Rustoration

[RogerT]

Now all over the floor...


A trace of bodgery under the filler. Welded the seam from the outside...



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[RogerT]

Sold my mini, at last! Now I know how much I can spend (it’s never enough is it?) I can place some orders!! Working next week but got the week after off at home

[bigbadbob76]

Nice one Roger.
Looking forward to seeing what you get done in your week off.

[RogerT]

Had dispatch emails already, looking forward to non-Highland delivery times, and the cost! (You don’t want to know about the non-Highland delivery cost Bob )

[RogerT]

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[937carrera]

Oooh a complete new B post, and some other bits of new metal, some with VW original stickers.

Is that going to need a fair bit of strengthening when you remove the old one ?

[RogerT]

Strengthen the b post? Argh, hope not! Got that rather than just the lower bit because it’s knacked higher up, not just at the bottom.

But I’ll use as little of it as I have too.

As for the inner part of the b post, I think that’s only rusted at the base so I’ll rebuild that (and the j.p. reinforcement) with bits of sheet once I’ve got the inner sill on, and can see how the outer b post meets it. Sounds simple, eh?

The bit with the label is the strengthening piece above the rear jp. Comes down vertically to the edge of the inner sill, has a funny curve in it. Here’s the top part behind the bolster.

And here you can see the lower part behind the rusted away c post and extending forwards towards the camera.



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[george2490]

How's the rest of the c post Roger?

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[RogerT]

Higher up? Don’t know yet... Trying to resist carving up the whole van. I do know that the rear arch is fubar, and the rear corner below the vent too, but I didn’t need to carve it up to see that - just had to put my hand through the holes...

[bigbadbob76]

mmmmm.... shiny things....

[937carrera]

I was just thinking if you are going to replace the whole B post then will the body flex when it is removed, will you have to temporarily brace it ?

[RogerT]

That is a cheery thought! The sill (inner) will be in place, maybe the outer too although I guess not as that butts onto the B. As I say I’m only replacing what I need to, so will likely be able to leave the top of the B in place, and I will hopefully get to cut round the door latch etc too (haven’t taken back the paint there yet but there’s no sign of rust or filler) so that will leave continuity to the front arch/step/A-post. My drivers seat box is still intact too. I only recall metalmick8y putting a strengthening piece in to hold the A-post in place when the step and arch were removed, nowhere else.

[937carrera]

Blind leading the blind here

I thought the wheelarch / step would be insignificant to strength and the arches are thin stuff, and largely constructed of rust.

If you are not using the whole B post then I would be less concerned about the body flexing, but as the outer sill is no longer there then a lot of strength will be missing

Better to highlight doubt now than be faced bith a bendy van when you have been throwing the grinder around , I think

[RogerT]

Maybe I should reconstruct the inner part of the B post before replacing part of the outer skin of the b post. Thinking about it, (as I write this) it’s obvious (now it is anyway) that I’ll have to do that, as there’s no access to the B inner once I replace the skin. And the B outer is just a skin, pretty thin metal compared to the B inner.

Worry not...

But yes, blind leading the blind! What could possibly go wrong

[RogerT]

Made this

after reading this...
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/70135/panels" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; which is also available on Tapatalk. It’s a vice thingy for holding sheets while you bend them, but much bigger than a vice. It’s a great thread to read.




End of my outrigger

I’m pretty sure I’ll end up cutting off the outer return edge, once I build what it’s welded to, but there’s nothing left there at the moment.

Rear of inner sill trial fitted.




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