GingerNuttz

23 minutes ago, Back_For_More said:

Now THAT'S a Rover we can associate with.... My P6 is just as bad if not worse. 

Who are you using for panels? What's the fit like? 

I make the panels myself out of 1.2mm steel.

Sill over a sill. 

Floor half welded in before I ran outta gas. 

Just now, SiC said:

I've not touched or done anything on it for over a year. It's going up to storage and stashed away for a while. Frees up garage room for my BGT/Spitfire to be rotated around with storage and I need to get my MG Midget finished. 

Life is too damn busy. 

Didn't know you had a Spitfire either, I really need to catch up on some of the threads this weekend.

I've found my mojo again past couple of weeks after going through a bit of mad depression plus the new meds they've got me on for epilepsy are like speed 🤣 

22 minutes ago, SiC said:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who buys a shiny classic and find out it's not after a few judicial prods!

If you enjoyed doing that with the P5, there is always my Dolomite Sprint that needs finishing 😁

Haven't you finished it yet ?

I've not browsed the forum much over the past little while with all the shit I've had going on 😂

1 hour ago, cort1977 said:

Is that the P5?  Looked so solid as well.

Aye it's the P5. 

It deffo looked more solid when I glanced at it the other day but the pointy hammer soon ruined that  🤣

17 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That whole floor looks buggered does it not?

It's alright behind the white chalk line according to the pointy hammer 😂

The underfelt stuff on the carpet has been holding water so the floor is all surface rust, will know more once I hit it with the grinder. 

Holes......

Pillar is fine so that's a win 🤣

3 hours ago, Saabnut said:

This makes me nervous.....

At least the other side has a pillar......

Fair play that pillar has a big hole in it and the sill looks made of cheese but it's still a win over the passenger side 🤣

19 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

There wasn't much left of that! Looks great now though.

Hopefully the other side isn't as bad 🤣

Old pillar 

New pillar 

Just need to bodywork the pillar and get it ready for painting.

Just now, Split_Pin said:

Is that last pic how soft it is or how deep the filler is? 

1" deep with filler for a plate with 5 tacks around it on the main jacking point 😂

They knocked the plate in tho then plastered it instead of just welding it all the way around, it would have taken longer to do that than it did to repair it right this morning.

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

Gulp!  

Not as bad as it looks, just someone has filled a tacked on plate over with an inch of filler instead of just knocking it out from the inside.

Still needs a final polish when fully cured but it came up no bad with a gentle buff.

Would have been ready yesterday if I hadn't used slow hardener 🤣 

Van done. 

Polish it tomorrow then Rover p5b a pillar and sill on Thursday. 

Your mask is in the garage hanging up btw, I forgot to put it in the Dolly 🤣

14 minutes ago, dome said:

I'd remove it. You never know what might be hiding underneath.

Ask me how I know😳

Ace purchase by the way, I can haz a jelos

Onward.

Manta and Rover now then I can have a break to sort myself out a bit 😂

Done.

Couple more to do them I'm packing it in.

Leaving in a couple of days. 

Got rid of the wife easier than the Clio 😂

20 hours ago, hairnet said:

@GingerNuttz do ya fancy a holiday

 

After these ones I have on I'm taking a long holiday 😂

I had a good one earlier in the week.

Tack welded arch repair panel but at the rubber side strip they just stopped welding the 5mm gap they somehow cut and fiber glassed it 🤣

Soon as I tapped it the whole thing cracked right up to the rubber

1 minute ago, sdkrc said:

Nah, 'tis JHJ

 

 

@GingerNuttzOn the topic of welding PTSD, I thought you'd enjoy what a mate uncovered in his recently purchased mx-5. Sill plates had been hot glued down over this. 

 

Seller said the the floors were perfect. This is after brushing them down. Underside appears to have been undersealed dirt-and-all 

That sill is just pure laziness and the fitter should be ashamed  😂

37 minutes ago, SiC said:

Is that inbound to @GingerNuttz soon? 

There's the old cam out your other engine laying in the garage btw, I won't use it for anything.