Archive: July 2009

♫ Back On The Floor Again

Well OK it’s still not on 4 wheels… but it’s getting there. I got the body off the AutoTwirler and back on to the rebuilt front subframe    
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Undersealed

All the welds and joins have been sealed with a brush-on sealer. I started off neat, but ended up just lathering it on.     Then I used Dinitrol 4941 underseal applied with a shutz gun. I’ve just done the one thick coat.   Tomorrow I’ll give the coating a look-over once it’s dry and hopefully (if everything is fine) mount the body back to the rear axle and subframe.…
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Finally… an update!

So, where the car stands… 2 noise complaints from the council down the line, all the grinding of welds is done. The body and panels have been shotblasted again and not by a cowboy with an air compressor and a bucket of sand, this time hopefully by a professional. Everything is primered in Eastwood epoxy.   Before:   During:   Now:   The subframe has been fully rebuilt with new…
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