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[Westbay]

Just binge watch/caught up with this ... "World of Pain" - didn't hurt one bit !   🤣

[grizz]

2 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Just binge watch/caught up with this ... "World of Pain" - didn't hurt one bit !   🤣

Welcome Back mate !!! 
 

Been waiting for you to come back. 
 

Pain is a relative term. 
 

I am sure yours was not physical but psychologically I felt it from here. 

[grizz]

Next episode published. 
 

Episode 24  Part 2 now available. 
 

Front panel of drivers side fender welded in and finished for etch primer. 
 

When you have to do one of these, the trick is patience, measuring and in my opinion, cold air on every spot welded. 
 

The way I was doing it, was to use my bare hand to test the welds. Cool enough to hold, move on to the next. 
 

Grindback, fix pinholes, eventually DA and put aside for primer.  

[grizz]

66 Chevrolet C10 Restoration Rusted Fender repair no 1 

Cut.  Grind.  Weld.  Grin. 

When the results even blow me away. 

 

Episode 24 Part 2 

 

 

 

[Westbay]

Almost looks like you know what you're doing ! 🤣

Looking good 👍

[grizz]

On 28/05/2025 at 09:31, Westbay said:

Almost looks like you know what you're doing ! 🤣

Looking good 👍

fake it till you make it. 

[grizz]

Well.

 

Life is fickle.

 

My favourite lodger got given notice at the end of his shift last night.

 

He was a great guy to have in the house compared to most who stay here.

 

So I refunded his rent, gave him dinner and then be showered, packed up and headed out for the 5 hours home.

 

I will keep the room open for a week, in case he gets to jump onto another contract and return.

 

He also gave me a signed Andy McKee guitar and Gig case to keep as his wife only allows two guitars in the house.

 

 

In other news, Dennis got given a cool Yamahe golfkart. Nice big offroad wheels.

 

The flower came up in my garden.

 

Almost alien in appearance.

 

Yesterday I replaced the shitty leaking tap in the toilet with a flexi hose and new stopcock. Had to cut it short with a grinder because my pipe cutter never fitted. Guess what……

Yup. A new leak. Now under the cistern where the water goes in.

Can’t seem to win at this. 

No wonder plumbers charge what they do. 

 

 

Right.

 

Back to the garage and sanding filler.

 

Maybe I get some primer on again later.

 

 

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[jim89]

4 minutes ago, grizz said:

Well.

 

Life is fickle.

 

My favourite lodger got given notice at the end of his shift last night.

 

He was a great guy to have in the house compared to most who stay here.

 

So I refunded his rent, gave him dinner and then be showered, packed up and headed out for the 5 hours home.

 

I will keep the room open for a week, in case he gets to jump onto another contract and return.

 

He also gave me a signed Andy McKee guitar and Gig case to keep as his wife only allows two guitars in the house.

 

 

In other news, Dennis got given a cool Yamahe golfkart. Nice big offroad wheels.

 

The flower came up in my garden.

 

Almost alien in appearance.

 

Yesterday I replaced the shitty leaking tap in the toilet with a flexi hose and new stopcock. Had to cut it short with a grinder because my pipe cutter never fitted. Guess what……

Yup. A new leak. Now under the cistern where the water goes in.

Can’t seem to win at this. 

No wonder plumbers charge what they do. 

 

 

Right.

 

Back to the garage and sanding filler.

 

Maybe I get some primer on again later.

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where's the leak coming from now?

[grizz]

36 minutes ago, jim89 said:

Where's the leak coming from now?

Up there 😉

Guess that’s better than down here 😬

[Westbay]

Did you put the big washer back ? .... 😇

[grizz]

25 minutes ago, Westbay said:

Did you put the big washer back ? .... 😇

Never removed it. 

[Westbay]

14 minutes ago, grizz said:

Never removed it. 

Is that the problemthen - mishaped and seated differently ....

[jim89]

2 hours ago, Westbay said:

Is that the problemthen - mishaped and seated differently ....

Yeah maybe got rotated out of it's happy place when tightening the flexi coupler on to it? - easy done...

Will the big plastic nut nip up maybe with moles or pump pliers?

 

[grizz]

14 hours ago, Westbay said:

Is that the problemthen - mishaped and seated differently ....

No idea tbh

 

11 hours ago, jim89 said:

Yeah maybe got rotated out of it's happy place when tightening the flexi coupler on to it? - easy done...

Will the big plastic nut nip up maybe with moles or pump pliers?

 

 

Possibly. 
 

That was my thinking. 
 

Happpy place indeed. 
 

I will check later. 
 

Last night ended up with a major setback in the garage. 
 

More about this later if anyone is interested. 

[grizz]

Shit luck comes in threes, Right ??

My favourite lodger moved out yesterday. 

Last night ended up with a major setback in the garage at closing time.

More about this later if anyone is interested. 

Wish I could ignore this. 

Actually…….. Here it is. 

Dropped my door after primer for blocking or paint. 
Was carrying it like a tray. 
Damaged it badly
No access to top or middle dents. 
They are not dents, they are crumples.
Tore rear folded seam open too.

I knew this could happen. 

Absolutely gutted. 

Now I need to pull the dents and start fixing that.

[MrBig]

Ah man, that sucks. These things always seem to test you when you think it's going well. Had similar this week with the beetle. 

I think if it was me I would be trying a local PDR (paintless dent removal) guy to see if they could do something with that. A good one is like they're practicing the black arts, I genuinely have no idea how they do it. They aren't usually that expensive and have a variety of tools which means they should be able to work those out without having to unpick the skin.

Minor bump in the road compared to the progress you've made on this recently, just keep the finish line in sight when you're cruising the coast in a sweet burbling truck. 

[grizz]

5 hours ago, MrBig said:

Ah man, that sucks. These things always seem to test you when you think it's going well. Had similar this week with the beetle. 

I think if it was me I would be trying a local PDR (paintless dent removal) guy to see if they could do something with that. A good one is like they're practicing the black arts, I genuinely have no idea how they do it. They aren't usually that expensive and have a variety of tools which means they should be able to work those out without having to unpick the skin.

Minor bump in the road compared to the progress you've made on this recently, just keep the finish line in sight when you're cruising the coast in a sweet burbling truck. 

 

Thank you. 
 

Thats a really nice reply. 

[grizz]

A good friend in America just posted this quote on me addressing the door damage. 

“Thats no hill for a climber”

The window rail is also bent of course.

3mm deviation

I have cut Mickeys hedge today.

Will start back on this door tomorrow.

 

Today I am going to go food shopping and look for a woman of loose morals and tight purse. 

 

 

 

[93fxdl]

That is a real downer, but there is a positive to this, it happened before paint, i suppose could also say that you now know, how not to move your doors around, obviously would have been better not to have happened, but a bump in the road adds to the journey 

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

9 hours ago, 93fxdl said:

That is a real downer, but there is a positive to this, it happened before paint, i suppose could also say that you now know, how not to move your doors around, obviously would have been better not to have happened, but a bump in the road adds to the journey 

Ttfn Glenn 

 

I knew it would happen. 
 

Just when. 
 

Stupid mistakes ehhh.  
 

But an extra day work, a new skill to master. 

[grizz]

Right…….

 

Saturday morning 

 

A good time to post up the next part of episode 24. Part 3 of fixing the second terrible  fender  

 

 

So that concludes one of those jobs I always thought was crazy to even try. 

 

But others have done it before.

 

And I think it’s come out so much better than I had expected.  

Slowly and steady it came through

 

 

 

 

Feedback?

 

Comments?

 

 

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[Westbay]

Nice ...