nzstato Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Just now, NickJ said: Thankfully everything on the inside is straight. I assume the capping is just held on by the rivets? Good link! spent hours trying to find decent aluminium panel beating videos and only got modern car stuff, that channel looks epic, will sit down for a watch over the weekend. Yep, drill them out That guy is great, you can spend hours on his content (and it is all gold). He has shrinking disc videos from years ago and you can buy them from his ebay store. I run on on a variable speed 9". Just bought a small leather sandbag to try the other method with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Decided to have a go at reskinning all of the doors for a few reasons.... - The rear ones are dented and too far gone to repair - I've been quoted ~$700 ea for reproduction doors ex UK - It takes AGES to strip the paint off (and I tend to use alot of stripper) without overheating the alloy - The skins themselves look easy enough to make - a roll and some folded edges, my pan brake is just big enough - There is quite a bit of alloy corrosion on the lower sections (alot of LR doors do this) - I have a super friendly alloy supply shop 5 min from my house who have 1200-H14 1.2 mm sheets in stock at (what I think) a very reasonable price. Will report back.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I think it’s great you’re letting it wear it’s past with pride. I do enjoy a slightly wrinkly Land Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 It certainly has some history in these panels. Everything is 'straight and 'solid' i.e. there are more tears in other places I need to fit but I'm happy to leave it as is. I'm also now on the clock to finish this to some point (where that point is I don't know..) as with our house subdivision going on I will loose my shed. If its not finished in time it would have to go into storage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Does the alloy need any special priming before paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKAZ Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Nice job man. Making panels from scratch is never easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Sunbeam said: I think it’s great you’re letting it wear it’s past with pride. I do enjoy a slightly wrinkly Land Rover Yea definitely, shiny straight land rovers look so wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, NickJ said: Does the alloy need any special priming before paint? Yes the 'yellow' you see on some of the panels is an etch primer I've been advised to use for painting on the alloy. https://www.unitedpaints.co.nz/Products/Unietch-etch-primers/Unietch-2-pack-yellow/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, MACKAZ said: Nice job man. Making panels from scratch is never easy. Thanks, I'm still getting more orders for the door skins I've been making. Quite a number have asked if I was going to be making complete front guards from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 And I think I've figured out how I'm going to mount the glass in the back since I'm ditching the sliding windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Who knows about Smiths heaters? It has a good core/fan mounted in the truck and I think there is a good ducting body in the A35 I have in storage, cant find an exploded diagram anywhere though? Its is possible to still buy the coil reinforced hose to pipe the heat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 is it just a round one or the box type like from a mini? I got some silver ducting from some random $1 store thing - FOR CARS! and it was near enough to work. So some aliexpressing would work. Otherwise you can sew your own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, tortron said: is it just a round one or the box type like from a mini? I got some silver ducting from some random $1 store thing - FOR CARS! and it was near enough to work. So some aliexpressing would work. Otherwise you can sew your own Round one. Ok, I might try that. Also, where would be a good source for a heater tap? Just a single in/out manual one would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 is it supposed to be on the block? A series have a cable operated one that goes on the back of the block, sidevalve has a screw type one that threads into a boss and was way more expensive till i found some random brass fittings that were identical on line. dunno about inline ones, but id assume any brass tap will do the job tbh. Theres not much to explode into a diagram in them. Ihave several in the shed if you wanna see one in bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, tortron said: is it supposed to be on the block? A series have a cable operated one that goes on the back of the block, sidevalve has a screw type one that threads into a boss and was way more expensive till i found some random brass fittings that were identical on line. dunno about inline ones, but id assume any brass tap will do the job tbh. Theres not much to explode into a diagram in them. Ihave several in the shed if you wanna see one in bits I think the original engine had it on the block, but this being a Nissan I'll have to make do with something. You're right that a brass tap might just be the best idea, hopefully the existing hard fittings are NPT and I can screw it right in. Got it, found a few pics online of what I need to know Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 More likely BSP than NPT I would think. I've got a temporary brass manual tap on my Minor at present but one day I'll put this one in (came with a NOS ADO16 heater kit I got years back) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Nominal said: More likely BSP than NPT I would think. I've got a temporary brass manual tap on my Minor at present but one day I'll put this one in (came with a NOS ADO16 heater kit I got years back) Choice ^ yep thats the same style one I had on the mk2 mini I sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Do you have any door skins in the "not quite right" pile that have the hip folded nice but not much else? Decided to tear out the damaged section on mine and replace it, would save me much time if I could complement your bank acc instead Raw panel size is 350w x 700h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, NickJ said: Do you have any door skins in the "not quite right" pile that have the hip folded nice but not much else? Decided to tear out the damaged section on mine and replace it, would save me much time if I could complement your bank acc instead Raw panel size is 350w x 700h I do but the door handle is cut and in the wrong place... that going to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, nzstato said: I do but the door handle is cut and in the wrong place... that going to work? If I can salvage a strip 350 wide it might be close enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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