The rear crossmember was just too far gone to be worth messing with, so chopped the lot out.
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Made a template and folded up a new section and welded in
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Followed by the addition of some haunches to replicate something like what was there to begin with.
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And got them welded in, added a small drain hole in the bottom of them to stop condensation build up.
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Then all hell broke loose and I lost the plot!!!!
Took lots of measurements and removed both seatboxes and other bits and pieces.
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This was followed with hours of stripping rust, underseal and paint to clean up the chassis rails prior to an phosphoric acid treatment and finally a coat of epoxy primer.
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Outriggers where then built back up
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Followed by the installation of the piece which sits on top of the front outriggers and spans between the b pillars.
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New centre crossmember was installed which picks up fuel tank straps and gear linkage.
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The supports for the centre can floor and handbrake where replaced as the originals were rotten.
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Has made a nice change to be adding metal rather than taking it away.
I'm half tempted to just fabricate new seatboxes and the ones I took out have a lot of rust and rot going on, not sure they would be worth the effort. That's a while off yet though..
Next tasks are the complete the prep ready for the new floor panels to go in,, going to add additional supports under the floor and just use 2mm flat sheet rather than corrugating it.