13 Apr
I have had just the best day in the garage today. Nothing outstanding achieved but the sun was out, the garage door open, kids playing and radio two on the radio.
I have been kind of multi tasking. Started by de-greasing the passenger side upright properly then lowered it into a strong-ish solution of Deox-C. It is still going, there is defiantly more activity this time around.
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Then I fitted my nose cone. The only reason was to get the riv-nuts in before the chassis is painted. I am trying to get all the holes drilled and welding done before painting, I know I will have to drill the chassis at some point once it is painted but you have to try.
I offered the nose cone up to the chassis and spent ages measuring and marking before drilling. I had to cut about 3mm of the lower valence, as it were, for the perfect fit. I was going to force it under the lower front chassis rail but decided against it. I managed to employ the help of Nicky to mark the holes on the top rail as I squeezed the sides of the nose cone into the correct position. There are more pictures on photo bucket.
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Next was the headlight mounting tubes. After asking a quick question about length (120mm) I set to pretty much a half hour job, flipped the chassis over and welded the underside aswell.
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Whilst removing some splatter and wire brushing some rust off I noticed two welds that had been missed so they got the good news!
While all this was going on I started the painting process on the rear uprights they are primered in this picture but have the first coat of ORANGE on now.
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My new polo radiator is due tomorrow so radiator fixings are on the cards, hopefully it will turn up early.
Cheers Ginge