72 auto square

[bucket]

sum more till i ran out of wire ,thats 7kg used now
new section and whats left of old.


trial fit to mark up the bumper braket ..


bumper bracket..


man hours 172
spendometer £840

[fastygaz]

More lovely work mate...you must be having better weather down there than we've been blessed with this weekend!!

They look like some tricky pieces to knock up, buddy.

Gaz

[bucket]

yeh weather been great here ,got about 6 hours each in those those sections before even fitting on car...
lite at the end of tunnel tho just got to fit rear panel then sort out the front panel and bumper supports then no more welding ....

[fastygaz]

Looks like it's been a pretty mammoth task to get the steel sorted, must be nice to be on the home stretch!!

Got the front end of the fasty completely stripped, it's not too bad really...just want to have some decent weather so i can get at it!!

I'll bell you when I get stuck buddy!!

Cheers
Gaz

[bucket]

sum more from today.
finished lower inner wing

sealed up in air box while i still could..

finished lower air box outer..


regaped and welded on rear panel...

man hours 177
spendometer 860

[fastygaz]

Starting to look about there Jon...nice work!!

[bucket]

had weekend of last week up to leeds to get parts from jay , cheers dude...
so finished rear panel sand started to gap up rear wings and make lower fixings...



wing didnt fit the door took out the unessersary filler and straightened..




sweet...
man hours 182
spendometer £1000

[bucket]

some more from today worked on it for hours didnt seem to get much done ,to bleedin hot..
fixed the crusty bottom of rear wing..

made up new lower profile for edge, old hot rodders trick made from 6mm dowel gives much needed strenght to this weak point..

made up new repair ..

dowel in place .


then made new blanker plate.


man hours 187
spendometer £1000

[bucket]

sum from today
new bottom of rear wing and brackets, blanker..



last of the rot..


second hand front end is not as good as i hoped ..
so usin it to make the new panels of rather than bein upside down alot ,before i cut of bumper brakets and inner panels...




manhour 194
spendometer £1000

[bucket]

after a weekend of at peppercorn chillin, and meeting aircooled steve (nice ta meet ya )the final push..
other half of front panel..



cut of inner front valence of other front end and repaired grotty edges..




manhours 201
spendometer £1050

[bucket]

more of the same from today...







then had trial fit of lower front panels , looks good...


manhours 206
spendometer £1050

[bucket]

good one today well pleased....

cut out half a hole from other front panel..






sweet...
manhours 210
spendometer £1050

[bucket]

some from last weekend and today...






manhours 220
spendometer £1050

[volkswalker]

totally awesome dude that gives me so much prep 4 mine that im starting in a few weeks!
great work!

[bucket]

exelent i hope it helps ya had a look at yours loks nice , pm me if ya get stuck or want advise ill give ya my number.
cheers jon

[bucket]

some from weekend , finished all the stuctual welding save a small bit when body of......
now for body work....








also bought a set of these on ebay a bargain..

spent ten hours on them and 2 done ,well pleaesd....

if any one knows ant hting about mag indusries wheels would like to know cant find a thig about them...
manhours 244
spendometer £1265

[bilbo]

top work fella, glad to see it coming along so well.

i had a set of mags on my first bug , looks like they're worth a few quid now
http://www.kinkymicks.com/product_info. ... ucts_id=95 i didn't pay that much for the whole car

out of interest, what gauge steel are you using?

cheers, billy

[bucket]

hi not sure the correct gauge but is between .9 and 1 mm real nice to work with takes alot of beating but im cuttin it with tin snips..
about same thickness as original or slightly thicker..
jon

[bilbo]

thanks jon

[volkswalker]

top work dude! startin mine anyday when the friggin rain quits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gege]

Hello ,
Very nice work of rebuilding, this is not a restoration but a resurrection

[bucket]

afew from this weekend not done much hotrod show yesterday and b day barby , so head full of tequila today so just gental...
gapped up rear bumper , started to refurb pop outs ,stripped chrome of and repolised ,got rubbers from guy at hot rod show will let you all know how they work out as alternative to getting them else were...






manhours 248
spendometer £1305

[bucket]

finaly managed to get back on it today been mental for me latly...
any how final gap on driver side tryed my other door but fit not great and fairly rotten ,so repaired my original one...






also my friend steff came up with the idea for center caps for my wheels tesco xmas pud tins ,sweet and teflon coated....

manhours 255
spendometer £1305

[T3PO]

Now I like the pud tins idea!!! genius...was at Vanfest at the weekend & set of BRM centre caps were £35 - I'm off to Tesco!!

[volkswalker]

Now I like the pud tins idea!!! genius...was at Vanfest at the weekend & set of BRM centre caps were £35 - I'm off to Tesco!!