my first mk2

[kas750]

This is coming along nicely!..

[13sport]

Had a good day today managed to get the arch and quarter nearly finished. I started by letting a piece into the quarter to fill the gap

Took a while to slowly mig it in as i didnt want to warp the quarter, i eventually filled all the gaps with weld then dressed up with the power file

Ended up quite nice, i then carried on welding the arch just a couple of welds every few minutes

Then gave all the welds a good clean up and a coat of zink primer till i get some etch this week

I also decided to make the lower rear corner panel myself as it seemed a shame to chop up such a big panel for the small part i needed

I need to go back and re-weld a few bits as i forgot to clean the back side and the weld pinholed a bit. I also chopped the rotten bit out and i will square this up and let a small piece in here to complete the quarter.

A friend turned up in his car and took me for a blast out. Just had new engine 135Bhp at the wheels and it was the first time id been in a mk2 for about 18years lol. It was great fun and give me some much needed motivation!

Next job is to make a start sorting the other side arch and tub out.
First i need to clean all the nasty old fibre glass crap out of here

It will be nice to be finished welding, Hopefully another couple of months and il be done if i can stay interested.

[HarrierTony]

That is a nice piece of quality work mate, keep it up

[13sport]

I wouldnt have said quality work mate but i think its not to bad a repair for an electrician self taught in welding repairs i guess., i know this cars never going to be perfect but it will be rust free and solid so hopefully il get plenty of years fun out of it, i plan on caking it in wax oil and using it in the damp wet to ENJOY it as much as possible lol Not just the 3 weekends of summer we get these days in january . Anyway i might get sick next week and sell it you never no.

[mk1GTstu]

looks superb! keep at it

[Moose]

I wouldnt have said quality work mate but i think its not to bad a repair for an electrician self taught in welding repairs i guess., i know this cars never going to be perfect but it will be rust free and solid so hopefully il get plenty of years fun out of it, i plan on caking it in wax oil and using it in the damp wet to ENJOY it as much as possible lol Not just the 3 weekends of summer we get these days in january . Anyway i might get sick next week and sell it you never no.

I'm also self taught mate (i'm not a qualified/welder/body man/painter/auto electriction etc) and built my Roth rep all by myself, it just takes plenty reading/research, patience, practice on scrap bits of steel, having a good eye for detail, not doing too much too soon, asking for advise, loads of mental determination and knowing when to stop for a bit until your enthusiasm returns

[13sport]

Never got that much done tonight but did manage to finish off that lower rear corner

then turned the car round to get on with the passenger side and had a much needed tidy up.

Theres a bit more grot to sort on the side around the bottom of the c pillar but nothing that cant be sorted. The sill is also to fit still.

I did manage to get the rest of the fibre gash out of the rear tub and started to clean the quarter up a bit with wire wheel in the grinder

Hopefully more done soon need to asses which repair panels i need to buy and what i can make now to save some cash

[south west restorations]

good to see ur progress there .
am sure u will get that side done.other side look good

[13sport]

well i didnt have enough interest to start on the tub tonight so did a bit more work on removing those snotty patches on the boor floor, this was gas welded here

Found the 2 8mm holes it was covering wouldnt it have been easier to put a nut and bolt through them

the damps sat between the bootfloor and the dodgy patch for years so might need cut part of the bootfloor out and make a new piece up

Also started to pull the exhaust bracket of but havnt had chance to dress the old welds up yet.
Has anyone fitted a hadrian or magnum complete rear panel? Thinking about replacing mine to access the bootfloor easier and its a bit ropey anyway.

[HarrierTony]

I agree, its annoying to see a patch like that, as you know full well its just a rust trap eating away at what good stuff is left, much better to cut out the crap and replate it. I must get my arse back into gear with mine .
Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.

[13sport]

Got an hour in tonight and decided to get on and fit the sill ive been threatening to do for the last 3 months!
decided to cut it down and only fit what i needed to, joggled the front lip and rear quarter so it should be a good metal finish.
Cut each end of origional sill and butt welded/edge to edge tack welded

Hopefu;;y have more time tommorow evening to finish off
A bit closer pic of how ive done it

I wasnt keen on the idea of sitting the sill on top of what was there and didnt want to use the corner part where the bottom corner of the door sits in as it didnt fit the door well at all. Shoukld be pretty good this way.

[HarrierTony]

Like it, looks spot on to me, funny enough,this is the next job for me on kermit when I get round to it lol.

[13sport]

Bit more done on the sill tonight, welded both ends and dressed up, welded the outer sill to the inner sill

The ends didnt clean up to bad but not perfect due to the spurious sill being a slightly different profile to the factory, nothing a very thin skim of filler wont sort out tho

stuck the door on to check fit and think it should gap up ok

Door needs setting up a lot better than in the pic but it was difficult on my own to get it adjusted

[13sport]

Well havnt had enough cash to buy a back panel this week or wheel arch so while me and a friend were drinking beer and giving the escort 50 coats of lucking at we decided that i should try and save the roof skin thats on there before cutting it off and fitting the other one as its really good other than the sunroof hole. Most importantly it wont cost anything apart from a bit of time and if it turns out bad il put the skin on i have already.
The roof skin was a bit misshaped around the sunroof hole so i folded some steel 15mmx 15mm and shaped it to the same profile as the spare roof i have then clamped it to the roof skin and tack welded it to hold the roof in its correct shape

I did the 2 longest first then the two shortest ones

I then gave all the edges another clean up and Joggled the edge all the way round so the new piece will sit flush

My mate going to put the piece of steel through the english wheel to get the shape right as its curved both ways as you will all know if you try and weld a flat piece in it will look shit and use loads of filler

Took 2 hours to get that far and probably another couple to weld in place. Its a bit of a 50/50 outcome really but fingers crossed it might work

[13sport]

Well its debaitabull if the sunroof job has worked, I tacked the panel in so I won't know what it's like until I remove the angle braces I made before