Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 You've probably seen this over on R-R, but if not you should check it out. Its a fella up North who's restoring a (not too rusty-looking) FB victor for his mate. The guys metalwork skills are probably the best I have ever seen beyond a famous thread about some geezers in Thailand who restored VW buses for a living. Beautiful! He's really patient and takes the time to explain exactly what he's doing. http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=65793&page=1 This is a new sill he's fitted including home-made repair sections for the bottom of the B-post. I love a good weldfest and this is up there with the best of 'em.
whitevanman Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 crackin' stuff indeed................think I'll go and weld some exhausts now
Dukestar25 Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That is beautiful . Last car I had welded by a garage made me wonder if I should have done it myself as it was just soo messy .
Dukestar25 Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That is beautiful . Last car I had welded by a garage made me wonder if I should have done it myself as it was just soo messy .
AnthonyG Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That sill is a bloody neat job - put many 'professional' classic car 'restorers' to shame.
michiel Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Wow, great work. That's the first thing I want to learn when I have space to practice (aka a garage) - probably never.Speaking of sills, I saw a bit of wheeler dealers yesterday with Dutch subtitles - presenter spoke of the sills having been replaced, subtitles said 'seals', but a) they misheard it and b)they did not even translate the word they had heard wrong.... Lazy! Actually a lot of the technical shows on Discovery have shit subtitling, apparently technical knowledge and language skills don't go together.
mouseflakes Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Fantastic! Amazing work - and most of it will end up hidden! He clearly takes great pride in doing a good job.He's even taken the time to take photos along the way and offer lots of advice to other folks - what a thoroughly decent sort. I love those FB Victors too! Nice clean lines.
Station Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That's flawless! It's better than factory!! It reminds me of the last little welding job I did:
OwdChina Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 WOW, that's fantastic Station. I'd totally forgotten how good these washing machine panel meets floor panel repairs can be. My "hat off" too you Sir.
AnthonyG Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Remind me not to buy a red car from Station!
Alpineandy Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That's flawless!(I guess yours had previously been Floorless....................
vicsmith Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That`s quite an absorbing thread, I`ve had to bookmark it so I can return to it later.
Ratdat Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Whilst there certainly is a degree of skill involved in doing repairs like that, they key ingredient I think is patience, care and pride in your work. If you spend time thinking about how the stucture is formed, how you can bend an appropriate repair piece and take your time making it fit properly, it'll not only look neater when it's done but it actually makes the welding itself easier. I tend to use a combo measuring and making paper or card templates to help with fabrication. I have a small sheet metal folder I made myself but most work is done with hammers, dollies and various lumps of metal. The only super handy bit of kit I use is an old cast iron guillotine which is invaluable for making nice long straight edges on panels. You rarely see rust repairs of that level simply because it takes an extraordinary long time to do and thus isn't cost effective in the trade. I don't think a lot DIY'ers have the patience for it, or at least don't realise that if they took their time they too could do repairs nearly that. I say nearly, as to get a finish as clean as that chaps getting does take experience.I'll admit that I don't always work that way.. it depends on the car. My Datsun 710 SSS has got done properly because it's a keeper for ever. That's got about 400 hours in the welding alone which obviously wouldn't be viable if I was paying someone else to do it. For a car I'm selling, I'll chop out all the rot but it might not get rebuilt as it came from the factory. My Mk1 Civic has had reasonably neat work done but I've altered some of the inner wing structure partly due to lack of panels but primarily to eliminate rust traps.It's really nice that guy is taking the time to explaint to folk how he fabricates stuff. I find it hard to explain stuff like that, I just do it. Even though I've been welding for years it's never to late to learn a new trick and that one with the copper plate is a new one to me. Ingenious!
Mr Lobster Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Superb. I take my hat off to the man, incredible skill. I'd love to be able to weld to that sort of standard.
mouseflakes Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 That's flawless! It's better than factory!!It reminds me of the last little welding job I did:Hey, as long as it keeps the MOT tester happy - and if it keeps yer feet dry then that's a bonus!
andrew e Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Any publishers reading ought to get that in print - Dollywobbler shout at Kesley
Station Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Hey, as long as it keeps the MOT tester happy - and if it keeps yer feet dry then that's a bonus! Was expecting ebay bidder to suddenly become arsey over holes in floors, and try to haggle me, so I welded the lot. However, he was the ultimate buyer, and didn't even drive the car, awesome, and a complete waste of time on my behalf!As said, it's mostly down to patience. And having a warm, well lit garage. Outside welding is f*cking horrible.I wonder what he cuts the metal with, it looks laser cut.
ChinaTom Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 http://www.projectchasseur.pwp.blueyond ... gweld.html This chap is having fun too.
bones96 Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 top notch welding skills there my attempts at welding end up with arc eye for me and sikaflex for the welding lol
HillmanImp Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 I love a good weldfest!I put the Imp on its side 3 months ago to begin putting the new floor in and it sat there for ages whilst i procrastinate doing anything but working on the car..... Have gone out there today and finally started it and its going swimmingly. When i am out there I really enjoy doing it but for some reason would rather sit in the house bored watching 'Cop wars' or some such chod on ITV4. Wish i could weld like this chap, but my skills are more along 'well at least its metal now rather than filler/fibreglass/cardboard with underseal on'.Will probably need a bigger engine to move the car once i have put the filler on over the top of my welds to make it look straight.
Rusty Pelican Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 ^^^^^^^^^^^ I take it this is on the Singer then , progress at last
warren t claim Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 http://www.projectchasseur.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/innerwingweld.htmlThis chap is having fun too.I got exited looking at the title of that link!I thought it was going to be someone restoring a 90's Sierra estate!
HillmanImp Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 ^^^^^^^^^^^ I take it this is on the Singer then , progress at last Finally, i decided to switch off my TV set and do something less boring instead.
Rusty Pelican Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 [quote name="HillmanImpFinally' date=' i decided to switch off my TV set and do something less boring instead.[/quote] That would make a great title for a kids program
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