Jusepy82

Next I shall make the rear flange to bolt the guard to the headlight grill.

Another afternoon in the shed building this headlight/grill pannel. Drilled and secured it too the guard , then tacked the top part on and removed and welded togeather. Took ages but I enjoyed it. On the last pic you can see a small section I need to fill in and make a small piece for.

This is inside the escort looking at the inners sill and the corner below the A pillar. I am a bit concerned how it has opened up once I've started working on the A pillar. I'm thinking about what to do about it and how to go about it. I know I'll have to replace it but unsure of how to go about it.

Loving this time off at the moment. Decided I wasn't going to use the flange I made yesterday and decided to make it in two pieces instead. So I spent a few hours in the shed bending and cutting panel steel. I fucked it up at the top and had to weld on a little slither of steel. Super happy how it turned out. Next time I will be welding the flange and the top part on. I included picture of the other guard and what I'm trying to recreate. Cheers .

Any advice or critique let me know. Cheers

So I decided to start working in the passenger guard inside as I'm a bit stuck with the A pillar replacement. I'm making this piece in 3 parts as it's not a straight panel where it joins on to the inner wing. This is the part that slides onto the headlight surround/grill. Going well so far.

Fuck where does time go ! So I braced up the escort floor and cut out more of the escorts A-pillar. A bit concerned as the inner sill has opened up like a can opener , not sure if it's from me smashing out the spot welds on the A- pillar or if the inner sill is that rusty its collapsing as the strain comes on it from me cutting out the strength of the A-pillar outer. But the chasis rail is still fitted so I think I'm over thinking it.

Hey man , Any progress on the escort van ?

Rego is live. Is that cause they can make u get a panel beater cert or engineer cert ?

Mmmm the other side is pretty dismal aswell. I shall take your advise and do some more research on youtube..

Hello friends. I have a question about spot welding panels. How does one determine how many spot welds to put on a panel. The panel I have almost cut out has spot welds but it didnt come out nicely and is toast. The panel in question is the A pillar on a ford escort , from just above the hinges to down by the sill. thanks in advance for the help.

Looking like swiss cheese but comming along nicely.

Gave it a good nudge to get it off but didnt quite get there.

Tonight I decided to spend an hour in the shed tackling the A pillar outer.

I also run c02. Its algood in the hood.

Time for an update , a small one but better than nothing. I bit the bullet and decided to buy some premade panels from palmside. I figured it would take alot of the stress and time out of the equation and I might actually make some progress. Super stoked with how they fit with me holding them up against the panels I'll be replacing. Watch this space for when the old ones are cut out and the new ones installed. The panels are for the L/H outer A pilar and the L/H section under the windscreen.

Annnnd I removed the paint with a wire brush and a grinder. After getting a piece of steel wire stuck in my nose.... I decided to use paint stripper to as it could get in all the tight areas. Funny thing , when I went inside holding my nose with a rag , as I didnt know how bad I was bleeding. My wife instead of asking "are you ok" , said , what have you done now? Bloody woman. Haha

Well today I got my A in to G and took some pictures of the repaired frame.

I really like that blue man. Mint job !

Hey man , What is that colour of blue called ?

an update without pics, may take some tommorow. Today my engineer friend and I welded up the 250's frame . He did a mint job and Im super happy with it. He welded in "plugs" inside the frame itself so the frame is stronger than its ever been. He also welded in 3mm plates at the bottom of the frame as sacrificial plates so they will wear instead of the repaired area of the frame. Like I said , Im super happy with the result ! Next on the list to do is sort out the rusted in swing arm bolt , I think Im going to have to gas axe it out as its super rusted in and the allan key head is fucked. Then after that , paint strip the frame and prime and repaint.

In Palmerston North, National gas filled my co2 bottle and also fitted the correct adapters to make it ready to change from argon to co2. You may or may not have a national gas where you are as they are a franchise i believe.

Found some on ebay genuine part number for $78 nzd bucks delivered. Hit buy now , just have 3 weeks to wait lol. Thanks for your help lads.