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« Reply #10770 on: October 22, 2018, 05:02:51 PM » |
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Long day at work today, so I used what was left of the afternoon to nip the fuel tank over to the welder in Berkshire. We first built the Pop using the original Pop tank, but it leaked like a sieve, so I replaced it with a new one & welded the fuel outlet in the same place on the driver's side. Should've put it on the passenger side cos all the fuel lines run down that side of the car. So the welder's blanking off the old pipe & adding a new one. Then the tank will need repainting -again. I also need to paint the radiator grill & the dashboard though, so will take them to the painter just up the road from the welder & get them all done together.
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« Reply #10771 on: October 22, 2018, 09:16:03 PM » |
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Oh Andy! Just get on with it
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« Reply #10772 on: October 23, 2018, 02:14:07 PM » |
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« Reply #10773 on: October 23, 2018, 03:39:46 PM » |
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That's ok then.
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« Reply #10774 on: October 23, 2018, 07:29:53 PM » |
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Just looking at some of my old surf mags (better than porn) and came across this gem
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« Reply #10775 on: October 23, 2018, 07:31:51 PM » |
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Nice!
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« Reply #10776 on: October 25, 2018, 10:10:09 PM » |
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Yeah, I know it looks the same as it did a month ago -but it's a lot smoother. Honest. I put a heavy coat of red oxide on the chassis this evening. I'll give it a quick rub down to take the brush marks out, then see if I can mask it up & spray it.
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« Reply #10777 on: October 25, 2018, 10:10:33 PM » |
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« Reply #10778 on: October 25, 2018, 10:15:46 PM » |
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Does it REALLY matter if there are brush marks on the chassis?
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« Reply #10779 on: October 26, 2018, 06:15:13 AM » |
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I like the red oxide look, perhaps Andy is going for the Show car Look ?
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« Reply #10780 on: October 26, 2018, 08:55:26 AM » |
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Yes, it does Bobbi!
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« Reply #10781 on: October 26, 2018, 08:56:46 AM » |
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« Reply #10782 on: October 26, 2018, 06:57:30 PM » |
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Ooh, can you actually buy those?! Could have hours of fun setting those out in shops & watching people queue My day off today, so nipped back to the welder to collect the fuel tank. They'd blanked off the old fuel outlet & welded in a new one at the other end of the tank. I'd given them a piece of steel fuel pipe to use, which needed trimming to length. So I cut it with an angle grinder then ran a small file up the pipe to remove the burr -clonk. Clonk, clonk ...bugger. Looks like the weld's penetrated enough to block the pipe. *Sigh* So I'll be heading back to the welding shop on Monday.
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« Reply #10783 on: October 26, 2018, 07:02:07 PM » |
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After that success, I drilled a couple of drainage holes in the bottom of the radiator grille shell. While it lived outside Loony's workshop for a couple of years, I noticed rainwater collected inside it. Sanded the inside back to bare metal, then treated it with rust killer. Also added a couple of smears of filler to a couple of welded joints, (you can see the inside of the grille when the bonnet's open, but I'll probably be running it without the bonnet for a while). The grille, fuel tank & dashboard are going to the painter next week, just to get them out of the way & under way so I can do other stuff.
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« Reply #10784 on: October 26, 2018, 07:02:30 PM » |
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