Some major progress was made with the frame today as both sides of the frame have been replaced however they have not been fully welded in place yet. This is partly due to some of the surrounding metal being badly corroded. This is why you will see some extra box sections painted white in the photo below. These have temporally been welded in place to try and keep the new sections aligned till the surrounding pieces can be replaced.
15-Sep-2006
The steel for the car arrived today. The afternoon was spent cutting the steel to length ready to be welded this weekend.
14-Sep-2006
No real work was done today but I’ve arranged for the 1-1/2 inch steel box that I require to be delivered either tomorrow or Monday 18th Sep. I’ve also arranged to get the frame and axel shot blasted on Tuesday 19th Sep. Only job planned the next few days is to strip the under seal from the frame before it goes to be shot blasted. If the steel turns up tomorrow I’ll probably be busy this weekend cutting it up and getting ready to fix the chassis. I also ordered a gasket set for the engine today. The build file for my car that I ordered from Marcos Heritage also arrived today (see picture below).
13-Sep-2006
Not much work was done on the car today as I spent most of my time shopping. I spent some money on buying some etch primer and black chassis paint ready for when the chassis has been fixed up.
I also spent some of the day trying to find 1-1/2 inch ERW box tube so I can fix the chassis. So far I’ve not had much luck finding any locally but I plan to put a bit more effort into this tomorrow. I know I could use 40mm box but I want to try and keep the frame as original looking as possible.
Once the shopping was over with I spent the afternoon removing the front suspension from the frame so I now have a bare frame ready to be fixed.
12-Sep-2006
As I now have the body removed I spent the day removing the engine, gear box, brake pipes and rear axel. The engine and gearbox removal were relatively straight forward but the rear axel was a bit of a challenge! Nearly every radius arm bolt was rusted solid into its spacer making them impossible to remove. The easiest solution was to use a hack saw to cut through the bolt both sides of the radius arm. This enabled the radius arm to be removed and the remaining part of the bolt to be punched out with the bush. I also ordered a set of “Superflex” suspension bushes for the car today.