D Spares & Tyres Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 There is mention of this somewhere but I can't find it so thought it could use its own thread. Its not really shite but although I am fixing it up, it is definitely not a restoration,just getting it back in the road in a useable condition. Lots of welding needed but no bodges, I don't want the rust coming straight through. Bought by me around four years ago, I parked it outside for two years and bought it home after that to start work on it but it got ignored for a year or so. It started life in burgundy but I decided to paint the lower half white or cream to brighten it up.I can only work on one side at a time due to the size of my garage but that's fine with me, I have been doing one panel at a time to help with moral. If I stripped the whole thing down it would look too daunting.So I painted the front wing after many hours welding it. Virtually remanufactured the drivers side front panel but winter came before I could paint it so I decided it was time to turn the car around and start welding the other side... Painted it black just to keep the damp out.You may notice the side is white but the wing is cream. I'm just experimenting with colours and will paint it all again next yearBack in the garage now, it makes a change to see it this way round although it does look sorry for itselfMy little lad has renamed it the Holesley for obvious reasons... Heidel_Kakao, Bobthebeard, Sudsprint and 40 others 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Good work. I like these with two-tone paint D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Some welding pictures. I tend not to take photos as I'm going along, but here's a few of some rot and some repairsAnnoying having to cut away decent metal to get to rot but this was the best way to get to the rotten chassisNo idea if you can buy replacement arches but its as easy to make my own and far more cost effective! Sealed them with some fibreglass filler. It can be painted as soon as it gets warm again in the spring. Until then it can look bodged, but I know the truth. Done loads if welding underneath but you don't need to see all that. Will have a go at the sill end next... theshadow, M'coli, Saabnut and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Lots of good work, I know these rot for fun, Fisholow bodies a byword for rust! Will be following this with interest, it's a worthwhile project. D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zantimisfit Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Nice find. Look forward to more photos as you go D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 More restorations should aim for just 'getting it back on the road!' Good luck with it. I've always found these rather charming. Go well in Riley tune too... chaseracer, D Spares & Tyres, fordperv and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I've raced few of these in my time............Sorry. AMC Rebel, The Reverend Bluejeans, D Spares & Tyres and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Excellent stuff, Mr D. Putting something like this back on the road inevitably hides the amount of work involved. Well worthwhile. D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Two-tone burgundy 1500 you say? Here's one I did earlier. Fortunately I didn't have any welding to do. Vince70, Sudsprint, Junkman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Not shite? Don’t be silly. AMC Rebel, mercedade and D Spares & Tyres 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Splendid work and the best approach to a home restoration I'm sure. My first few months of (learner) driving was in a burgundy one. (Actually a Riley - running on 3 cylinders only) D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 What a lovely old car. D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 More restorations should aim for just 'getting it back on the road!' Good luck with it. I've always found these rather charming. Go well in Riley tune too......and from the stories I've heard of the BSCC in the 60s, the "works" Riley 1.5 engines may have been more like 1.8... chaseracer and D Spares & Tyres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Opened the front garage door to find the Wolseley looking a bit shifty. What is it up to? No wonder it looks so rough.... Turns out to be filler dust that had collected in the bumper over rider. The bungy has slipped and all the suspicious looking white powder has fallen on the floor in a neat little pile... More updates later, I'm going to try to finish the n/s/r corner of the car today and put the back end back on wheels mercrocker, wuvvum, catsinthewelder and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 That must be why the later ones have bigger nostrils.... Junkman, binhoker668, LC Torana and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Yeah yeah, filler dust. Right.... I missed this thread until now, great little cars these. Brilliant work your doing. I like the two tone paint too, really suits it. D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Good work. I like these with two-tone paint There's nothing wrong with two tone paint as long as both colours are the same shade of beige. chaseracer and D Spares & Tyres 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Today I started with the rot on the end if the sill, it wasn't that bad. Its on its original sills. Well mostlyCut a bit of old washing machine to fitThat'll do. I'll paint it then fill and paint properly next yearTime to move onto other areasYep that's a bit past its best, Every time I measure and cut a plate it ends up wrong so I put the remains on the new metal and spray over it with an aerosol, then I know approximately where to cutGood enough for me apart from one bit that looked solid but was too thin to world properly so had to cut an extra small plateFound some filler that was put in the floor years before I had it. This bodge lasted quite well! I strangely enjoy finding ancient bodgesThat's it for today. I'll do a couple more hours on it tomorrow. Heidel_Kakao, Conrad D. Conelrad, johngarty and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 How do you find using old washing machines compared to some fresh zintec sheet. I have heard washing machine steel is galvanized which is good for rust protection but not so conducive to being welded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 I've raced few of these in my time............Sorry.I've raced a Cortina, Escort, Capri, Triumph Acclaim, Maestro, Civic, Lada Riva. They were all worthless old cars at the time, although the Cortina was too good to race really and just on the verge of being a classic. Had far more fun racing that than restoring the Wolseley though! That was years ago. This is my penance I suppose danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Lots of good work, I know these rot for fun, Fisholow bodies a byword for rust! Will be following this with interest, it's a worthwhile project.My Pennant was built by Fishalow too. No rot on that. ☺ mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 More restorations should aim for just 'getting it back on the road!' Good luck with it. I've always found these rather charming. Go well in Riley tune too...Excellent stuff, Mr D. Putting something like this back on the road inevitably hides the amount of work involved. Well worthwhile.Hours and hours of graft that doesn't really show! Some of the work I have done looks a little shoddy. For instance the rotten floorpans have been replaced with flat steel rather than the fluted originals to save money and time. I've hammered ridges in for strength though but if you look underneath its really obvious where I've skimped. If I was after perfection though, it would never get done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 How do you find using old washing machines compared to some fresh zintec sheet. I have heard washing machine steel is galvanized which is good for rust protection but not so conducive to being welded.I just use the sides which are powder coated I think. Or just whatever steel I can find. I'm out of washing machine so an Audi A3 bonnet is next in line to get butchered Heidel_Kakao, mercrocker, loserone and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Every time I measure and cut a plate it ends up wrong so I put the remains on the new metal and spray over it with an aerosol, then I know approximately where to cutI take it you don't make cornflake-packet or similar cardboard templates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Great work - I shudder to think of the underneath TBH. Another on my 'lovely old English cars' that I've shied away from due to a. the crap I've already got and b. they apparently rust even more than my exhibits a.!!!!Two tone would really suit this......Crack on good sir........ D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 I take it you don't make cornflake-packet or similar cardboard templates?Yes, sometimes. It depends on how much of the original shape is left or how good the job needs to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Great work - I shudder to think of the underneath TBHIts not as bad as it could be. Although today I have found rot in one of the main chassis rails that run most of the length of the car. It is rotten by the gearbox cross member. There is an lazy part of me that just wants to patch it up and weld the chassis to the crossmember but I must resist the demons from my past... Tomorrow I shall try to remove the crossmember without snapping all the bolts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 I reckon the exhaust may have been repaired before Didn't get much done today. Ran out of gas so had to drive to Dudley to get some more theshadow, johngarty, Squire_Dawson and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Today's work: Made up the main chassis rail. The bottom section was rotten as was the lower inch of the sides. I enjoy welding steel of this thickness, its much more pleasant than welding thin body panels. No washing machines were harmed today, I got some thick steel offcuts from my local fabricator Looks better with paint. I didn't tidy up the welds with the linisher, it was getting a bit late for making a racket. I have to cut away more good steel tomorrow from inside the car to access the top of the crossmember bolts and weld them in place. danthecapriman, johngarty, Squire_Dawson and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshadow Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 great work,i use the florescent lighting metal when needs must,,,, D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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