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Hard to see but someone has been overplating rust on the lower wheelarch
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Again hard to see in the image but the flange where the wheelarch meets the floorpan is tissue paper thin
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
And after chasing the rust back to sound metal - this is what came out
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
New floor section provides flanges for lower wheelarch to connet to
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Managed to get the section for the inner wing made up - but it shall have to wait for my next workshop visit for welding in
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
These little clamps come in really handy when undertaking repair sections like this
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Just place the pins in the clamp tounges and tighten up
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
Welded / cleaned back - floor pan flange is spot welded to the lower of the repair section - outer wing mounting bracket re welded to completed repair
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Managed to to obtain a nice fit with the floor repair section
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
Next was a small amount of grot on the cill step adjacent to the A post
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New section ready for welding
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Completed
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
I had given the outrigger a quick look over before commencing the floor & wheelarch repairs and with exeption of a small section on the very end of it - passed it fit for service - obviously my quick look over - was too quick - has I got in to it it was was obvious that it was hiding a nest of rust on the inner face
I originally planned to section it and fabricate a repair - but the deeper I dug the worse it got
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I already had a complete outrigger supplied by the club (Jowett Car Spares)
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One dead outrigger
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In my haste I had already welded the repair section for the floor to the old outrigger So now I had to carefully unpick the welds on the new panel
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
Keith sandblasted the area that is hidden when the outrigger is in place - I then sprayed the area with a zinc rich primer
With the primer dry - I sealed any seams that would be awkard to access once the new outrigger was fitted
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Seam sealer was not used when the cars were first built in the early 50's - but it will not prevent me from using it this time around - I will go through and seal the rest of the shell once all the repairs are complete and the shell has been bare metaled
Trial fit on the outrigger which required a little bit of trimming / reshaping to ensure a good fit
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1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
