63Ragtop

I am looking forward to the rebirth of this car, please tell me it's so?

nice work on the fender, good old cardboard cad. the slammed blue sedan you posted looks very cool.

Done and done. still need to smooth out the bird shit in the corner there, need some more dremel tips.

So the answer to the the above question is... but first I had to fit this little patch to the bottom of the firewall, as after blasting it looked pretty thin. it's only small, but there are four different angles to match up, not as simple as i thought! So I get a PM from a fellow nzveedubnut asking if I'd like to use spotwelder, as he doesn't need his for awhile yet? HELL YES! I'm not really ready yet either so I've been bustin my ass this week. say hello to my little friend! this will speed things up! swapped out the big boys out for these easier to handle electrodes. Still weighs about 12kg! Quite alot to swing around, hold and operate. got this assembled and welded in place last night in about 45mins, saving about 2 weeks time in the process. So I carried on and welded in the firewall patch, if i could magic up some more compressed air to cool the welds I may have worked though the night, so stoked! I'll sleep when I'm dead!!!!!

Yeah that orange would look rad, or Sea foam green maybe?

Oh a 68 Aussie beetle! I thought it was a german car.

looking good man, so good being able to flip the shell, makes a shit job easier.

or like this???

yeah, I was thinking Honda S2000 or MX5. actually maybe just hang the MG panels on top of one these cars, rust and drive train sorted!

Nice work , I've always wanted to do something like that. Need a couple led's for the old dial face.

nice work Mr Alex, at this rate you'll be pickin the mrs up at the airport in the "hackback"

And done. smoothed out nice. no one will ever know! sept yous guys. So that's the channel nearly done, not sure if I'll do the A pillar or the end cap/fire wall next? are my pics richy von snoozin quality yet? my old point and shot died awhile ago and now I have to use this massive DLSR thing.

cheers rusty, I'll be needing lots of advice when I get up that stage.

Finished welding the corner in last night, will grind down on the weekend, then the inner panel can go in and on to the A pillar.

Sweet stang man. how about Gold centers on the mags?

I vote pommey lowrider, tiny wire wheels with thin white walls and candy ass crazy paint.

Good start mate.

Shit yeah, I like the Mk1 2doors. glad to see that first drive didn't but you off! what's the plans? what need done?

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When we last saw our intrepid hero he had welded up the rear strengthening panel and had cut the other end of the channel and the A pillar open. Well I don't have a photo but the rear panel is welded back in place and looks just like the other side now, I then chopped even more of the rot out and last week sandblasted the lot. front side inside the bottom lip on the front of the channel there was not as shot as the passenger side, so I decided to keep it and try to weld up the small pinholes caused but rust pits and some idiot with a spot weld drill(me). I also sandblasted the top of the sill, where the carpet holder strip was welded on. The metal had very bad surface rust and really needed sorting, I'm still in two minds about replacing this rust trap of a thing, do you guys think it would look super weird without? my other idea was to get some stainless sill steps made up to fit, any thoughts? carrying on, out with the old shit, in with the new. goes here. including my world famous pat. pending dents. just finished welding up the heat pipe last night, while I had the blaster out I cleaned up the air scoop that goes inside the channel, and bent up the inside panel that it mounts to. Just need to smooth the welds on the heat pipe out and weld into the channel, was hoping to have it done this week but i kinda forgot about the heater pipe things. Chur

Pretty cool man, never even seen one before.

Only one thing for it!

LHD too!

the BRM's look so good with the blue man, I likey!

YUMMY.