it begins ...Body shell is now away for paint removal and shot blasting.Also made a start with sorting through all the parts I gathered over the years,small parts first ...I am sure the filing system will change over the next few weeks and months, when more hidden parts turn up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 What's gonna happen when all those parts melt 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 Quoted from Greeks What's gonna happen when all those parts melt 😎 Then it becomes even more confusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 That 70's look received the (first?) paint sample today ...Also managed to fabricate a prototype seal for the early large fuel filler cap ...Still rather crude but the end result should easily be up for the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 good job on that Theo, whats the section/profile of it likeRobert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Click link at bottom of my signature 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 gotcha, thanksb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Got the body shell back from paint removal and shot blasting.As expected some holes got bigger and some extra onesappeared ...Also got some parts for the upgrade of the interior ...And assembled some rear suspension parts with bits that were meant as spares for the DHC ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Used the FHC's restoration as an excuse to get rid of some of my surplus parts Broke a Speke FHC body, it will donate its rear deck and boot floor to the '76 FHC.The solid roof will be used to fill the large hole in 't Kreng's roof ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I've got to say that I'm really impressed with your restorations Beans.Was it expensive to get the body paint removed and shot blasted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Thx Paul 🙂Depends how you look at it, total cost was € 1.600,-Which included the doors, the bonnet and the boot lid.But also paint removal, blasting and e-coating of the sub frame and both bumpers.But it will need a light blast after welding, and before the epoxy primer will be applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 That seems really reasonable. Keep up the great work and posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Some pictures after the body shell came out of the oven and before it was shot blasted.And as a result all th edents are very clearly visible, a few nasty little dents on the roof ...The same applies for both the rear wings ...And the nose panel ...A meeting is scheduled for tomorrow evening, to assess the damage and the work involved, and discuss the planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 Been a bit quiet with progress on this car for a while,But that is about to change as I dropped of the body shell today for a bit of welding 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Some progress, this is how the boot area looked a few days ago ...This afternoon I was greeted by a very big hole were the boot and rear deck used to be ...... revealing some more rot were the panel is fitted to the rear wings ...And the front section of the spare wheel well has been repaired ...And trial fitting the "new" rear panel ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 The boot area is almost sorted, with the donor boot floor welded in place. But it wasn't as straight forward as it looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Boot area and rear deck sorted, but again some problems there, mainly with dimension tolerances ...British engineering at its best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Time for some dent removal And a little bit of CAD as in Cardboard Aided Design ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Don't Speke to me ... or the saga with ill fitting panels continues ...And this imprint of the front of the door in the right hand A-post ...Explains why the door didn't fit as it should! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Took a while but early in the week I received the cloth for the cars interior.Was well worth the wait, as the pattern is exactly as I wanted it to be ...Compared to the original the red part of the pattern is slightly wider adding more colour to the interior.And I went for a traditional square pattern as opposed to the slightly stretched pattern used by BL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Is that the McBoonen tartan brother 😉...seriously though that will go well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 McBeans would have been good 😀 but in reality it is a variation on the McKenzie tartan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 More ill fitting panels, resulting in some drastic actions ...Also repaired the transmission tunnel ...And a few other jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Theo,are you staying with 13" wheels, I also see youve welded up the caps on the floor....did you take the caps out and weld in thin plate equivalent, I'm cleaning up the footwells and was wondering if I should do the same 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Will be using the black banded steels that came off the DHC for this car, should look nice with the orange paint.As for the holes in te floor, indeed steel plates cut to match the inside diameter of the holes and welded in place.At least it adds some extra strength at the rear of the floor area, where the rear suspension pick up points are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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