Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:07 pm
Are we talking about classic car rescue again? 
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Cheers mateIan wrote:Looking fantastic
Cheers TerryTerryG wrote:You must have limitless patience. I would have got bored of working with the metal by now and gone off to do something else.
Theres nothing wrong with pigeon **** welding.The power of pigeon **** is unreal.Have you ever had a pigeon crap on you.I have and its hard to get off,lolSirTainleyBarking wrote:It's a measure of the man that he's skimming the underside that no-one is going to see without a torch, so that you can't see the repairs.
-Poor guy would probably have a fit if he saw some of the pigeon crap welding * holding together the underside of my Discovery
*Functional and strong enough, but done on the drive with a deadline of being able to get to work on Monday morning
lolrich. wrote:ive seen loads of repairs to structural points finished with filler like that... just without the welding....
Just spat my tea over the keyboard.SirTainleyBarking wrote:Yeah, I know what you mean. Chap's is proper metal with a few microns of skim to get the surface show perfect.
I'm not referring to the "Period Correct" type of repairs involving two pounds of isopon and a 10 foot roll of chickenwire
lolmach1rob wrote:Are we talking about classic car rescue again?