412 resto

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 21st August 2009 - 12:36am

tonight i have been cutting out more and cleaning up the underside of the rear wing

dident expect to have to go this high top of the inner wing rused throught

then the nice cleaned underside

and the old repair thats been done (dont know weather to cut it out and check its all ok)

more soon

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 26th August 2009 - 11:42pm

right the last few nights work been welding in some new steel

the rear inner quarter being plated in again had to make this from 2 old wings to get the profile

mostly filled in

the rear quarter with the tray back in

a trial fit of the rear wing

the top of the inner wing gets new metal

and gets seamsealed and zincprimerd on the inside

and the rear top quarter goes back in

had some good news today as found a good used rear a arm as mine are shot cheers volksfarmers

more tomorrow

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 28th August 2009 - 5:56pm

right lasts nightwork consited og cutting and cutting the rear chassis leg that had been welded up badly with some plates just pushed into the chassis then just underseald so quite bad realy

so enden up with this last night

getting bored of finding new bad areas know lol

BTJustice · Post by **BTJustice** » 29th August 2009 - 10:33pm

You are doing an epic job there, keep going.
I remember this car from a few shows I managed to make it too and its easily the best looking Type 4 I have seen, wheels suit it perfectly.
Dave.

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 30th August 2009 - 9:25pm

BTJustice wrote:You are doing an epic job there, keep going.
I remember this car from a few shows I managed to make it too and its easily the best looking Type 4 I have seen, wheels suit it perfectly.
Dave.

thanks dude

vwfye · Post by **vwfye** » 5th September 2009 - 6:06am

can you bottle your drive and determinations and send me some? please???

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 5th September 2009 - 7:25am

im a bit gutted as i havent managed to do anythinng for a week as work hasw been busy. Mind i have got a few days off next week so should have some more updates for you all cheers matt[/list]

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 8th September 2009 - 12:34am

right then guys have done much for the past week with work and a hangover from hell stoped me playing yesterday so had few hours on it tonight and done the rear chassis leg there is 3 layers/skins to this so took longer than thought

shock mount inner skin done

middle skin done

and outer skin finished with sone of the chassis leg repaired

more tomorrow

jmarkha1 · Post by **jmarkha1** » 8th September 2009 - 7:44am

Fantastic work here - you will have a solid 412 at the end of this...

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 13th September 2009 - 8:45pm

cheers mate

right then had a good weekend on the car dosent actualy look like i gone far as iver been doing the rear suspension mount

desided to cut the hole section out the car and make a new one

so went from this

to this

then started to fabricate a new one

then got it welded back into the car

some new steel to go round the suspension mount to make up the inner arch

then moved on to replaceing the rear outer arch and reparing it again with old wings to get the profile

then it was time to cut the NOS wing i got as it was for a 411 and not a 412 and as it took 18 months to find i desided to graft the light section and bumper recess in from the original wing

well im the rear is nearly done as it seems like ive been doing the rear arck for ages next is the sill and then the front inner arch

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 26th September 2009 - 11:39pm

right its been nearly 2 weeks since i last did any thing on the car been busy with work and gardening

i have only been cuting out the crap today so its just holes and more holes lol

front light housing looking rather poorly and couldent make up my mind which way to repair it

so did this in the end to get to it all

then the front inner boot section needed looking at glad i cut this out as the top chassis rail top had rusted away so i can atleast get access to it now (yes thats the fuel tank in the pic)

the inner arch dont look as bad as first thought

and a pic thats says it all realy

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 12th October 2009 - 12:16am

well its been nearly 2 weeks since i last posted what with work geting in the way of thinks lol

i have had a good weekend on the car done quite a bit

done the chassis rail repair

and welded the original panel back in

rebuilt all the chassis section and welded new inner wings repair panels

inner wing and cill repair new floor been fitted as well

all the front sill and door post and inner wing completed

and the result of welding behind a panel without moving the heater pipe first having 12" flames inside the car is quite scary had to thro a bucket of water over it to put it out

hopefull as soon as i get the new front headlight section from volksfarmers i might finish the welding this week

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 14th October 2009 - 10:55pm

right done a bit tonight

rear floor patched up

cut some crap out of the original sill and made the inner lip

and the new sill

should have the rear section done in the next few nights then its time to repair the front nose should have a front end coming tomorrow from volksfarmers so should be able to weld the light section back in

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 16th October 2009 - 12:39am

right tonights bit had a late start tonight 9.30 and just finished about 12 ish

some pics

the middle sill ready to be finished and the bottom lip all joined front to back

and a peice welded in

just got the rear quarter to make up then i can start cleaning this up to weld in

once thats welded in i have done all the welding

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 18th October 2009 - 9:52pm

had a good day today but did not have time yesterday to work on it

the rear quarter all finished all ready for some por 15 and seamsealing

then cut out the light section and welded it in

chassis repair

then inner arch

and the last hole on the car to repair the wheel well and valance

and the removal of numberplate mount as its being moved so cut it out and welded to have a flat finish

so a few hours tomorow should have the welding complet then onto preping

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 28th October 2009 - 11:50pm

well i havent posted much latley but have been busy on the 412

i striped all the new metal and gave it 2 coats of por15 nice messy job lol

and gave some bits a few coats as well

the i covererd the whole front and back inner arches with seam seal to stop any water geting anywhere and it acts as a good stone chip

its also been shultz thats been sprayed on but i aint got a pick of that

i then started to prep the rear arch with its first layer of filler

then rebuilt the rear suspension while the filler was going off

then the last few days have been getting to this

havent done much filler work befor quite happy how its turned out

i can see a mot in the next 2 weeks

not going to bother spraying it till next year so not to botherd about the preping work just yet will do that in the summer

corndog · Post by **corndog** » 3rd November 2009 - 1:47am

Holy crap mate, blown away with the amount of metalwork/fabriction, full respect to you!!

Nice to see you putting in that extra effort to keep one of the less popular cars on the road. A 412 is not an easy task as I'm sure your aware

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 11th November 2009 - 12:04am

corndog wrote:Holy crap mate, blown away with the amount of metalwork/fabriction, full respect to you!!

Nice to see you putting in that extra effort to keep one of the less popular cars on the road. A 412 is not an easy task as I'm sure your aware

cheers for the coments dude

right been a bit since i last posted i have been working on the car just not taking any pics lol

right finaly managed to weld the front apron and wheel well up and chucked some filler at it while i was there

and got the front and back wings all fitted and bolted up and the doors back on and aligned and fitted the driver side lights just to see how they fit with the front

done the same to this gutter as i have with the other side and treated it to a wire brushing and some rust converter will fill and sand down tomorrow night

more very soon hopefully mot in the next week

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 17th November 2009 - 10:36pm

right latest updates i have mainly just been filling and sanding so not much to look at realy but these are the latest pics from tonight

one fully preped side

mind i had some professional help tonight

but sprayed it all tonight in red oxide

lights seats and clean and a mot on sat

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 21st November 2009 - 3:48pm

well the last few days have been quite busy puting att the lights and interior bumpers and so on back together till 1am last night trying to get the horn to work(no puns please) for the mot today

well got up and did a bit of cleaning up till she looks like this out side to day

glad i moved the front numberplate think it looks loads better now

sorry pics aint the best lol
then went for a drive for the first time in nearly 5 months to the mot station

looking kind of scared lol

and the nice mot man after taking the piss for a bit lol and befor he gave me a cuppa tea:tup:

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and she passed with flying colors

how chuffed am i

Post by **purplepeter** » 21st November 2009 - 4:47pm

Many congrats!

shawn71 · Post by **shawn71** » 21st November 2009 - 6:30pm

Well done!

All that hard graft not in vain.

jmarkha1 · Post by **jmarkha1** » 23rd November 2009 - 3:55pm

excellent news - after all that graft must be very satisfying...enjoy

Brian the Square · Post by **Brian the Square** » 23rd November 2009 - 9:57pm

Nice Action

plumcrazee · Post by **plumcrazee** » 4th December 2009 - 12:10am

cheers guys just a few little things like a leaking filler neck and leaking window seal (never noticed it befor with the carpets in )

so looking at changing that soon but all in all done about 300 miles in her in 2 weeks with no probs