Progress at last

[Bonzo]

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

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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.

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

[HandyAndy]

looking great Ronnie

wow thats some rivetting
my arms were like "Popeye,s" when i did mine, 186 rivets really did punish my less than perfect musular build .

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

[dogwood]

Looking good there Ronnie.
Slow but sure gets the job done.

Oh hang on a mo...The floor supposed to go on the bottom...
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

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by dogwood

Oh hang on a mo...The floor supposed to go on the bottom...


David

Oh Bo****ks, never mind, it'll do for a toneau cover



Andy.........over 300 rivets, I have often been accused of overdoing it a bit with fixings......... Rivets are one of the main culprits

[dogwood]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

....over 300 rivets,

One things certain then...
It ain't going to fall off...........EVER !!!!

[AshG]

air rivet gun 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.

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by AshG

air rivet gun nuf said .

Did you remember to use sealed rivets or are you going to pump them all full of silicone

Well me being me !! .............Both

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 !!??

[AshG]

which esab did you get? please say eyetech 2

[Bonzo]

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

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

Pleased with the new screen & a world of difference over the old one

[flyerncle]

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