27-08-2013, 08:24 PM
Finally update time!!
Underseal takes a LOT of removing, we spent hours and hours at it, with fire and angle grinders and chisels and drills and wire brushes and fingernails
While we were at it, we've seam welded everything and fixed a lot of holes that had appeared, using the bonnet for patches.
We (jonny) also managed to set it on fire. Twice.
Anyway, after rolling it over a couple of times to make life easier for welding etc., we started thinking about fitting the cage, so sat the shell back on spare tyres and wrestled the cage into position. Cue pratting around with a seat and a steering wheel
We then removed the cage after marking the position of the mounts, then moved the shell to Jonny's as the shed hasn't taken kindly to the winter and the bare metal where we'd removed the underseal was starting to rust quite fast! The problem was, we'd sold the flatbed trailer as it was too small and we needed the money. So borrowed an even smaller one
Moving completed, with some help from Samass, we got the foot mounts welded in place and test fitted the cage, before turning the shell over again for one last go at the underseal/rust. Then, last weekend, Poodle came to help and we (Carl eventually showed up at 4PM, slacker
) got the whole underside pretty much ready for painting, welded the massive hole in the arch up, and found some more bits in the boot floor that needed welding.
Hopefully we'll be on track to get the underseal on next week, assuming all goes well with the rest of the preparation.
The updates should get more frequent from now on in, less messing about with rust and more fitting of shinies and boosty stuff.
A few more pictures will follow, just gotta go and take them
Underseal takes a LOT of removing, we spent hours and hours at it, with fire and angle grinders and chisels and drills and wire brushes and fingernails
While we were at it, we've seam welded everything and fixed a lot of holes that had appeared, using the bonnet for patches.
We (jonny) also managed to set it on fire. Twice.
Anyway, after rolling it over a couple of times to make life easier for welding etc., we started thinking about fitting the cage, so sat the shell back on spare tyres and wrestled the cage into position. Cue pratting around with a seat and a steering wheel
We then removed the cage after marking the position of the mounts, then moved the shell to Jonny's as the shed hasn't taken kindly to the winter and the bare metal where we'd removed the underseal was starting to rust quite fast! The problem was, we'd sold the flatbed trailer as it was too small and we needed the money. So borrowed an even smaller one
Moving completed, with some help from Samass, we got the foot mounts welded in place and test fitted the cage, before turning the shell over again for one last go at the underseal/rust. Then, last weekend, Poodle came to help and we (Carl eventually showed up at 4PM, slacker
) got the whole underside pretty much ready for painting, welded the massive hole in the arch up, and found some more bits in the boot floor that needed welding.Hopefully we'll be on track to get the underseal on next week, assuming all goes well with the rest of the preparation.
The updates should get more frequent from now on in, less messing about with rust and more fitting of shinies and boosty stuff.
A few more pictures will follow, just gotta go and take them