• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  Using plumbing supplies on a car

  My hair brained scheme to route whatever water leaks behind the windscreen rubber out may work, or not, time will tell. I am definitely not ready to solder plumbing connections…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  Welding the repair panel in

  After much back and forth, test fitting and finally some paint, the bottom has a decent coat on, I managed to get something welded in place. I still had to tweak the part a bit…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  Patching a small hole in preparation for welding the replacement part in

  I had some small details to finish before welding in the patch under the windscreen cowl. There was a tiny hole to patch and I marked the places where the holes should go to spot…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  Refining the patch panel for under the windscreen

  With the rough shape I started refining it until finally I could get the piece I cut out to fit over it. It took quite a bit of back and forth, offering the two pieces up…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  Getting a rough shape for the replacement panel under the windscreen

  I pondered a long on time on how to get started with this piece. Eventually I just took the bits I had cut out and used them as a guide and cut a section of plate to match, a bit…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  A lot of work for little visual difference

  Not an lot of change visually but I did spent quite some time welding in thin strips to replace the rusted edges that I had cut off / back to get to clean metal. This is just…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 6 months ago

  Starting to patch up the rust under the windscreen

  Cutting out rust from the inner layer meant I could now see through and into the cab... I chased down the last bit of rust into the engine bay as well and made up a tiny sliver…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Cutting out a small part of the windshield cowl

  It was quite obvious that there was rust on the edge of the windshield, so I cut out a small section to see what I might have to deal with. After a lot of procrastination I cut…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Rust, rust and rust

  The more I scratch the more rust I find, there is nothing to do but to cut it out. This time it is right at the top of the drivers side door pillar by the upper door hinge…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Sorting out the rust lip for the door rubber

  Moving further up the door pillar I started by cutting out rust from the joint where the door seal goes onto. This took some grinding and sanding to get all of the rust off.…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Tidying up the lip for the door rubber

  Even though I did not get much. done, the curve piece I welded in is the last part to go on to the outer sill before I try and coat the inside from back to front in paint, still…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  A little step forward on the passenger side outer sill

  It's funny how long it takes to do simple things when you are trying to squeeze it in after work and between load shedding. Finally though, 3 parts are 1, still some work to be…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Replicating fixes from the driver side to the passenger side

  Not quite a copy paste of the drivers side, there is less rust to cut out on the passenger side, I tried to limit the cutting to parts where the rust was the worst. Still a bit…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Closing up the lower front door opening

  Some more rust cut out and replaced with new metal. The lip on the sill where the door rubber goes was pretty rusted, so I cut the inner and outer parts off, then welded back a…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Checking the fit of the fender

  Though it looked ready to weld on, there were a number of things to be done before I can weld the closing piece in permanently. The section where the fender was sorted out by…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Many pieces become one for the Ford Cortina

  Quite a bit of work was done to close up the front of the sill. Piece by piece I tack welded bits on then shaped them in situ, checking against lines drawn on my paper templates…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  More bending and welding to make a piece to close up the sill

  Work started on making up the part to close up the front of the sill, starting on the most 'flat' piece. I was initially going to cut only the flat part with a bit extra to…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Getting started on closing up the front of the sill on the Cortina

  I don't have a bead roller or an english wheel, nor have I ever worked with them so this was never going to be done as a single piece 🙂 I started with the smallest and…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Cutting rust from the Ford's outer sill and replacing part of it

  Moving up from the floor I got stuck into the front of the right hand side door opening. As can be seen from the photos, there was a lot rusted away. I had hoped to only have…

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• shaunmza (62)in Build-It • 7 months ago

  Finishing up the passenger floor

  Unfortunately I did not take photos but I bent up a piece to close the floor up and welded it in. Then I cut a paper template and used that to make a piece to close up the…

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