A Racing Certainty...

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A Racing Certainty...

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Have done lots of repairs to the hinge supports in the past but never one as bad as this...
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Made a new panel...
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Got a bit more done on the A post repair. Most of the panels made now, just got the transition panels that link them to the sills to finish.


A step closer... :thumbs:
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I dont know how you manage to get it aligned Neil? Thats bear country!

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I often wonder myself... :whistle:

Seriously, these parts were all made with patterns and templates taken from and with reference to a new/old stock panel that I've nursed for the last 35 years. There's little difference fitting these to fitting an original panel on a crashed vehicle except that I know that the sound metal I've cut back to is all in the right place... :thumbs:
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What do you treat your metalwork with, Neil? Dinitrol or something else?
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The seams are all sprayed with zinc rich weld through primer before assembly. This one will be going for blasting when its welding is complete so not too much of a problem at the moment. I tend to favour a 2 pack epoxy primer but don't do spraying myself so leave that to the painters...
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Looked in good nick to me Neil, you are doing a brilliant job with the panels ,I should of paid for you to have come over and done mine, looks the way mine has slowed down it might go into year 4,keep up the good work ,absolutely great viewing. :cheers: Eddie.
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i am wondering what this model is, maybe something special :study:
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They are all special, Nick... :thumbs:
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A40FARINAGURU wrote:i am wondering what this model is, maybe something special :study:
My guess is in the title of this thread :whistle:
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Neil Evans wrote:They are all special, Nick... :thumbs:
they certainly are & one thing is the memories last forever, dark Winter nights over the Mountain Road from Rhayader to Pontrydygroes via Cwmystwyth with not another lot of headlamps in sight
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Neil Evans wrote:They are all special, Nick... :thumbs:
You're just trying to make us old timers feel guilty about the cars we scrapped... :(
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And that just reinforces the feeling, Richard !
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earthhist wrote:
You're just trying to make us old timers feel guilty about the cars we scrapped... :(
Not at all, Richard. I love doing what I do and hope that by posting my efforts it might encourage and inspire others to have a go as well. Besides I dare bet that, over the last 45 years I've scrapped more Baby Austins than anyone on here...

The latest progress...

I've got the new panel welded in and the top hinge support bracket in place. I decided that before the bottom hinge supports go in the rotten door needed repairing.
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The door frame was rotten as well as the outer skin so new metal was let in as necessary...

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The front end needs what's pretty much standard work on every car now, the new valance, radiator support panel and repairs to the flitch panels...


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You putting an air intake on that front panel Neil?
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Wait and see... :rol:
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