with Nationals behind me (as disappointing as they were for SOME CAM
) and Mikes car out of his garage at the painters, it made sense to get some more work done on the project.
With plenty of words of encouragement at the show and seeing Mike get over the resto hump I found some inspiration.
So with Mike looking lonely standing in his garage with nothing but an empty space and a welder in one hand and grinder in the other I was able to supply him with another patient
We started the rain gutter some weeks go and part of our time on Saturday was spent fabbing up the gutter itself. It isnt welded in but looks like this... the old and the ugly the new and the awesome
Moving from the rain gutter to the quarter panel repair we spent most of the day cutting and welding the new bit in place.
here is the starting cut
Mike cut the length in sections so we could determine how far we needed to go but in the end decided it was going to be better to go all the way across.
next step lift the spot welds and remaining bit of metal
Then I cleaned up the surface. Looking at the wheel well down at the rocker it was evident there was a bit more rust.
Mike suggested cutting the rocker end off to get at it better.... I fell over.... by the time I got back up he had copped the end off.
After repairing the wheel well section Mike grafted the rocker end back on. we cleaned all the metal with the usual metal prep products as well. The new section was hole punched ready for spot welds and then tacked in place.
Then the length was welded in place....
and then welds cleaned up
Then beers were had
Thanks to the guru another good days work and one step closer to getting th bodywork sorted.
Well done Craig and Mike I suppose.
