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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 12, 2014 21:02:36 GMT
Actually, I have managed to do little odds and ends here and there. Fitted and finished off the closing panel in the rear arch. And some work around the arch with filler - more to do there yet. Hard work - easy enough to dollop on, hard work to rub back off again! Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 12, 2014 21:28:22 GMT
Quite.... You are a brave man, Chris!! Stupid, perhaps? I told Mark I'd save it - really I should have chopped it up. I feel really bad about the one I sent to the scrapyard a couple of years ago.. It's all relative, isn't it? You can't save them all. I really don't understand how people can slab some filler on such rust holes, and then sleep at night, and above all drive it. It really is beyond my imagination! Scary, isn't it? Fortunately, there's no deadline really, so I'll plod along through it as best I can. I have a cunning plan for the front valance........ It could all finish up as a wonderful demonstration of rot replacement if nothing else. Well, all the best and good luck to you Chris! Tommy Any time you're in Yorkshire, you will be taught to weld. Without mercy...... Chris.
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Post by tommydp on Jan 12, 2014 22:29:26 GMT
Would love a welding school in Yorkshire! I could bring my Scania, and let you have a go at its cabin:-) I just have to learn to weld one day. Then I could get this one. The one I looked at before Christmas. It's still up for sale, but alas.. rusty. Nowhere near as bad as your red one but.. Otherwise it was great. As new inside, suspension worked, the engine ran (in a way), gears and brakes worked. www.finn.no/finn/car/used/object?finnkode=45936204Tommy
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Post by indianajones on Jan 12, 2014 22:35:22 GMT
We have to try, damn it! lol -Andrew
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Post by charlypm on Jan 13, 2014 1:46:50 GMT
That's my attitude, there's only so many of them and for one reason or another we loose several. I've been the caretaker of my car for going on 10 years now. I have to keep up so it'll last another 45 years!
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Post by threelitre on Jan 13, 2014 22:12:57 GMT
Wow - and I thought my father's car was really bad some 20+ years ago when we restored it.... Makes me feel much better about the (few and tiny in comparison) rusty bits I need to fix on my Maestro.
Regards,
Alexander
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 14, 2014 0:11:12 GMT
Wow - and I thought my father's car was really bad some 20+ years ago when we restored it.... Makes me feel much better about the (few and tiny in comparison) rusty bits I need to fix on my Maestro. Regards, Alexander Yup - turning into a bit of a horror story. Don't wait with the Maestro - this is what happens................ Indy and Charly - great attitude, but common sense must apply. After Theo and I restored Eugenie, we both said "Never again", yet here I am exploring totally new depths of rustiness. In some ways, this car is not as bad as Eugenie - the arches and wheel tubs for instance are nothing like as bad. However the rot through the front of the car is entirely new to me, so needs to be explored, removed, replaced, photographed, documented and put on a forum for the entertainment and education of fellow 'Crabbers. It's also a test of my growing skills at college, as well as pressing that little button which activates the "bl@@dy minded so and so" part of my nature. I don't know - five years after this ones finished, there might be another one. Mind you, if it's going to be worse than this one, it'll have to be a roof and an engine and we reconstruct the car from there! Went back to college today and am now rather shattered. Might manage a bit more on the car at the end of the week. Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Jan 14, 2014 1:42:03 GMT
Your body is telling you to ease up, don't push it! I now feel guilty for having scrapped two 1800s, one a big accident the other just reached the 200k miles mark and lots of comparatively minor body work. But then again you could pick up a nice one for >£400 at the time and it was worth more to me as parts. Ever thought of building an 1800 from scratch ; you're nearly there with this car. David, Went back to college today and am now rather shattered. Might manage a bit more on the car at the end of the week. Chris.
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Post by indianajones on Jan 14, 2014 7:05:08 GMT
Indy and Charly - great attitude, but common sense must apply. But of course, if I were left to my own devices I'd have far too many cars! As you said, this car is great for trying out your new found welding skills. I hope to do a welding course one day myself, after my current studies. Then find a Princess.....or another 1800 > As for never again.... -Andrew
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 17, 2014 17:18:54 GMT
Right - did college Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and did nothing at all yesterday, so this afternoon I got busy again. Remaining spot welds drilled out and valance off. Horrible. Revealing a badly damaged cross member. Grot chopped out. Inside of cross member treated with rust convertor. Lots of loose rust sucked out of inside of box section. It's going to have to be filled with a wax preservative when we're finished. Repair panels welded home. They're now blown over with etch primer and coated with seam sealer. Enough for one afternoon. Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Jan 18, 2014 2:05:51 GMT
What you did nothing on Thursday . I admire your work rate on Friday. This project is really great for the "rust section" - how much did you guess needed done when you first saw the car? David Right - did college Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and did nothing at all yesterday, so this afternoon I got busy again. Enough for one afternoon. Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 19, 2014 20:21:23 GMT
"Bit frilly round the edges" was what I'd hoped.... Last bit of valance off. Surprisingly heavy - it is mainly made of filler. Front end of wing is going to come off along that green line. Front of blue wing repaired to allow fitment. Fun bit is going to be getting the cuts to match exactly for the welding. I need to do that first in order to create the straight edge across the front of the car for the shelf to fit to and the flanges for the ends of the valance to fit to to be created. I can visualise what needs to be done better than i can explain it! Chris.
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Post by Nick RS on Jan 19, 2014 20:36:28 GMT
Chris, The main lesson learned for me as I follow your progress is how hard it is to know what you are getting when you first look at a car. I would never have guessed the amount of rot when we pushed that car out of its slumber a few months ago. Looks like a big project now but it fits well with the college course and I am sure you will end up with a sound and proper vehicle.
Nick
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 20, 2014 20:56:37 GMT
Be careful what you poke, Nick..... There are times when I think that the voices are making me do it. BWAHAHAH! Chop, chop, chop. I think it had to go, don't you? Just awful. Facing piece missing from blue wing - I'll make this anew from scratch. It's going to be lovely. Chris.
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 23, 2014 17:30:22 GMT
Whew. I'd rather not do that again for a while! Chris.
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