SiC Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Just curious, what's the lump of foam insulation used for? Knee rest or catch falling parts?
Andyrew Posted April 4 Author Posted April 4 12 minutes ago, SiC said: Just curious, what's the lump of foam insulation used for? Knee rest or catch falling parts? Knee rest, Old offcut out of a skip. Cut it into 5 can stack them up and sit on them too. SiC 1
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 07:09 Author Posted Tuesday at 07:09 It's collection time, but not for me. Somethings incoming to get the final little tasks done so it can hit the road and head to the land of square sausage. mk2_craig, loserone, mercedade and 8 others 10 1
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 07:28 Author Posted Tuesday at 07:28 Astra the weapon of choice. Tickling the miles up nice now. Tickman, Dyslexic Viking, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 08:03 Author Posted Tuesday at 08:03 Shite Ron, dome, SiC and 14 others 15 1 1
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 08:12 Author Posted Tuesday at 08:12 @juular had warned the glowplug relay was dead. So brought along a spare one dome, Lacquer Peel, Supernaut and 11 others 6 1 7
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 08:47 Author Posted Tuesday at 08:47 Covid version 2.0? mercedade, Lacquer Peel, Tickman and 3 others 2 4
Lacquer Peel Posted Tuesday at 10:07 Posted Tuesday at 10:07 Good to see it on the move and can't wait to see it vegging up the roads of Falkirk. juular, LightBulbFun, Andyrew and 2 others 3 2
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 10:39 Author Posted Tuesday at 10:39 And delivered Looks like it got a bit scared on the truck as its had a little green wee JMotor, juular, Mrs6C and 5 others 8
Tickman Posted Tuesday at 11:32 Posted Tuesday at 11:32 53 minutes ago, Andyrew said: And delivered Looks like it got a bit scared on the truck as its had a little green wee That was 51 minutes ago and going by the speed of your work it should be done by now. Mrs6C and Lacquer Peel 1 1
juular Posted Tuesday at 12:16 Posted Tuesday at 12:16 I owe you one! 1 hour ago, Andyrew said: Looks like it got a bit scared on the truck as its had a little green wee The return octopus does drip, and the pipe going into the reservoir loves falling out and making little green puddles everywhere. Hopefully that's all it is. Mrs6C 1
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 15:17 Author Posted Tuesday at 15:17 This afternoon I finally finished zapping in all the panels for the cill repair and welded in a new bit of tube for the jacking point on the trabby. @Zelandeth was happy for the repairs to be visible so I just knocked back the high spots on the welds and will slap some primer over it. Its not perfect but its nice and solid. mercedade, Lacquer Peel, Bmwdumptruck and 26 others 29
SiC Posted Tuesday at 15:28 Posted Tuesday at 15:28 Pretty damn good tbh. Much better than many "restorer" repairs I've seen on cars at shows over the years. Fancy a job replacing my Dolomite sill? 😅 🙃 Andyrew 1
juular Posted Tuesday at 17:06 Posted Tuesday at 17:06 That welding and fabrication is glorious. Shite Ron, LightBulbFun, warninglight and 6 others 1 1 7
warninglight Posted Tuesday at 18:05 Posted Tuesday at 18:05 Yes, no need to hide the welds when you've nothing to hide! Lovely work. My dad was just saying at the weekend that his BX he had in 89/90 was probably the best car he ever owned.
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 18:57 Author Posted Tuesday at 18:57 Bit of red oxide splashed about. Tomorrow, underseal removal, cavity wax scraping and spot weld drilling. Ohhh yay! jim89, LightBulbFun, Wibble and 11 others 14
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 19:02 Author Posted Tuesday at 19:02 After zapping the trabby up I really needed to tidy the workshop. So I washed the BX instead. First up the inside was rocking a bit of musk and all the cob webs. No spiders tho handily! Six-cylinder, Lacquer Peel, Mrs6C and 3 others 6
jim89 Posted Tuesday at 19:03 Posted Tuesday at 19:03 1 minute ago, Andyrew said: After zapping the trabby up I really needed to tidy the workshop. So I washed the BX instead. First up the inside was rocking a bit of musk and all the cob webs. No spiders tho handily! Eau de Elon ? 🤢 Andyrew 1
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 19:04 Author Posted Tuesday at 19:04 A vac, glass clean and bit of trim cleaner stuff later and it's much nicer in here Washed the mats too as there was alot of mouse turds on them. Lacquer Peel, rm36house, RayMK and 7 others 10
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 19:05 Author Posted Tuesday at 19:05 Lacquer Peel, RayMK, sdkrc and 1 other 4
Andyrew Posted Tuesday at 19:05 Author Posted Tuesday at 19:05 Much better. Wibble, sdkrc, juular and 10 others 13
Tickman Posted Tuesday at 19:24 Posted Tuesday at 19:24 25 minutes ago, Andyrew said: That just looks amazing Wibble, jim89, Andyrew and 6 others 1 1 7
Andyrew Posted Wednesday at 18:21 Author Posted Wednesday at 18:21 Today some trabby stuff happened and the BX got shifted about and organised inside. The boot was a little chaotic and mice had been in and made homes in the boxes and generally shit about the place. Some sorting later and it's a bit more inspiring to work on Tickman, catsinthewelder, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7
Andyrew Posted Wednesday at 18:36 Author Posted Wednesday at 18:36 What a comfy place to park ones arse DeanH, juular, LightBulbFun and 9 others 12
Andyrew Posted Friday at 12:50 Author Posted Friday at 12:50 Decided to tackle the central grot in two halves, just incase anything want to shift white bits were cut out. I gave a smidge of support to the car and subframe just as a bit of help. Grot cut out This whole area was pretty shagged, the mount I was happy to re use minus the grotty corner. And many many zaps later beko1987, SiC, Wibble and 11 others 14
Zelandeth Posted Friday at 13:09 Posted Friday at 13:09 Fantastic fabrication work there as always. Mrs6C, juular, SiC and 1 other 4
Andyrew Posted 16 hours ago Author Posted 16 hours ago Zap zap zap, splash splash Welding Done! Bit of paint tomorrow, refit the fuel tank (right above where I was welding and I could smell fuel from it) and exhaust and it's ready to go home. Mrs6C, Zelandeth, Dyslexic Viking and 9 others 12
Zelandeth Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago Looking brilliant again. Thanks so much for taking this on. Car is absolutely a thousand times better for it. Andyrew and LightBulbFun 2
DeanH Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Those patches are amazing, really well formed. I wouldn't have a chance at making such a nice job of that. jim89 1
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now