sheepers Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 i cleaned up the windscreen channels and brushed some primer onto them. i didn't take a picture of the back because I'm a bit useless. 2015-10-19_07-50-42 by sheepers, on Flickr i had some paint left over so i splashed it about as best as i could inside the rear quarters until it ran out the bottoms. i did both sides and there is paint all over the floor. 2015-10-19_07-50-25 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-19_07-50-34 by sheepers, on Flickr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 and now the final battle begins. the roof. so they cut off the drip rails and welded the roof back on along the bottom edge for reasons which escape me. there were a couple of very (typically) nasty repairs on the sides of the roof and i was unsure about how best to fix it. after discussions with Peter about making new drip rails and the cons and cons of attaching them externally we decided the only to way to fix it properly was to fix it properly. so we are recreating the drip rails and the roof sides back to how it would have been factory. this requires a few bis to be made on the folder and a few other tricks to get the curve into them but the best thing about doing it this way is that it means i can cut the sides of the roof off and get in there to fix the rust properly. so i cut the sides off the roof. 2015-10-26_01-04-00 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-26_01-04-17 by sheepers, on Flickr you can see theres a bit of rust in there that needs fixing and once thats done i can weld in the new parts. heres a drawing of how it was factory and this is how ill repair it. 2015-10-26_01-03-18 by sheepers, on Flickr so this week ill be up at Peters shop each night after work folding new drip rails and making new roof sides. then weld it all back together. how hard can it be? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2015 Mike came over yesterday and was looking at the TA and he mentioned that he might have a "bit of a roof" that might be helpful. i got it off him today and it will be extremely helpful. so now i can show you a 3D section of the roof and the bits we have to make. 2015-10-27_07-56-50 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-27_07-56-59 by sheepers, on Flickr with this i can now measure exactly how it should be and make the new parts exactly. also there is a bad repair in the front corner which i can use this piece to replace. win win!! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 cleaned up all the rust and gave it all a thick coat of two pack primer. it looks like its rusty in the pix but its not really its just the light being a gay homosexual 2015-10-28_07-18-04 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-28_07-17-53 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-28_08-24-00 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-28_08-23-52 by sheepers, on Flickr should be up at the shop tomorrow night folding up some new drip rails. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 31, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2015 FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! got up early and went up to peters shop this morning to fold up some new drip rails. this went very well indeed and by about 10am i had two drip rails and two new roofy side bits. peter then instructed me on how to fit it all up without fucking it up so i went on my merry way. i followed what he told me and now one side of the roof is fixed and back to factory. its rust free, has heaps of primer in between the layers and its fairly straight. all these things make me very happy indeed. new drip rail. new drip rail, roof side thing and the trim that goes onto it. 2015-10-31_03-04-54 by sheepers, on Flickr checking the fit with the A pillar trim. 2015-10-31_03-04-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-04-06 by sheepers, on Flickr then plug weld it on. 2015-10-31_03-04-22 by sheepers, on Flickr and this is the inner all welded in and primed ready for the outer to go over it. 2015-10-31_03-03-41 by sheepers, on Flickr next fit the outer 2015-10-31_03-03-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-03-50 by sheepers, on Flickr tack in place and fuck around for ages getting it sitting right then weld. 2015-10-31_03-03-25 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-03-17 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-02-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-07-52 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-32-22 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-32-30 by sheepers, on Flickr so i still have to finish the front and rear parts but thats minor. I'm super stoked that the roof now has drip rails and its all factory and right. you know when you worry about how your going to fix something for ages and it becomes bigger in your head than the actual? well anywho i had stressed about the roof for ages but its all coming together nicely. ill do the other side tomorrow an then I've just got a couple of patches in the corner and the sun roof and were done!!!!!!!! fuck and yes. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 started on the other side. got the inner skin patched up and then attached the new drip rail. just got the outer to fit and weld up now. 2015-11-02_07-44-03 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-11-02_08-32-20 by sheepers, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 and now the outer is welded n. got to do the corners now. 2015-11-03_08-12-38 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-11-03_08-12-48 by sheepers, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 8, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2015 today i finished welding the patches in the roof. 2015-11-08_03-54-03 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-11-08_03-54-15 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-11-08_03-54-56 by sheepers, on Flickr so thats it. the welding is on this car is done. milestone etc. the eagle eyed among you will have spotted that the sun roof is still a gaping hole. I'm kind of not counting that because although it still needs to be welded and ll be welding it, Peter is in charge for that bit and he'll do it when he gets a chance. i can't really dictate when it gets done so ill pretend its not happening or some shit. lets just say that all the welding (except of the rest of the welding) is done! excellent. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted November 12, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2015 although it looks lumpy as fuck still i can assure it is two thousand billion percent better than it was. this is about the limit for me. i can't get it any better so once the sunroof patch is done Peter will hammer it up and finish it. 2015-11-12_07-47-44 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-11-12_07-47-35 by sheepers, on Flickr 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 i asked the cat to get the panel ready so we could wheel up a panel to patch the sunroof and when i got home from work he'd done it. I'm really hoping that Peter will make the patch this week and we can start welding it in late this week and this weekend. 2015-12-01_05-29-11 by sheepers, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 now that very same piece of steel has lines all over it. 2015-12-03_09-05-01 by sheepers, on Flickr and its all bent. 2015-12-03_09-04-36 by sheepers, on Flickr saturday is the day for instillation/weldy/smashy/makey the right shapey. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted December 5, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2015 2015-12-05_01-56-19 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-55-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-55-44 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-55-35 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-55-28 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-55-19 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-55-03 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-05_01-54-54 by sheepers, on Flickr 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 it looks all wonky in that picture but i can assure you its not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted December 6, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2015 and then i painted it. got rid of all the shit that was on the roof jut to make sure there was no nasties hiding under there. found a couple of patches of bog straight on the steel that were rusting so i got rid of that. then, paint. 2015-12-06_12-33-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-06_01-26-47 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-06_01-26-57 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-06_01-27-06 by sheepers, on Flickr 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted December 8, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2015 bit of bog and we're good. well, its not finished yet but its pretty close, just got the sides to finish off yet but the top is all done. 2015-12-08_08-14-01 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-08_08-14-10 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-08_08-14-21 by sheepers, on Flickr 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted December 9, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2015 long night was long. 2015-12-09_09-10-54 by sheepers, on Flickr not prefect yet but its getting there. i reckon ill block this back with 180 and then maybe 1 more coat of primer. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted December 10, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2015 rosso red. not sure. its a bit dark (it has like one drop of black in it) but it might be to bright if i take it out . undecided. 2015-12-10_05-11-21 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-10_05-11-31 by sheepers, on Flickr 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted December 13, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2015 the red looks really good in the sun. i don't think its too black, in fact i think its just right so thats that sorted. Rosso red it is. 2015-12-13_12-41-44 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-13_12-41-53 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-13_12-41-30 by sheepers, on Flickr 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 painted roof again. while its wet you can see in the gloss how the shape looks and I'm happy with it now so this will be the final coat of primer on the roof. if i get time after work tomorrow night I'm going to colour one of the door shuts. 2015-12-14_09-53-10 by sheepers, on Flickr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 well, that was a comprehensive fuck up. i talked to the guys at the paint shop about wet laying and i guess i didn't ask the right questions because I've fucked it up somehow. looks to me like the primer is still too wet and the whole lot is just running off the surface of the primer, but, i waited the 40 minutes i was told to wait and it looked how i thought it should have looked before i put the colour on and its not happy. ill go and see what I've done wrong tomorrow. hopefully i can fix it tomorrow night. bit of a fuck up but you get that when you don't really know what your doing. 2015-12-17_09-20-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-12-17_09-20-57 by sheepers, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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