Grafted this piece in tonight. Nearly there with this section!
Entries by Jim Ley
Donor driver’s wheel tub all prepped and ready to weld in. Even the seat belt mount is solid.
My wheel tub body cut arrived! It’s in such good condition compared with what ours looks like. I’ve made a start on unpicking it and managed to salvage the fiddly curved bit from the B pillar which I should be able to use to repair the final bit of our b pillar.
The majority of the bulkhead is now repaired I just need to finish the top bit where the box section of the arch fits. Iv managed to source a wheel tub body cut for the bargain price of £45 so will be looking to fit that and the arch once this is done!
Drivers bulkhead bulge welded up. Should get the rest of the bulkhead welded this week in preparation for the arch.
Passenger cab floor dressed and zinc primed. Good as new now. I’ve also fitted the passenger seat mounts to replace the previous bodged approach of just bolting the seat to the tub. Making a start on the drivers side area now.
Finished the welding on the passenger cab area Sunday morning by reattaching the step to the floor. Just need to dress the area and paint it, then I get to start it all over again on the drivers side!
Further N/S Cab Floor
Some good progress this week on the passenger cab area. New strengthening plate welded in: New passenger seat mount: Passenger Cab floor repair welded in and dressed. There’s a few pin holes I need to fill though. Really nice to be getting some big panels back in. Schofield’s wheel tub repair welded in, to finally […]
Only a few hours on it today. Chopped out the strengthening plate and then cleaned up and zinc primed the chassis rails. It looks in great nick which makes a nice change!
N/S Cab Floor
It’s been a while since I cut a big hole in the van so it’s time to sort the N/S cab floor: and a little while later: The chassis is in excellent condition so I’ll just clean it up and paint it. The strengthening plate is heavily pitted and starting to rust through so I’ve […]
