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I haven't even driven the car since the last repair, and the door shut just wasn't cutting it. I attached the new panel and it was 2 to 3 mm out. Every time I looked at it, I knew I had to do something about it.
That involved removing all the spotwelds again, and pulling the panel and rewelding. Of course it never goes like that. I started using my crap SIP welder (I found out stands for "Shit! It's Poo!") which immediately blew a great big funking hole in an edge which is going to be a bastard to repair.
 
Here is my ghetto panel puller.
 

 
After no success welding something onto the body I had to drill into the panel and attach a slide hammer to it. It's not pretty!
 

 
This is nearly my original shutline which would get me a job in Austin Rover Pressed Steel factory in the 70's.
 

 
This is a two person job, one person to pull the stick wedged in a wheel with the door shut to line it up, and then the other to open the door and weld it on. Fortunately I stand on the wheel with my cock 'n' bawls straddling the slide hammer, pulling it out with my back, while doing the work of three hands with my two.
 

 
I devised a plan to mount a handle onto the wall, and then use a ratchet strap to pull my puller and then do it easily, but my straps have gone missing. BAWLS

Permission to make a K-Series joke please?

That's cracking work, looks like new. Fantastic job.

You done really well there! Very impressive for a home repairer.

Wow, just caught up with this thread, I think you're mad, drifty, lucky, brave and I'm totally in awe of your skillz. Hope the car rewards you with long term fun.

On Sam Glover's epic Fiat 133
 

​In response to Wilson's Peugeot 106 thread
 
 
 
 
It just doesn't get better than that.

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In my opinion RobT has short changed you and failed to show you the best bit of his Metro!

Yes but think positive - you could turn the engine over off the wiper arm.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

i HAVE ORIGINAL RADIOS IN BOTH MY 88 AND 95 XJS, WILL TAKE PICS...BOTH ARE UTTERLY SHIT

Last night I returned from walking the dog to find an Oporto red series 1 SD1 with gold velour, lattice alloys and clear front indicators sat on the drive and a bright fuck off yellow fixed-roof TR7 parked next to it.  Mike had bought the TR7  while I was walking the dog and had painted the minilites black so I wouldn't notice them, it didn't work.   The TR7 had the black Triumph laurel on the bonnet.
 
When I woke my first thought was how strange I should dream about having a drive when we don't have one.  Then I questioned myself for questioning that.  Then I was sad because I don't have a TR7 or an SD1.

Had a terrible dream last night. Someone on here managed to talk me into buying a manual Merc 300TE wagon in burgundy over grey with mushroom coloured leather. I couldn't get comfortable in it because the seat runners were mounted at a 45 degree angle towards the tailgate but I persisted in driving it with my head out the sunroof. I parked it in my back garden (novel considering I can't access the garden except through the house IRL) and went in the house, then remembered I needed to urgently buy feed for my caterpillar who was very hungry. I nipped out into the back garden and tried to start the Merc but it burst into flames. I left it ablaze in the garden and walked to the shops via the local Volvo dealer when I was most excited by the new Volvo 365GLS estate.

I had a dream that I owned a Ford Escort. Woke up this morning and the nightmare was true.

When I bought mine, the seller said 'has VW engine' even though it had Skoda cast into it. And he advertised it as a 'Skida Fellatio'.
I remember the heater was HOT in these.
Thermostat housing breaks, speedo stops working, and pushrod engine (if it's 1.3) needs valve clearances doing a lot, but they're phenomenally reliable. Rear seats come out completely, loads of space in the back.

When I bought mine, the seller said 'has VW engine' even though it had Skoda cast into it. And he advertised it as a 'Skida Fellatio'.
I remember the heater was HOT in these.
Thermostat housing breaks, speedo stops working, and pushrod engine (if it's 1.3) needs valve clearances doing a lot, but they're phenomenally reliable. Rear seats come out completely, loads of space in the back.

When I bought mine, the seller said 'has VW engine' even though it had Skoda cast into it. And he advertised it as a 'Skida Fellatio'.
I remember the heater was HOT in these.
Thermostat housing breaks, speedo stops working, and pushrod engine (if it's 1.3) needs valve clearances doing a lot, but they're phenomenally reliable. Rear seats come out completely, loads of space in the back.

When I bought mine, the seller said 'has VW engine' even though it had Skoda cast into it. And he advertised it as a 'Skida Fellatio'.
I remember the heater was HOT in these.
Thermostat housing breaks, speedo stops working, and pushrod engine (if it's 1.3) needs valve clearances doing a lot, but they're phenomenally reliable. Rear seats come out completely, loads of space in the back.