Under strict supervision tonight sanding all the running gear ready for topcoat. Got the torsion bars and steering damper painted too.
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Poole got another good coating of snow this morning. Not enough to stop me getting down to the workshop though in our crappy little Fiesta.
I’ve been putting off repairing the wheel arch on our Fiesta for some months now; I hit a column in a car park which dislodged a chunk of filler that someone plastered over some rot. It’s off for an MOT tomorrow so I couldn’t really put it off anymore. Pretty cold repairing this outside, Before:
And after. I didn’t want to spend long repairing this as I’m not planning on keeping this car for a huge amount of time, so it was very much a ‘fill a hole’ repair, which should do for now:
The ducks were back to keep me company in the cold:
I finished cleaning up the front beam so Zinc primed it, along with some of the brake components (Paracord is perfect for hanging bits to be sprayed on):
Front beam is knackered so hoping to pick up a decent Cali import tomorrow to replace it.
A spot of Neptune Blue for Iris’ underside today!!! To say I’m happy would be an understatement.
She’s now ready to start taking off the rollover jig and back onto some wheels.
Wheel arches all prepped and masked off. Out with the underseal gun and tinted raptor stonechip, and the wheel arches finally coated with 2 coats of raptor!!
Underside now all seam sealed. Possibly a bit thick in places but better than not having enough. Next to prep the wheel arches for 2 coats of tinted raptor stonechip for extra protection.
Started gathering all the components I’ll need to get Iris back on her wheels soon so treated her to a full set of Koni Shocks. Fully adjustable and with a lifetime warranty, they should be the only shocks I’ll ever need. Plus they look the balls.
Van underside all prepped and ready for its final coat of epoxy mastic.
Van underside all prepped and ready for its final coat of epoxy mastic.
Keen for us to have a bit of heat in the van I’m installing a propex heater under the driver’s seat.
I made up a little platform for it to sit on in the metal folder:
Then very tentatively cut a hole in the driver’s cubby space to allow the propex to drop into the void:
I packed out the platform with some sections of 20mm and 40mm box section so that the heater sits level:
And then finally cut the holes into the wheel arch for the inlet and exhaust pipes. I’ll be fitting rubber grommets to stop water getting through:
