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Progress at last
After my recent wonky spell, my build has remained untouched for the last few months :(
At last, some minor progress has been made. Feeling well but still not able to do anything physical, my youngest son & eldest Grandson went out to the workshop to lend a hand. Here is a picture of the midway progress [IMG] ![]() Under my supervision, the pair of them done a great job & my floor is now complete :) My midset was, that somehow, I had cheated. Gutted that I was unable to do this simple job myself. Didn't have the strength to drill all of those holes, let alone pop the rivets. :rolleyes: I must say thanks to HandyAndy !! ( He changed my point of view ) The help I had, means that Three generations of my family have helped my build on its way..........How cool is that ?? The last job they done was to set up my weld table & comfy chair. Hopefully i'll be able to play with my new TIG welder & get my fuel tank made, that should be a nice sitting down job I'll post some pics of my progress as & when |
looking great Ronnie :cool:
wow thats some rivetting :eek: my arms were like "Popeye,s" when i did mine, 186 rivets really did punish my less than perfect musular build :o :D . Yes indeed that is something to be proud of, 3 generations in 1 car . hope your wonky spell is on the mend. all the best mate. andy |
Looking good there Ronnie.
Slow but sure gets the job done. Oh hang on a mo...The floor supposed to go on the bottom...:eek: Looking forward to getting back to my rebuild. Got loads of new stuff waiting to go on. Just a couple of bits I'm hoping to pick up at Exeter. Then I'm all done, and away.....:) David |
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Oh Bo****ks, never mind, it'll do for a toneau cover :D Andy.........over 300 rivets, I have often been accused of overdoing it a bit with fixings......... Rivets are one of the main culprits :rolleyes: :o |
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One things certain then... It ain't going to fall off...........EVER !!!!:D |
air rivet gun :D nuf said
looks good though. did you remember to use sealed rivets or are you going to pump them all full of silicone. i hope your well enough to venture out to exeter show. |
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Each & every rivet dipped in sikoflex before being put in ( That was my nice easy, sitting down job ) Thought about buying an air riveter, spent the money on a new Esab welding screen instead ;) Besides, in a way, my riveter was fully automatic !!?? :D |
which esab did you get? please say eyetech 2 :D
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I got the Origo-Tech 9-13
Probably the model that the Eyetech 2 has replaced BOC has the Origo-Tec on special offer at the moment £56+vat ;) I thought it was a good price for a quality screen Decent shade range too, 9-13 My old budget screen was getting on my nerves a bit, especially with Tig welding :confused: Close up eyesight not the best these days, I found that the budget screen was not allowing enough of the ambient light through & was needing to place a worklight over the welding area :rolleyes: Pleased with the new screen & a world of difference over the old one :) |
Nice going Ronnie looking good,just be carefull with work light's near MIG welding the spatter make's the 240v bulbs pop inducing rectal tightness/spasm's and soiling :eek:
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