Early Javelin Restoration

[Grumpy Northener]

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Out goes the grot

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Fresh metal let in just needs a little more shape with the hammer & dolly

[kevin]

some lovely repairs going on there.
so you use a modern filler or lead when preparing for paint?

kev

[JPB]

Has any car ever been so thoroughly restored as this Javelin? Very rarely is the use of the term "epic" appropriate but this thread wears it well.

[vulgalour]

I'm guessing the strange location of the split and subsequent repair is related to the crash damage.

[Grumpy Northener]

some lovely repairs going on there. so you use a modern filler or lead when preparing for paint?

Both - I use lead initially to get the shape and infill any deep areas - once levelled back I use a very high quality but lightweight filler and only as a skim

Has any car ever been so thoroughly restored as this Javelin? Very rarely is the use of the term "epic" appropriate but this thread wears it well.

Many thanks for the comment John - I just take my time with the repairs and treat the car as if it's my own

I'm guessing the strange location of the split and subsequent repair is related to the crash damage.

It is and wears various other battle scars that have been sustained over the years that have yet to be sorted

[Grumpy Northener]

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Made a start on the door to wing gapping - Javelins as a rule had poor panel fits when they left the factory (the bodies were not built by Jowett but by Briggs at Doncaster) the fully painted & part trimmed bodies were then transported to Bradford for mechanical assembly) - I had a good gap at the top and bottom but was way off in the centre - both door & wing had been on the recieving end of somthing heavy at some stage and replacement panels (other than used) are not available - so I just have to work with what I have - off came the wing (again)

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I built up the wing edge with weld then worked it back and kept checking by refitting the wing

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Eventually getting to point where I was happy with the apperture gaps

[Grumpy Northener]

Then I had to address the problems at the front of the wing which was some way off alignment with the inner wing

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With some hammer & dolly work and a little elongation of some of the mounting holes - a decent fit was achived

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Some further fettling and reuse of the original wing mounting spacers

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One front wing fitted that I am happy with

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The wing had been on & off the car about 15 times in order to get to this stage but its pointless putting paint on a car if every time you sit in it and you can see daylight through the door apperture - worse still if when you open the door and the panel fit is so tight that it takes the paint off the apperture edges

[Grumpy Northener]

Someone had previously chopped a peice out of the front floor pan to access the gear section linkages

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There is a access panel at this point but its just not long enough - so with a pattern made up and allowance for a slightly longer access apperture

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Ready for welding in of the repair section

[kevin]

superb work as usual.

kev

[Grumpy Northener]

Nearly forgot to trial the new side lamp for the wing - the hole had to be opened up slightly

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Repair to the floor pan completed and a new inspection cover made up

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