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Offside floor etc after Mr. Angry Grinder.....[frame][/frame]

Latest on the o/s sill & front spring hanger....[frame][/frame][frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

Sill reinforcing made up:[frame][/frame]

Seatbelt captive nut removed:[frame][/frame]

New sill tucked behind rear xmember (spot welds just split off using a wood chisel!):[frame][/frame]

The new sill, reinforcing & boxing plate is now all tacked in (except for inside the boxing plate which had to be seam welded before access was lost!). More pics shortly.... it was late on Sunday when I finished.

Phil.

spot welds just split off using a wood chisel!

That's no way to treat an edge tool!
A brick bolster isn't made for the job but works well.

MarkyB wrote:

spot welds just split off using a wood chisel!

That's no way to treat an edge tool!
A brick bolster isn't made for the job but works well.

I have a 'real' cold chisel - but the wood chisel (read underseal scraper) was to hand. I was rather more pointing out that the original spot welds weren't all that good - I just pushed the chisel into the gap & they went 'pop'....
Maybe a result of spot welding thin metal (xmember) to thick (sill) ?

Phil.

A cold chisel is too fat, this is a brick bolster;[frame][/frame]

MarkyB wrote:A cold chisel is too fat, this is a brick bolster;

Well, my cold chisel is slimmer and sharper than my brick bolster (which I use for breaking blocks) ... and neither were needed to pop apart the original spot welds mentioned. It has a shallower tip angle, and a higher temper, made for cutting steel not cracking concrete...

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looks good did you find the wood hard to do ???and can you do the job without removing the roof ?maybe one side at a time

irmscher wrote:looks good did you find the wood hard to do ???and can you do the job without removing the roof ?maybe one side at a time

Thanks - wood wasn't hard - but then woodwork is my thing.
I believe that not removing the roof is the 'normal' way of going about it. I had roof damage, and I also wanted to screw the roof beams in properly (ie/ not from underneath).

Phil.

is that bedouin grey?

AntB wrote:is that bedouin grey?

I don't know what colour the Bedouin is.
The car is pale primrose (now).

Phil.

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looking great and coming along at a steady pace. Travellers do seem to suffer the ravages of time but they look very nice when they are restored to their former glory. They do look quite complicated to rebuild.

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nice!!!

Looking good. Love the mirrors and the colour.