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Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:05 pm
by Mulli
So I got this motor 4 years ago, and although not on my priority lust at the moment, I think I should make a start! Im 27 now I think if It can be in the road before im 30, i'll be happy with that!
Theseare the pucs when I 1st got it:
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:09 pm
by Mulli
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:17 pm
by Mulli
Front drivers wing of, I could patch this but may carefully take it off to clean up inside by kidney bowl bit...
But the A post/ door pillar & cover needs some attention!
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:19 pm
by Mulli
The bottom of theses doors are mostly body filler. Previous owners sure liked boddy filler!
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:27 pm
by Mulli
Had a good poke around to assess the old rot, we have Rust
More Rust
Front half of rear wing just came off
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:43 pm
by Mulli
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:32 pm
by Mulli
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:05 am
by irmscher
I would imagine it could be with a lot of money spent and hard work
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:18 am
by Mulli
Yep, Just finished pricing up panels alone, if i buy each one of the shelf over £ 1200 so far! God help me !
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:40 am
by mogbob
Mulli
My mate's Moggie was rough but not that rough ! I taught him to weld and fabricate along the way but it took over two years ( part time /
leisure time slots ). I've done / helped with 5 classic car restorations but I'd personally " walk " on this one.
My assessment is : - it has all the usual spring hangers ,inner wings , bottom of the A posts but it doesn't end there. Structurally the main crossmembers , sills , floor pans, boot floor, etc , etc have had it and the difficulty I can forsee is establishing a " foot hold " of decent structural metal to weld new panels to !
If you're a competent welder / fabricator and are fixated about this specific car , for sentimental reasons or what ever, it will be one hell of a challenge on your wallet and time.
I'd strip for parts , engine , gear box , etc and get a better example bodywise. as your starting point. This is just my personal opinion.
Make a wise , considered opinion now ....not when you're half way into the project, having spent some serious money on it. A professional would bail you out but the cost would run into thousands.
Good luck.
Bob
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:16 pm
by Mulli
Thanks for the advice guys, I am in two minds atm, I can weld and fabricate basic pieces. But I could easily make my money back on parts. It would be real bugger of job, but then I hate to see classics scrapped. But I do refuse to walk into a job that would make a huge loss if sold.
Im in no rush to do anything I can take my time to make a decision, hence im slowly pricing up all the panels and other bits up to put it on the road. It dosnt look good for now tho.
We shall see. If anyone has any further advice or thoughs theyre most welcome. Thanks again
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:27 pm
by jagnut66
Hi,
Whatever your final decision I would weld some bracing into what's left of the shell, so it doesn't sag whilst your're making up your mind.
However another major factor is the time you will have to give over to it, so whilst hugely rewarding to be able to save it and say 'I did that' I think you should make your mind up soon, before there is a missus and / or kids on the horizon..............
At 27 you are at the prime of life for most of the major (life changing) events that will go on to dictate the rest of it.
Best wishes,
Mike.
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:56 pm
by DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
Its a big job but certainly fixable. Thats the beauty of so many panels being available. Do take your time, dont cut out too much at once and as suggested some bracing would be needed. I would suggest full length floor panels with the edge/step would be a good place to start. Not all the bits you will need are available for above the rear arch at the back doors, so this would take some proper fabrication.
Good luck either way!
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:08 pm
by Mulli
Thanks guys, yes I have some mild steel angle on its way for bracing! I'm gona give it a long hard think, the time required is the key question here as i have other motors to keep on the road and a house to finish sorting, but watch this space, either way i'll keep ypu all informed and if this one dont get fixed hopefully i'll get a better one.
Thanks for this great forum and all the info on it
Tony
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:36 pm
by kevin s
Ours looked a lot better but in reality it was much the same with loads of patches stuck over all the rust, even had to take the rear of the roof off to get to the rust. Buy yourself a big sheet of steel, some panels and get stuck into it, nothing is too complicated about these.
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:36 pm
by Mulli
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:49 pm
by greendefender123
Nice project. Looks worse than mine but probably not alot in it by the time I stripped it. Do abit at a time and it'll soon be done. Good luck with it. Steve
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:47 pm
by firedrake1942
It looks bad but actually there are significant parts to weld new panels to, I think you could make a beautiful car from this and have the satisfaction that you have done it yourself. Oh and by the way, the rear o/s tyre is bald (lol)
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:29 pm
by Mulli
Thanks guys. Its just a shame previous repairs have been done real bad, not protected from the rust, and then had repairs put iver repairs. Behinf the front wherl and in front of rear wheel where the arches are by the A & C pillars there was 4- 5pieces of rotten stell in top op each other. But there is some clean steel there,perfect origional paint in some parts underneath where the underseals just starting to flske off
Re: Mulli's 4 door saloon brave restoration
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 12:19 am
by Mulli
Got a few hours in tonight.
Old floor edge/boxing panel out
A post to inner wheel arch:
Now a question please, can I get repair panels for here (1 A-C), if so where from please?
(1a & 1b are spot welded together and go between the rear door and rear arch)
I think i'll buy a complete new rear inner wing/ arch but will have to make a new lip to spot/plug weld to directly below this screw and wire:
Also part 1C here, where the main rear chassis leg joins the floor under the rear seats, I dont think I can buy a repair panel for?