PhilMcCrakin Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 FFS.... I was working on repairing hole in the roof. And discovered this mess. Looks it has all been held together with filler and fibreglass. Nothing to weld to so building a support strut that I will attach to front roof and rear section bulkhead, inside the van. I don't have a bender so cut the box section and achieved the correct roof curve one for each side will spot weld it to the roof. And bolt it to the bulkhead. I'm also going to create a drain hole to stop water collecting in the gutter and the rot happening again. Scruffy Bodger, Tickman, chaseracer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Liked for the repair not the mess you found PhilMcCrakin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Tickman said: Liked for the repair not the mess you found Thank you I enjoy both the finding and the fixing. Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I have to say, that V8 does somehow just look ‘right’ in there. And well done on the enjoying fixing previous messy work like that. I’ve nothing against fixing rusty old metal, but I prefer it to be original rusty old metal. Bodge jobs like that make me lose interest in things fast. PhilMcCrakin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Stinkwheel said: Bodge jobs like that make me lose interest in things fast. Agreed they can take the wind out of the sails. I do love the satisfaction of doing it right... Well right for me any ways. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Stinkwheel said: I have to say, that V8 does somehow just look ‘right’ in there. I had the un1 in as well before I sent it off for repair and together they looked awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 If you're still looking for brake discs, Rally Design let you search by PCD, diameter, thickness, offset, centre bore and mounting holes. Might let you find something available off the shelf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, mat_the_cat said: If you're still looking for brake discs, Rally Design let you search by PCD, diameter, thickness, offset, centre bore and mounting holes. Might let you find something available off the shelf? Thanks I'll have butchers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I have found Rally Design helpful in the past, useful range of stuff and reasonably priced. Looking at the Dutch disc brake conversion they have designed new hubs which they surely wouldn't have done without good reason. The chap on the blue forum who put discs on his H appears to have machined the Citroen hubs to suit. He says clearances are very tight, but he won't say exactly what parts he used, or how . He seems to be an experienced hot rod builder and I think he is being sensible - either he is not entirely happy with the conversion, or he doesn't want incompetent people trying to do it and creating something unsafe. So it is probably not going to be easy. PhilMcCrakin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 managed to get the rusting seams removed and welded back together. Installed some support struts in side to re-enforced the roof and pop it back out. Grinding cutting welding now filling and sanding. some before during after shots. mat_the_cat, GBJ, BlankFrank and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) More roof work, welding done cleaned and primer'd inside. Gave up trying to work with the paint on the roof decided to just strip it back to metal and start again. Edited March 9, 2020 by PhilMcCrakin spelling rainagain, BlankFrank, chaseracer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMcCrakin Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Quick update on the van, roof still giving me grief. Had to replace the side box section on both sides of the van ran the full length of the van. Removed the rotten gutters and then welded, welded, welded. Then filled sanded, filled, sanded, filled, sanded. Primered, sanded, filled, Primered, sanded, Primered etc etc etc. Had a couple of tins of gold hammerite knocking about so mixed them at 3 to 1 and sprayed the underside of the roof to seal it. Another bit of sanding and then spray the roof an off white. Hardest part was getting the curve right. paulplom, somewhatfoolish, 1duck and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 That looks brilliant, you should be proud of that. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 That's a lot of effort gone into that. Excellent work. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Looks superb - top work! LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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