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I have been documenting this elsewhere on the web, but due to restriction in viewing on the said site I have decided to post up an edited version on here and update when appropriate.
Way back in April 2007 I could smell antifreeze . Looked under the hood and no leak, checked the carpet and Oh Dear, it is a little soggy.
Out comes the centre consul and I find the heater valve is Kaput and the matrix looks a bit ropey.
An hour and a half and not too mention a few choice words the dashboard is out. To my horror the scuttle is showing signs of rust. Upon removing the vent under the wiper I find that a blob of filler has been pushed in to a place where there once was a rusty hole.
Some pics of what I found...
I dug deeper...
Get the picture?
So, After a couple of weeks of scraping and generally F***ing about today I did it....
Decided on a full strip down to bare metal and do it properly.
I found rust in places that is impossible to treat properly, with confidence that it will not rear it's head again. I've already drilled out spot welds and split seams to get to rust and in some of the areas I've found would impractical to do the same.
So I set about stripping it all down.
And refurbing averything...
Sent the shell away to Surface Processing Ltd...
Picked it up...
Inspected it...
And delivered it to a classic car restorer for the panel work...
The shell then went back to SPL for e coating and was delivered back to me primed...
Whilst waiting for the painters to get their shit together with the shell, I got beavering away on the suspension...
After scotching all of the shell=lots...
Started with sealing the seams...
and undersealing...
All in all, about 15kgs of this stuff...
Uderside and engine bay painted and suspension bits being fitted...
Back on it's wheels for exterior painting...
Painted...
And that is where we are at the moment. This has taken 2yrs (ha ha) so far, mainly due to work commitments (i was away from home for 9 months) and the painters wasting 5 months of my time. I'm off away working again soon, so it will be on hold for another 2 months or so.
Again, this is an edited versionof a thread running elsewhere, there is so much more to tell and I will add some meat to the bone soon.
Steve
Way back in April 2007 I could smell antifreeze . Looked under the hood and no leak, checked the carpet and Oh Dear, it is a little soggy.
Out comes the centre consul and I find the heater valve is Kaput and the matrix looks a bit ropey.
An hour and a half and not too mention a few choice words the dashboard is out. To my horror the scuttle is showing signs of rust. Upon removing the vent under the wiper I find that a blob of filler has been pushed in to a place where there once was a rusty hole.
Some pics of what I found...
I dug deeper...
Get the picture?
So, After a couple of weeks of scraping and generally F***ing about today I did it....
Decided on a full strip down to bare metal and do it properly.
I found rust in places that is impossible to treat properly, with confidence that it will not rear it's head again. I've already drilled out spot welds and split seams to get to rust and in some of the areas I've found would impractical to do the same.
So I set about stripping it all down.
And refurbing averything...
Sent the shell away to Surface Processing Ltd...
Picked it up...
Inspected it...
And delivered it to a classic car restorer for the panel work...
The shell then went back to SPL for e coating and was delivered back to me primed...
Whilst waiting for the painters to get their shit together with the shell, I got beavering away on the suspension...
After scotching all of the shell=lots...
Started with sealing the seams...
and undersealing...
All in all, about 15kgs of this stuff...
Uderside and engine bay painted and suspension bits being fitted...
Back on it's wheels for exterior painting...
Painted...
And that is where we are at the moment. This has taken 2yrs (ha ha) so far, mainly due to work commitments (i was away from home for 9 months) and the painters wasting 5 months of my time. I'm off away working again soon, so it will be on hold for another 2 months or so.
Again, this is an edited versionof a thread running elsewhere, there is so much more to tell and I will add some meat to the bone soon.
Steve
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