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I could not have picked a worse day to collect it with the rain & wind - it was a very steady 45 - 50 MPH return trip - 3 covers and loads of straps - had to come straight home due to social arrangements made by SWMBO - and was still in the doghouse when I got there - No 'Glad you got home safe honey' it was scowled 'You are late again - why do the cars always come first' comment The covers on the trailer survived the night and I took the car onwards to the workshop today
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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
The guys at Envirostrip are a great bunch and have made a fantastic job of the shell & panels - the process has found weak areas / pinholes that would not have been found otherwise
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So back to the welding then - The doors require finishing and the N/S/R wing requires quite a bit of work on the leading edge - the shell & panels are treated with inhibitor as part of the process so shall be left as bare metal for now until all the welding / reshaping / lead loading & filling has been completed. Typical of what the process has uncovered are these pinholes / weak areas on the petrol tank
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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
Cracked on with getting the NSF door finished as far as the welding / making good is required
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The dipping process has removed the body solder from a previous restoration and revealed the weak areas hence the plan of action in the image below
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New section of door skin welded in - in order to deal with the previous damage and distortion from the welding repairs I tacked several tags on to the skin to enable the slide hammer or a pair of grips to provide outward pressure on the door skin whilst it was worked with the hammer - main problem with most doors is the lack of access to the rear of the skin due to close profile of the door shell / strengthening bars etc
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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
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Door ready for body solder / filling & final shaping
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The awkward areas around the glass aperture which were repaired by letting in body solder and reshaping
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 has been busy with sorting the running gear and prepping it for paint - main focus for the last couple of days has been the rear axle - the brakes have been stripped and the axle it's self checked over - we knew it to be a good unit so it just requires a good clean / repaint along with new wheel bearings and the brakes rebuilt
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Paint removal in progress
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Once cleaned up the unit was treated with a rust treatment (Rustbuster)
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Ready for paint prior to the bearing / brake rebuild
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
Work progresses with the final fettling / making good of the panels & shell
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N/S/R door - minor perforations to upper edge which I opted to sort with body solder - I have cleaned the area up and tapped back to good metal - rebating the area slightly - then applied the solder paste
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Solder paste heated and wiped clean
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Body solder applied
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Solder shaped back to profile just requires the slightest of skims with a high quality low weight body filler - Body solder / leading is a straight forward process - rather than me go into depth here there are several videos on You Tube that demonstrate the process - my tip more than anything is that you need just the right the amount of heat - too little and you will get nowhere - too much and you will have the solder running quicker than the grand national - besides adding heat distortion to the panels
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
This door is best out of all four of them but still had rust perforations around this waistline hole for retaining the chrome trim
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Quickest & easiest way of cutting back to good metal in small areas like this
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Cone / stepped hole cutter
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Repair welded in & cleaned up
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
This just left the dinks in the door to straighten up - some of the flanges had the odd deviation in them - worst bit was this scrape along the width of the lower skin
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A little work with the hammer & dolly - plus a clean up over the high spots soon brought much of the damage out
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Just requires rehanging to the shell for final alignment & gapping check then can be DA / keyed back ready for filling & final shaping
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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 has been progressing with work on the running gear
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This is all front
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Rear & drive line - nearly ready for paint
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
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Which turn shows up the defects / wear
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These are the brake linkages (rear is hydraulic over mechanical) the wear around the cotter pins will have to be welded up and re milled
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Handbrake lever which has fractures around the pivot point will have to be carefully welded
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
The covers on the trailer survived the night and I took the car onwards to the workshop today