Practically Classics Forum

Darren,

Thank you for the comments, it does feel like I am getting somewhere now with the front end nearly finished

Working on the FARB, in order to get the FARB in the same fore / aft position as when its below the chassis legs I needed to modify the vertical rad supports.

This the std position ...

John,

Thanks for the kind comments,

Good luck with your rebuild as well

Hopefully I should get a bit more time on it after this weekend

Cheers

In order to improve ground clearance I am trying to fit the front anti roll bar above the chassis leg,

The first look see:

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2011/5/2011082118341154012FARB_mockup_hi_position.jpg

The LF suspension and road wheel is fitted to check for clashes and to move the ...

Token jesture from yesterday, but having the house painted hindered progress ;)

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/AubreyBoy/Spridget/1_LH_sill_end_plate.jpg

But it feels like a milestone has been reached now as I have finished the Inner and outer sills on both sides, toeboards, footwells ...

Thank you for the very kind comments :D

I wish it was worth as much as the unmade bed ;)

The finicky detail things seem to take longer than fitting things like sills, these few jobs did take longer than the outer sill

I don't want to use filler an areas like the door shuts, the B pillar to sill ...

Finished preparing the inner sill, which has been primed and painted:

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2011/5/20110701103448646831_painted_inner_sill.jpg

Outer sill trial fit, door fitted to check alignments:

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2011/5/20110701103424984931p5_mockup_outer_sill.jpg ...

Modified the door frame a little further (another delaying tactic to actually putting the damned door skin on:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/AubreyBoy/Spridget/lightened_door_skin_in_place.jpg

But I really have to start now, As mentioned I haven't done this before so I have shown the ...

So as I suggested the door repairs were a bit of a marathon:

The bottom of the door was heavily pock marked, but probably more than capable of surviving a few more years but it seemed pointless not to fix it at this stage:

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/AubreyBoy/Spridget/01_Drivers ...

One part of the project which seemed to take an age was the drivers door, mainly because I hadn't repaired a door before, nor fitted a door skin so I think I just kept fixing the frame until I couldn't put off fitting the door skin any longer:

I started by linishing the whole of the drivers door ...

Still working on the LH side, need to finish the inner sill before I can fit the outer sill, which is the next thing I want to get out of the way:

http://media2.turbosport.co.uk/2011/5/20110625201060719411_Inner_sill_rear_cutout.jpg

Again I could have replaced the whole inner sill but the centre ...