The resurrection of Tufftee - Part Deux :o

The Mad Hat Man said:

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follow the link

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I did, see above LOLZ

A few pics from tonights work.

A Post Alignment


A post alignment jack

A post clamping


A Post welding - front


A post welding - rear


Floor to Sill welding


B post repair and location plate.


Bit of cleaning up to do and then painting.
Then yet more fettling to B post base repair, and start floor to support welding.

That B post turned out just fine after cutting 100mm out the middle of it to get rid of the rot

I've got a lot of welding still to do to stitch that floor to the sill but need you to fab up the A post inner panel an the foot well as I would like to get them tacked in place as well at the very least next week

Really taking shape now

Its been to wet to roll the shell out and clean up last Fridays welding, bur managed to cut and modify the bottom repair section (from YRM), so that it fits a lot better. As can be seen, I had to reduce the width by about 4mm and re-align the front face about 1cm further back, without reducing the length. This was done by cutting out a wedge shaped piece near to the base and then open up the outside face correspondingly. It will need a fine touch with the welder to tack it all and then weld up without moving any of the sections.



A post seal radius.

bit of cleaning up today.

Cleaned up Fridays welding


Footwell repair patch

A Post bottom

Floor supports

Floor to sill (Outside edge)

B Post bottom

Aligned the NS centre floor support ready for welding underneath.

Primed B post bottom ready for fitting.

A few more pics from today...



@dieseldog69

Looks half tidy that lot, still a few bits to do but progress is progress.

Got the Passenger footwell lined up pretty well, I think. One more cut and a bit of brute force should do it

We've got a bit more work I see, tubular cross member end caps and that chassis side plate, could be worse I suppose, not much but it could be

dieseldog69 said:

We've got a bit more work I see, tubular cross member end caps and that chassis side plate, could be worse I suppose, not much but it could be

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As and when. I am sure we will find more as we go over it with a fine toothcomb

The Mad Hat Man said:

As and when. I am sure we will find more as we go over it with a fine toothcomb

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I had this idea, what if we "borrow some scaffolding from work and once the body is 100% we can lift it off and roll the chassis back in the garage, we could set up a sand blasting booth with some tarpaulins and duct tape, pinch G's hair dryer an do you a forced air feed for your hood an you could blast it from front to back an see what we need to repair and then it's easy to paint afterwards

you mad bugger

I have just been advised that "you need to take the tablets more regularly"

The Mad Hat Man said:

you mad bugger

I have just been advised that "you need to take the tablets more regularly"

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I'm blaming the vape machine and nicotine deficiency LOLZ

But it's a good idea though ey?

@dieseldog69
yu know we were discussing wheel arch liners and mud flaps....... wotcha think of these?



I actually think they are quite kool

Nice

Very Mad Max

The Mad Hat Man said:

@dieseldog69
yu know we were discussing wheel arch liners and mud flaps....... wotcha think of these?

I actually think they are quite kool

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Aint no mid flaps on that ...

Dippypud said:

Aint no mid flaps on that ...

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wheel arch liner....... a bit longer would be mud flaps anorl

Cleaned up Fridays welderising - no pics.

A couple of reference pics of the OS top bulkhead/Inner wing to get alignment for the NS.....

Is it Friday yet?

NS Bulkhead/Footwell repair ready for welding.......