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Stilldrillin:
Reminds me, of my son's first serious car.

A small Seat turbo, hatchback. Only 250 made. (So the story goes).

The little thing flew, 50% of the time. The other 50%, it was grumpy/ lumpy/ orrible. :scratch:

Four months into his ownership, we finally discovered, an air filter sticker was floating about, inside the manifold! :bang: :bang:

Enjoying the saga, Ade. Good luck! :thumbup:

David D

jatt:
So glad I was able to retrieve a washer I dropped into the intake of my tractor. Naturally it fell into the head. :doh:

the $ I invested in a camera on a stick with a magnet on the end was money well spent!!!

AdeV:
Progress on the race car has, as with all my projects, been painfully slow... however, I've recently made up my mind that instead of loafing about the house at the weekend, it's time to blooming well get on with it!

So.... Round Tuit firmly in mind, I've made some more patches to hide/replace the worst of the grot. The left-hand sill is mostly filler (it's taken a right whack), so that's all coming off & new metal going in. Inside sills are getting reinforcement where they've rusted away at the bottom. New floor pans will follow once the inner & outer sills are stuck together, and the weaker metal replaced.

A simple patch on the inner wing, hiding a massive hole. I'll weld it up better on the inside some other time:

Inside the inner wing, a large patch replaces the completely dissolved metal that used to be in its place. Again, this needs more work - I need to drill some holes in the middle & weld the inner & outer metal together. Also, on the other side, I really need to weld the reinforcing turrets to the new patch; this is where the weight of the front of the car gets transferred to the front suspension. The other side looks the same.

Inner sill is pretty badly knackered (both sides, pretty much front to back).

A reinforcing section is made, this bonds to the good metal higher up the inner sill, and re-forms the flange the outer sill & floor are welded to. Additional pieces will be made in sections, as I remove the outer sills:

Access is a pain, the ramp's in the way, etc. Here it is plug welded on, with a few tacks around the edges. I'll go around & seam weld it later. Probably.

Trial fitting the hand-bent replacement sill (front half). Fits pretty well! I can get away with it not being perfect, as it's a race car not a show queen.

The bottom of this reinforcing member had dissolved away entirely. Repair is a simple folded piece, plug welded to the original. When I fit the sill, I'll drill a couple of holes so I can plug weld through the sill to the bottom of the reinforcement plate.

The "steps" are badly rotted. Here a decent sized piece has been cut out ready to be replaced:

Old, CAD template, new:

Thank goodness for the metal folder! Once the metal was cut out & the fold lines drawn, it took about 5 minutes to fold up. Here it is welded in place:

The other side of the car is almost as bad, but I should be able to save most of the outer sill. The LH sill must have had 10lbs of filler in it!

Next week.... more of the same. I'll probably not bother photographing most of it as it's just the same old same old. Unless the piece is really weirdly shaped, or I'm especially proud of it or something :coffee:

vtsteam:
Ade, really interesting to watch. :thumbup: What does your metal folder look like?

AdeV:

--- Quote from: vtsteam on May 27, 2015, 08:22:24 PM ---Ade, really interesting to watch. :thumbup: What does your metal folder look like?

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Cheers mate, much appreciated :)

This is the wee beastie:

It's an Edwards folder, 4ft across, and it fell over after 20 mins in my possession (oops!). Fortunately, being made of sterner stuff than the tarmac it landed on, no damage was done!

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