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meshking Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 Not too much activity, although I've done a bit of prodding followed by a lot of sweeping up the rust that falls off! Couple of bits of French repair found, nice bit of riveting: And a fist sized lump of filler where the toeboard should be. I've braced the shell now, so I can start to work methodically. Most likely will be that I need to weld exactly where the bracing is... rob88h, RayMK, Dyslexic Viking and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 Managed to grab a couple of hours on the car today. Unfortunately it's about 40 degrees in the garage as it has a metal roof. Should get round to some insulation some day. Anyway - what did I get up to? @Skizzerput me onto, beside his own awesome YouTube channel, "make it kustom" created by a Canadian who shows how to fix and make panels without a complete workshop of tools. Much more up my alley. So, inspired to bash some metal, I worked out that I should be fixing this section first: Bit of cad Bit of reuse of offcuts from the steels used in my house extension Leaves us here Happy with that for a first attempt. Might try and put a bead in the middle for a bit of strength. RobT, 500tops, Stinkwheel and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Steels re-use admirable! I have a couple of bits of retired railway which have a similar second life... 👍 mk2_craig, Stinkwheel and meshking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Fitzee's Fabrication is another good cannel. All about fabrications and repairs using basic tools. chaseracer and meshking 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 Think I've found a good candidate for my garage: I've spent a bit more time, having realised that the part I was working on above eventually comes down to the sill. So... Better chop out the old sill and floor Trial fit sill and floor shedenvy, Six-cylinder, Scruffy Bodger and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Good work, that really is as rusty as Ami's always appear to be. At least i dont feel bad for selling you this rusty citroen. Makes you realise just how bonkers citroens manufacturing was for creating rust traps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 She's a rusty one, I have picked the worst side to start with. I'm also now experiencing the pain many others do, where repair panels simply don't exist. Nevermind, it's all character building... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, meshking said: She's a rusty one, I have picked the worst side to start with. I'm also now experiencing the pain many others do, where repair panels simply don't exist. Nevermind, it's all character building... Thats the spirit, look forward to seeing the progress as always meshking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 Managed to spend a couple of hours today - located the sill and welded it so I can start to mark up where the seatbelt strengthener will fit. It's quite reassuring to see the strength returning to the shell. I was more surprised than anyone that the floor dropped in. Need to buy some paint to cover the underside before I weld it in. Joey spud, LightBulbFun, 500tops and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 Had a few moments to spend on this today - the difficult bit is making sure the seatbelt aligns, and then drilling/reinforcing/welding captive nuts inside the sill before the floor closes off the sill. All needs to align as : Marked and drilled 12mm holes Bolt up the vertical plane then refit the floor WIN! Now to weld it in... adw1977, Scruffy Bodger, drewd and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 Welded the floor in, but not before adding a strengthening plate behind the seatbelt mount. That was quite laborious. Let's hope the other side is better. Oh Oh Think I'll step back for a while to plan the next move. Joey spud, grizgut, Coprolalia and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Top work, tho meshking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob88h Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 09/09/2018 at 20:32, brownnova said: Some form of 2CV is high on mine and the gf’s want list! Foreshadowing 🤣. Don’t you four now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, rob88h said: Foreshadowing 🤣. Don’t you four now? 😂😂😂 Yep… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 You got me wondering earlier today. This is, I think, my eighth Citroen a series. But I've never been mad enough to own more than two at once. Progress has been slow on this - it was never going to be speedy, but it ground to a halt as my work life took a step up. In any case, both sills are now replaced, with the floor fitted but not welded in on the nearside now. With that done, I wondered what to do with the toeboard and what was actually supporting the front of the car. I chopped out the rust and lined up the repair panel I was quite amazed that it all lined up. The floor aligned on both sides but there's a jacking panel that needs to be fitted to the end of the outer panel seen here. That's a panel that isn't available, but an ami8 was available. So ordered up the four jacking points (which will never be used!) and set about trying to fit something that shouldn't fit. This is old Vs new: I was rather amazed to discover that it fitted! Last check to ensure the rear jacking point fits . I'm calling that a win. 500tops, Six-cylinder, RayMK and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Excellent work as always. What really amazes me these days is, having done small A series Citroens for so many years, is that now so much panel work is available. It used to be literally nothing for 2CV's/Dyanes or Ami's back in the day, now you can get 'almost' everything. It is a very good thing. Especially for jobs like the Acadiane and Ami you have done on this thread. meshking and chaseracer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 Agreed. @Skizzer has been rather jealous about the panel availability here compared to his fine collection. It does mean my panel creation skills are not being refined though. That said, I'm carefully not looking at the a post repairs just yet. Skizzer and Stinkwheel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Progress looks great, and your upsidedown welding skills look very tidy compared to mine! meshking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 I came in here for the Ami capers but got dreadful flashbacks instead. Thanks a lot meshking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 On 24/10/2023 at 08:55, meshking said: Agreed. @Skizzer has been rather jealous about the panel availability here compared to his fine collection. It does mean my panel creation skills are not being refined though. That said, I'm carefully not looking at the a post repairs just yet. I'm just jealous full stop. Excellent work and such rapid progress! meshking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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