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Re: Rustoration
Posted: 03 May 2020, 23:13
by RogerT
Non surface rust
Screwdriver pointing to more gobs of filler, by the forward edge of the battery tray
After cutting away the edge of the battery tray. Top of the chassis rail looks pretty good.
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 03 May 2020, 23:51
by RogerT
937carrera wrote:Nice to see you are back in the room Roger.
Nice to be back
937carrera wrote:
I'll see if I have any photos on the wavy bit for you later
It’s not how it looks, it’s why? Why is it wavey?? What function does that have? And are the two wavey edges fixed to each other, or just hanging around next to each other?
I can’t even look at my other side as it’s far worse...
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 04 May 2020, 07:24
by 937carrera
I looked at my build thread and there's nothing to help beyond where you are. I can't get to mine at the moment, but I might have access today / tomorrow and i'll see if I can figure anything out. I think they butt together
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 04 May 2020, 08:08
by RogerT
RogerT wrote:And another, since that revealed grot.
Oh, feckin’ Tapatalk... play nice?
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I clicked the report error button, and got an email back this morning saying they had identified the issue and fixed it!
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 04 May 2020, 08:15
by RogerT
937carrera wrote:I looked at my build thread and there's nothing to help beyond where you are. I can't get to mine at the moment, but I might have access today / tomorrow and i'll see if I can figure anything out. I think they butt together
Thanks, that’s very kind of you. I looked back at your thread last night. From all the other threads I’ve read, my memory says that they butt together but aren’t fixed together, which is what I find weird.
Incidentally the suicide door idea came from a metalmickey thread, now long since lost its photos.
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 04 May 2020, 08:20
by 937carrera
Which sadly just goes to show that you have been doing yours even longer than I have
If they do but together, then that would be because a physical seal / barrier is needed, but no strength, and more likely the two anchoring points may move relative to each other in use, so there needs to be some "give" ?? Unless it's just cheaper manufacturing
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 04 May 2020, 08:23
by RogerT
Maybe, I wondered if it was a kind of crumple zone?
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 04 May 2020, 23:56
by RogerT
Been rereading adie’s thread. Here’s his elegant solution.
Problem solved!
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Re: Rustoration
Posted: 05 May 2020, 07:21
by adie89
RogerT wrote:Jinx
Is it worth shelling for Tapatalk pro? One off £9.99? Or is the image posting functionality hinted at arriving soon?
Anyway, without photos, the outside edge of my battery tray is toast, as are the inside and outside edges of the “X” panel, but the top of the chassis rail looks mostly ok!!
Looks like I’ll need to rebuild the edge of the rear valance, rear corner behind the first suicide door, front edges of the suicide doors in the seams, lower rear quarter needs replaced.
And a question, what is the function of the wavey edge inside this quarter, between the “X” panel and the wing?
On here?
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And make the rest if I can get away with it.
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I made that flat panel with a shrinker stretcher and binned off the wavy edge for a butt joint to eliminate another water trap seam. It’s worth remembering most panels were designed for speed of assembly with a spot welder not longevity.
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 05 May 2020, 18:30
by 937carrera
Is there still something you would like me to look at or are you sorted now Roger ?
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 06 May 2020, 00:33
by RogerT
I’m sorted, thanks mate. How you getting on with yours, or have other things taken your interest/time?
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 06 May 2020, 07:14
by 937carrera
No progress on mine unfortunately, I have been busy on other things. On the bright side, she's dry stored so not really getting any worse
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 07 May 2020, 18:45
by RogerT
Re: Rustoration
Posted: 23 May 2020, 17:37
by RogerT
Finally some welding
Oh, that was more cutting...
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Re: Rustoration
Posted: 23 May 2020, 17:38
by RogerT
That was welding
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