Rustoration

For documenting and technical details of T25 restorations and major repairs
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Re: Rustoration

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Nice to see you have been practicing your fabbing skills
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Looks like your at exactly the same stage I am. Tat retrorides thread is brilliant, he’s a really skilled and generous with his advice type of guy.
I got that inner c panel too, I felt much better about reference points once I test fit it.
Great job so far keep it up, I need something to copy haha!
I am concerned about fabbing up the inner c pillar. I had to fab the b pillar on the other side and it was such a PITA I bought the whole b pillar for this side like you have
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937carrera wrote:Blind leading the blind here :roll:

Correction: blind, leading the blind, leading the blind here :rofl

They all have the same issues, but I think Roger has the most advanced challenge
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What’s left of crossmember...
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Front outrigger...
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Fitted at the rear...
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From below
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From behind
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Front
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Length measured from front flange
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Height at rear
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C panel infill and strengthen clamped in place over the remains of the old one
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By the way, I mind MetalMick8y not fitting the outer sill until he had the side panel in place for a test fit, so I’ll be sticking at this point while I do the B, C, rear arch etc etc


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937carrera wrote:
937carrera wrote:Blind leading the blind here :roll:

Correction: blind, leading the blind, leading the blind here :rofl

They all have the same issues, but I think Roger has the most advanced challenge

You first! Almost glad I ran out of gas :rofl
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A reminder of the “before”

From underneath...
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And looking backwards from below...
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A bit of JB Weld would have saved you loads of time :rollin
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And it’s waterproof!! Fantastic! Would one tube be enough?
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Re: Rustoration

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I keep trying to work out where you are...

Is the the floor just behind the offside B post and the tab is there to be bent down onto the outer sill ?
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Right location, I think the tab is just to provide extra support to the triangular filler plate that goes on top, as there’s just a weld to tack it to the B on the other edge of the filler plate. :ok
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Nice work, I think we’re step for step at the same stage, same side, same job.
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Steady on, I'm going to have to play catch up then :lol:
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I’m RHD though, and it’s my first side so I’ve a hell of a lot further to go! As for you carrera, you can learn from our mistakes and execute it perfectly... no pressure!
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Well your certainly making good progress Roger, to be fair Carrera you’ve got a little bit more to do than us.
My longest job has been unpicking the old repairs :cry:
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