Project The Austin 2dr 1100 story - Part IV - Now in sharleys hands

[vulgalour]

Printer paper works quite well.  If it's being too floppy, double it up.  If it's still too floppy, cut strips of cereal box to strengthen it.  Whatever you do, don't spend money!  I never looked under the parcel shelf, never got that far.

[JeeExEll]

Recycle cardboard packaging - packaging for tvs, kitchen units, etc.

Skips & wheelybins are full of it. Supermarkets, Halfords, anywhere . .

[SiC]

Most of the cardboard I can find is thick brown box cardboard. Even the single wall stuff is a pain to shape into complex shapes. I've scavanged a few thinner boxes from the bins at work, but not that big.

[Mally]

Wallpaper, the thick lining stuff.

[SiC]

Wallpaper, the thick lining stuff.

Excellent idea! Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for having it on a roll.

 

Makes for good paper mache base for structural sill repairs too?

[Tickman]

The really thick lining paper from B&Q is quite strong and certainly long enough.

 

Edit

I left the tab open before all that was posted!

[Guest Hooli]

. Just the trip counter won't be easily possible to reset unless hand up the dash (not the end of the world).

 

My 1500 Midget had a cable for that so the knob was at the bottom of the dash.

[Mally]

Excellent idea! Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for having it on a roll.

 

Makes for good paper mache base for structural sill repairs too?

 

Just screw it in a ball and stuff it under the MG wing.

[SiC]

Just screw it in a ball, soak it with petrol and stuff it under the MG wing. Then light it.

FTFY

[DodgeRover]

Stop worrying about the speedo and put that welder to use, I want to see how it handles not so new steel.

[Cardinal Wolseley]

What a splendid thread allow me to bless further doings with some of my "holey" water.

 

Excuse my impertinence but the finest 1100 variant is obviously this one:

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

Stop worrying about the speedo and put that welder to use drive the feckin MG, I want to see how it handles not so new steel.

 

 

FIFY

[SiC]

Started making templates for the drivers foot well tonight. Turns out it's way harder than it looks! Especially trying to do a big area. Here are the remnants of my attempts...

 

I'm going to give up on that big section for now. I'll possibly try and rope Mrs SiC into it as she's much better doing that sort of thing

 

Instead I started straightening out the footwell that Vulgs provided with the car. It's actually for a mini, so the shape isn't right and will need working into vaguely ado16 shape. I believe Mike did a quick bend into a shape roughly to stop the local cats setting up home in the car.

 

Next I decided to start shaping a patch for under the middle support beam. I was going to do this as one piece with the floor, I'll split it into a seperate sections. So I made a cardboard template and transferred it to metal. Then cutout using an electric Jigsaw, while putting oil on the metal to give the blade a bit of a chance.

 

The only bit of shaping I needed to do was a bend. Turns out to be quite difficult without a sheet metal bender! My best attempt was using my cheaper knockoff workmate and hammers.

 

It's roughly right.

 

A sheet metal bender I think will need to be on the buy list soon. Unfortunately it'll have to wait and I'll make do without for now, as the Jag has eaten up any car budget for next month too.

 

Will need some extra fettling to make it fit better. The long metal edge isn't very straight, so I'll give it a tickle with a grinding disc before welding into place.

[vulgalour]

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[cort16]

Something that’s worked for me previous is to cut the new metal oversized. Self tap screw the metal over the hole then cut the new metal at the same time you’re cutting out the rot . This way the patch panel is the same size as the hole it left behind . No cornflakes packets you can just weld the patch straight in.

[vulgalour]

Restodan does a bit of that over in Americaland.  In fact, check out Restodan on Youtube, he's got some top notch backyard bodywork repair stuff with limited tools and ingenuity going on.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNknbpUVMREpa-e396YkKkQ

[320touring]

Good to see this being put to the torch:)

 

Good luck!

[Guest Hooli]

Buy a length of angle iron & clamp that into the workmate on the side you're bending the metal too. That'll give you a cleaner bend.

[SiC]

Threw a few tacks in on this piece I cut out. Nothing too exciting really today. Also did a bit more trimming on the piece too.

 

 

I'd liked to have got it fully welded but I couldn't be bothered to get the welding curtain out as it was getting late. Not least it was blowing a gale so likely to either blow over or blow the shielding gas away. Plus I'd need to jack it up as I won't be able to fully weld round without doing so.

 

I tried shaping the metal with hammers to try and get it mostly flat all the way around. All this managed was to break a few of the tacks! I'll get on with sorting it properly another day soon.

 

As I had a bit of daylight spare, I had a go attacking the bulkhead with the flap disc.

 

Unfortunately not all the welds have fully joined the two bits together. So I'll need to clean it up and have another go myself.

[barrett]

Hey, is that the first bit of new metal going in since you've owned the car? That's something to celebrate man, even if it's only partially tacked in! Good work!

[320touring]

Aye, first metal going in is always a relief!

 

Congratulations

[SiC]

It is! I've found shaping metal to be a right pain in the arse job. Makes me realise how great triple-rich and co. skills are in bodywork.

[320touring]

It is! I've found shaping metal to be a right pain in the arse job. Makes me realise how great triple-rich and co. skills are in bodywork.

Yep, I substituted skill for a larger hammer.

 

People who do bodywork professionally have a helluva lot of skill, and engineering knowledge re shapes/structure.

 

Deffo an art

[captain_70s]

Yep, I substituted skill for a larger hammer.

 

People who do bodywork professionally have a helluva lot of skill, and engineering knowledge re shapes/structure.

 

Deffo an art

 

All of the welding on the Acclaim was achieved by tacking the repair plate along one edge and then battering it into the vague shape/position it needed to be with a hammer before welding the rest of it in place...

[SiC]

All of the welding on the Acclaim was achieved by tacking the repair plate along one edge and then battering it into the vague shape/position it needed to be with a hammer before welding the rest of it in place...

This is something I had considered. Probably what will be happening on some bits.

[Anglevan]

All credit to you breaking your restoration duck on an 1100/1300. My very first car was a Harvest gold 1300. I was only 16 at the time and to this day i regret scrapping it as looking back it wasnt that bad. Was a few years ago now. My only tip would be to get some weld through primer as you'll soon be redoing your work. And just get stuck in, there may be some 'you dont want to do it like that' but its your car, you're trying to save it while learning new skills. Just do your best and make sure you have all the h&s equipment especially when you start grinding away. Good luck

[sharley17194]

I have a bulkhead sat on my back that has this panel, might be easier than trying to make a repair patch?

 

Threw a few tacks in on this piece I cut out. Nothing too exciting really today. Also did a bit more trimming on the piece too.




I'd liked to have got it fully welded but I couldn't be bothered to get the welding curtain out as it was getting late. Not least it was blowing a gale so likely to either blow over or blow the shielding gas away. Plus I'd need to jack it up as I won't be able to fully weld round without doing so.

I tried shaping the metal with hammers to try and get it mostly flat all the way around. All this managed was to break a few of the tacks! I'll get on with sorting it properly another day soon.

As I had a bit of daylight spare, I had a go attacking the bulkhead with the flap disc.


Unfortunately not all the welds have fully joined the two bits together. So I'll need to clean it up and have another go myself.

[vulgalour]

Hooray!  Shiny metal.  Welding.  Optimism.  Offers of useful repair pieces.  This is all going swimmingly.

[SiC]

Thoughts?

 

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Enough penetration?

[Guest Hooli]

Looks like my welding, which I'd assume is a bad thing.