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All going reasonably
well, this is day 3 and 4 all grouped into one
as i forgot the camera last week. My welder
friend has had a fire in his house so progress
has slowed down a little but there no real rush
so its fine.
As you can see
from the shock absorber below this was simply
taped up with black electrical tape! terrible.
Anyway a replace set of shocks will be sourced.
The new air vent
panel makes up the inside of the arch as well
as cover up the end of the sill which is good
and will save us some time. We spent a lot
of time aligning the hinge panel and getting that
welded on right, with the door coming on and off
to check, will be worth it in the end though.
In the end we found that the small hinge panel
replaced the flat surface that the old hinges
were welded to, this moved the panels in enough
to line up with the wing and door.
The hinge panel
and new air vent panel didnt quite line up perfect,
the holes for the hinges were in a different place
on the air vent panel, so i just filed them out
to line up with the welded in hinge panel.
And amazingly the air vent panel fits the existing
arch perfectly so this can be simply welded straight
in, obviously the top will be a bit of a pain
to weld though, and also we are going to cut some
patches to make up the rest of the air vent panel
(the back corner) and also the top corner of the
inside of the bonnet.
On Sunday, emma
cleaned back and painted the cherry bomb that
Matt Pink gave us (muchus thank you) its being
repainted in Satin Sheen Hammerite black, as the
red would clash with the final pink colour of
the car.
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