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67W-Sills
Apr 22, 2023 21:01:00 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 22, 2023 21:01:00 GMT
Thanks Brian Hi Nick, forgot to say I sent you a PM on this. Brian
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67W-Sills
Apr 22, 2023 12:01:12 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 22, 2023 12:01:12 GMT
Hi Brian Hope you don't mind me asking but how much did you pay for your RH sill?
Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 20, 2023 5:25:15 GMT
Interesting you say about the vin as I did look up the number plate on the DVLA site, and no records! From what I have found with that lookup, any cars that were last taxed before the 1980's dont seem to be listed. So assuming you didn't make a mistake with the number plate, the car did not last very long before it was scrapped! Nick Thanks Nick, I did think about that possibility but having no vin to go on,I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with your assumption. It does seem logical, thanks. Jeff
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 19, 2023 20:27:47 GMT
Hi Jeff
Thinking about your oddball car. It is quite likely that the car was a MK2.5 changeover. If you think about the changes between MK2 and MK3, the handbrake change actually requires a body shell mod. There are small brackets for the handbrake and no holes in the firewall for the MK3 shell. Most of the other mods are interchangeable like the grill, alternator etc unlike the handbrake. I expect the bodyshell came on line slightly in advance of the rest of the cosmetic changes for the MK3. They may have had some parts to get rid of too. You may be able to confirm this with the parts catalogue depending on how keen you are.
Nick
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OKR
Apr 19, 2023 10:06:25 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 19, 2023 10:06:25 GMT
Hi David Thanks for the link you emailed the other day. He was an interesting fellow! It has been a bit of a marathon effort. It is a bit telling of a marathon that the import permit was over 20 years old before I used it! No don't remind me. I am trying to push to the end, but still there is so much to do I am hearing you. September is looming too! I keep finding stuff that needs fixing. I shall have to stop using the sand blaster! đ I am glad that I am not staring down at a set of rusty sills like brianr any more though. Hopfully the oxide gods are good to you mate. I did OKR's many many years ago, before the internet was invented. Luckily they have lasted very well and are still in good condition. The Waxoyl seems to have worked. It is mainly the doubled sections where two bits of metal are spot welded together that I am fixing. Can't complain though the car has lived in England on salty roads and is 5 months from it's 50th. The front is a good example, where the reinforcing bracked for the tie bar is attached to the front cross member. Or where the gusset plates sit against the body. Places where water wicks in to the gaps I suppose. It looks ok with underseal on top but you can tell it is not right because of the bulge that rusting in between causes. As soon as you sand blast, it all appears. As we know rust is not very strong! Nick Hi Nick It's good to see you have reached the front of the car after such a marathon effort. Hopefully it will be plain sailing from now on (as far as anything can be with crabs)and OKR may be back on the road in time for your summer. ( I won't remind you of your original estimate. David
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OKR
Apr 9, 2023 4:41:47 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Apr 9, 2023 4:41:47 GMT
Happy Easter everybody. I am still cutting out rust! Taking advantage of a bit of time off over easter actually. Problem is it keeps raining, which is not very helpful! I have moved to the engine bay. Because the engine is out it is relatively easy access. Bit of sand blasting has happened and prep for this section. It is mostly flat stuff so relatively easy to make a template, cut it out of steel and weld in the piece.
There was a little bracket here for the tie bar which I have had to make up using a former made out of a block of steel. Not shown. Next time maybe. Nick
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OKR
Feb 27, 2023 21:44:26 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Feb 27, 2023 21:44:26 GMT
Thanks Andrew Its is going to stay the same colour. I actually have a sun visor somewhere that came off the OZ crab. No plans to change the look of OKR, sorry to disappoint. I also don't want to destroy the aerodynamics of the car! I will probably have one on the OZ car though when I get there! Thatâs really neat work. Any thoughts on paint colour at the end or going to stick with same colour scheme? Also can you please give her one of those exceptionally cool external sun visorsâŠif so am presuming itâll be to your own design, buying one off the shelf would be far to straight forward⊠Here are the last couple of pictures of the rear as of this weekend. Cleaned up and treated. You can still see some of the original coating. Etch primed and painted. Ready for underseal. I will leave it for at least a week to dry properly before the underseal goes on. I still have to paint the floor as you can see. Nick
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OKR
Feb 25, 2023 20:34:35 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Feb 25, 2023 20:34:35 GMT
I doesn't leave me much time no Andrew! Hopefully you will get your cars fixed without too much pain. Also I have to say Chris that I have a Ford and it will be the first and last Ford I ever own! The last two bits to go in to complete the fish bowl. I made them quite a while ago and finally they get to go on. I have added a drain to hopefully prevent the fish bowl effect! Finished wing, which will require a skim of filler before paint. I am very happy with how close I got it to give minimal filler. Good old concrete! You can see the second pass inner weld a bit clearer here as I mentioned before. This adds strength as the outside is ground flush. Bottom section final fit and adjust. Plug welded in. And the final piece, fit and adjust. Almost there. A couple of small holes to fix with weld. Done and painted ready for underseal. The rest of the underside is painted with blue so I might as well keep up the trend. I figure a bit of paint will help with rust prevention rather than just used underseal. All I have to do now is clean up and paint the underside section where the petrol tank is and the back is done. Nick
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OKR
Feb 25, 2023 0:07:04 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Feb 25, 2023 0:07:04 GMT
Hi Andrew
How ironic that the original part is available from a car thats pushing 90, but the newer one you have is not! What a pain. I suppose the MK2 Transit is getting on for 40 now and being a van wouldn't help for parts availability.
Is that kind of selection issue a common one with the Bristols? It sounds like a nightmare too. I hope it is not too painfull to get them sorted!
With OKR, am trying to keep up the momentum yes. The car is 50 on the 11th September this year, so I am aiming for back on the road for by the 50th!
The back is done apart from paint and underseal as of yesterday. I do have quite a bit more welding to do though.
Now I have the engine out I have noticed a couple of metalwork repairs that are needed. It wants a big clean up with the sand baster in the engine bay. I expect that will show up some other issues.
The other outstanding section is N/Side tie bar area which I started a while back.
Onwards and forwards.
Nick
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OKR
Feb 24, 2023 9:37:02 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Feb 24, 2023 9:37:02 GMT
I did the last bit of welding on it today and I am very relieved. It still needs a skim of filler and paint but thats the easy bit. Given what a pain it was to get right I am not surprised you had that feeling Chris. It seems I have now joined the fish bowl club! I have to say it was way easier to bodge it with filler. I just can't be that dodgy any more!
Nick
Good stuff, Nick. I had a huge déja vu moment with your last picture! C.
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OKR
Feb 24, 2023 8:09:32 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Feb 24, 2023 8:09:32 GMT
I forgot to mention in the last post that I used a large cardboard template, which is a copy from the good OZ crab wheel arch. It goes all the way from the sill to the fish bowl, following the profile. I also used another small template made of the side profile at the center of the arch. It takes in the set in the rear wing where the pin stripe goes as a datum and then goes down the profile of the arch, so that the height of the arch section is correct. I didn't take any pictures of this but will later on. With the front section in the last post, I could not get the curve to follow the correct line all the way. I had to cut off about 4 inches of it. Because of this it no longer meets the rear section, as you will see later. It seemed easier than fighting it to get right! As with the front section I seam welded the inner and outer arches together where they were close. They are touching most of the way so this was easy. It is also probably the reason the arch rusted in the first place, once water made its way in! So this picture shows the top section seam welded in place using the template. It was all tacked to where it needed to be first. You can see the tacks in the lower section. I neglected to take a photo of that being done but you get the idea I'm sure. Bit more welding. Small sections at a time to stop it warping. You can see where I have welded it to in inner arch for insurance above. I will tidy that up with a few spots of weld on the outside and some grinding. As I was going to grind the outer welds flat, I went over the inner side with a seam of weld as seen here to add strength. I do that wherever I can get to the back. Here is the little section added back in to join up the two bits. Sometimes the welds look a bit messy but any bits you miss you redo after a flat back with the grinder. It takes a while but you end up with a nice neat job. I try to etch prime as I go because I don't always get back to a section straight away. It saves recleaning surface rust. A bit more grinding required but the outer part is basically done. At this stage I have only primed the section and as you can see there should only be a light skim of filler to finish. This is a result of a lot of fiddling and adjusting, plus careful alignment and loads of welding and grinding! Next time the fish bowl itself! Nick
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OKR
Feb 23, 2023 20:21:25 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Feb 23, 2023 20:21:25 GMT
Hi Andrew Glad to here your house rebuild and move is done and dusted. How did you go sorting out all your gear from the old house? I expect your are glad that is over with anyway! I assume with the Model A your are trying to get rid of the slightly baggy feel you get from an old worn steering box. The two tooth boxes are adjustable I think, so I assume it has a bit of age related wear that does not adjust out? Manual shifting with the Bristol. I am sensing this is possibly your quest for a little extra speed and performance resurfacing now you have time, which sounds perfectly reasonable to me! Bummer they are both off the road at the same time though. Nick Morning Nick Thanks for the fascinating update - love the attention to detail and ingeniousness! I've just finished a house rebuild and move and am now back on the cars - dealing with a couple of issues that I've been putting off - trying to improve the steering box on the Model A and the gear selection of the Bristol (it's an auto but shifting it manually is not as positive as I'd like). Both a bit of a fools errand as Bristol fine if you leave it in drive and steering box in Model A was good enough to pass MOT. So now with Spring around the corner I find myself yet and again with two cars - neither of which I can drive.... Looking forward to next update. All the best AndrewÂ
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OKR
Feb 22, 2023 21:08:42 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Feb 22, 2023 21:08:42 GMT
Thanks David It would be lovely if you could just do a quick scan of the part you need and either order one or have your own device that prints it. I expect eventually it will come to that! I admire your patience as well as your skill in making all of these complex shapes. It is a shame that 3D printing for the masses has not evolved as quickly as hoped, but then would you get the same sense of achievement? David Continuing on from yesterday's post, next up was the front section of the arch. To make the section I used the same piece of shaped round bar that I used for the off side rear arch. You bend it to the curve you are after and bash the flat piece over the top. This is a picture from the off side repair, but you can see the method. To help with strength I seam welded the inner and outer arches together where they were close enough. Then the curved section goes over and the back is tidied up after. I have put some plug weld holes in to give it a bit of stability while it is seam welded it in. There is a short section of joddle to make it easier to seam weld the section as I can't get to the back of it.
Welded in place. There you have it. many hour of work later its in. Move on to the rear section. Nick
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Post by 1800heap on Feb 21, 2023 21:37:29 GMT
Welcome Paul. I am looking forward to seeing the car on here. As Chris said you are the first Kimberley.
Nick
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Dipstick
Feb 21, 2023 21:34:58 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Feb 21, 2023 21:34:58 GMT
Thanks for the info Chris and Snoopy. I think I should be in the ball park now.
Nick
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