Archive: Body

Been busy…

Tagged: Assembly, Body, Rear end
21st December 2008
Haven’t had much too much time for the car in the last couple of months… But a fair bit has been done. The trunk pan is in, the right hand shock mount, trunk extension and trunk filler panels have all been put in, and so has the inner and outer wheelhouses.     There is still a load of spot (plug with my MIG) welds to do and also some…
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Car is back… !!

Tagged: Body
23rd October 2008
The car was delivered back to me early this evening, looking decidedly better.   So, after sandblasting and priming, this is what the body now looks like:   Inside:   Dash, roof and the see-through rear end:   The underside:   Hood, boot and cowl:   Overall, I’m pretty pleased with the results of the sandblasting, certainly a lot easier to work with now, and nicer to look at. There…
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Car is gone…

Tagged: Body
22nd October 2008
The car was picked up last night (Tuesday) and taken to the shotblasters. They should be working on it today (Wednesday) and deliver it back tomorrow (Thursday). Quite exciting.   Though it is a little sad to see the empty spot on the driveway:…
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More AutoTwirlin’ fun.

Tagged: AutoTwirler, Body
18th October 2008
Rotating the body 90 degrees made me realise the body on the AutoTwirler was acting more like a pendulum than a rotisserie – in that it didn’t want to rotate through many degrees with ease. This meant the center of gravity of the body shell was not aligned with the pivot point of the AutoTwirler. Today I corrected this by raising the body about a foot higher than previously… now…
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AutoTwirler in action.

Tagged: AutoTwirler, Body
16th October 2008
Not much work is being done to the car lately… Anyway, today I rotated the body shell 90 degrees just for the sake of it…     Hopefully now I can arrange an appointment with the shot-blasters and by the end of the month, or sooner, the body will all be clean metal and paint-primed… ready to start some actual repair work, instead of just pulling/cutting everything off the car.…
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Et voila…

Tagged: AutoTwirler, Body
8th October 2008
The adapter brackets for the AutoTwirler finally arrived (last week) and today was nice out, so, I got round to mounting the body. Took a while but got it done… First, I had to roughly set up the AutoTwirler with the two ends at the the front and back of the car with the middle bar connecting the two whilst the body was still on blocks. Then, using a mix…
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More trunk bracing.

Tagged: Body, Preparation
12th September 2008
In preparation for mounting on the recently purchased AutoTwirler (still waiting on the leaf spring mount brackets) I’ve braced the rear end. This (paired with the prior support braces) should stop any corkscrew-ing or sagging when the car is rotated. Once mounted, it is off to the ‘blasters for cleaning, then when it gets back it’ll be time for putting together the new arse-end of the car. For this, this…
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Assembling the AutoTwirler.

Tagged: AutoTwirler, Body
4th September 2008
The AutoTwirler (car rotisserie) arrived (rusty). There’s not much to assembly…   You get two of these ends. Three wheels for each. The wheels are on plates that slot into a seat, then a single bolt holds them in.   These three bars are to tie the two ends together. They come packaged inside the swinging t-bars.   Now it’s assembled I can see that I’m gonna have to either…
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Cut up the door skins.

Tagged: Body, Disassembly
1st September 2008
In preparation for the blast cleaning, I cut out a large section of the door skin, to expose the hidden side of the interior door wall. I’m trying to maximize what needs cleaning gets blasted, and minimize what doesn’t (as in what needs to replaced for sure).   Before / after of the right hand door:   …and the other side:   Not much left of the car now…  …
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Some more cutting.

Tagged: Body, Disassembly
28th August 2008
Decided to cut away the strip of the boot pan I had previously left on top of the box section. I would not be able to weld to it, like I had originally planned, it is of too bad a condition. I had concerns about it providing structure to the box section, but now think it is strong enough and is supported at either end to under the body and…
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Something’s missing…

Tagged: Body, Disassembly
26th August 2008
Cut out the trunk pan. Before:   The cut out trunk pan: Note the the upper corners. I had to cut slightly differently than what I planned, as underneath there is part of another panel that overlaps right in the corner, so I had to avoid cutting this.   To maintain structural integrity, a strip of the trunk pan which is spot-welded on top of the box section was not…
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