Cheers thanks for that

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so finally after many many hours of cleaning and grinding

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looking good, what paint did you use?



Gary

Its a black 2k primer

Looks good

indeed a tidy looking job :)

TT

Thanks all

So now that its painted i got started on the floor
I went with 2mm aluminium and decided to put one piece right across
I also went with countersink rivets all the way around as i thought it looked neater

Cutting the ali
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All holes drilled and countersunk
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Primer for the sealer
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Block of wood under the riveter handle to make the job easier
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All rivited down
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That's really neat and I remember doing that job gave great satisfaction of getting on
Keep up the good work

Another bit done this weekend
2 panels 200 holes and 200 rivets

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Next i need to sort this out

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Looking good mate your arms will ache in the morning


Gart

So i got a few hours in this weekend.
I started with what should be a simple job fitting a wire wheel to the bench grinder

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Turns out it wasnt so simple i had to make a bushing to fit the middle so it ended up taking about an hour in the end.

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On saturday i drafted in some help on saturday to do some wire brushing on the wishbones

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Dont leave cups of thinners on the welding bench
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Could of ended badly

I started fitting some bodywork which needs quiet a bit of work to get it up to my standards

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Also got the wishbones primed

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So i got a bit done on the bodywork this evening
I wanted a one piece bonnet an nosecone
so

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And then

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interesting, why did you want 1 piece?

hows it going to open?

Cleaner lines.
Its gonna be hinged at the front at the bottom

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Settling into her new home
Havnt done a tap since may but work will commence soon

Bloody hell, that’s a good amount of space :)

I have 280 SqFt , sort of sounds a lot, and it seemed big when built.

Now, "it's a potential death trap!"


Steve looks like he has a lot of space to clutter up ;)

TT

Thanks its about 500sq ft.
Ive already spent a most of the time falling over stuff as everything just got dumped in when we moved

You have room to fall over?? I’m jealous ;)

You mean that is just the garage, not the entire house ground floor awaiting dividing walls etc!!!!!

Thats jus my car shed. Ive a woodwork shed aswell 😃

So work has recommenced

Cleaned and painted the gear box

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Helper

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I started making the tunnel cover panels

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At the weekend i decided that i would make the side panels out of aluminium
Turns out thats not so easy
I tried to bend the flanges on the sides of the panel and i just made a mess of it so i cut out the sheets and brought them to a local fab shop

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It's good when the bodywork goes on and the "Look" takes shape.

TT

Yea deffo
Glad to be back at it

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Got most of my trans tunnel done over the last few days Due to the fact that my wonderful wife was off due to the snow so i got some unexpected shed time

Looking good - surprising how it suddenly becomes a car :)

What do people recommend for painting calipers and hubs ant the like

Thanks yea its mad how little things make a big difference

I'm going to use a spray can etch primer - and then this stuff: https://www.diy.com/departments/fort.../127964_BQ.prd

Another little bit done

Fuel tank straps and rubber protectors made up

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Roller over and expansion valve fitted

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Modified the level sensor by rotating it 90 degrees on one of the original mounts
and bent the bar a bit also
Then made up an extra support bracket

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Is there some sort of gasket to fill in the space under the rolled edge of the sender top plate?

TT

Yep its just off it while i was drilling the holes.