Repairing Cheeky V! W/photos

[evilnoodle]

I could give them seats a good home

[Dazco]

You've got alot of work ahead of you there, good luck and hope you find a suitable roof to drop on ( sounds easy )

[Cheeky V]

yea I've seen the front end on http://www.partsemporium.co.uk/Type%202" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 0Parts.htm

I'm gunna keep searching because it'll be so much easier if i can get the roof cut attached but hey, beggars cant be choosers!

I'm not sure it'll be easy but im not running for the hills yet

[b-f-c]

Going to watch how you do. I've got the same corrosion (thanks to a badly installed Sheldon roof and 30 years of condensation) so before I start mine it would be good to see how you fair with yours

Good luck!

[Cheeky V]

well I don't feel quite so alone now haha! I think the killer will be taking out your screen to see how far down the rot has got, what year is yours? I'll keep my eyes peeled for a cut for you if i come across one

[b-f-c]

well I don't feel quite so alone now haha! I think the killer will be taking out your screen to see how far down the rot has got, what year is yours? I'll keep my eyes peeled for a cut for you if i come across one

Cut the rubber and keep the screen. A second person helps but managed to do mine alone, although more luck than judgement there.

The second photo is the roof cut I got from Aidan. Picked out the rivets and de-skinned it ready to go onto mine. Just need to finish my degree and I'll be back on it again this summer

[Cheeky V]

yup same here no one was about and i couldn't leave it alone! haha

oh brilliant

[mbcamper]

So are roof panels or part panels easy to obtain and if so who would supply this?

[b-f-c]

So are roof panels or part panels easy to obtain and if so who would supply this?

I think donor roof is the best option, although I think metalmickey has made gutter sections which might be more suitable for repairs.

I chose to do the whole skin as the original hightop was poorly done

[300CE]

Bit of a long shot, but how about buying something like this for the parts you need and then selling the other bits (interior etc) to recoup some of your money back?

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E D I T: just seen it'a sold!

[Cheeky V]

Looks like i'll be traveling up to Crewe next week to pick up a lovely looking donor cut!

[Cheeky V]

So after a lot of hunting and speaking to people all over the shop I finally found the guys at Magic Bus in Peterborough! shot up there and picked up these two cuts



so I set to work measuring and cutting!





So i managed to leave in most of the gubbins including the brake cylinder and pedal assembly which bolts to the new part im putting on which should help to line it all up



Aaaah, so much better!


roofs just in place at the mo and the passenger side needs trimming but I left it long so i had extra metal to play with if needed



So that's it for now, Im off on hols to Egypt for a couple of weeks in the morning, structural is all welded on the front end, just need to finish up the seam behind the dash (which is half done atm) and then attach the roof

[evilnoodle]

My word.......!

[b-f-c]

Some cracking progress there fella!

[sciroccotune]

Very good work there but I would be a little worried you have lost some rigidity repairing like that?