my first mk2

[13sport]

a few update pics on the sunroof job never had chance to put them on before as ive been away for a few days.
A pic of chris wheeling some shape into the new piece

Cut to size

and it tacked in place think there should be enough weld on this to remove the strengtheners i made up now.

Its difficult to see if its acceptable yet. As for the minute i started making some repairs to the new tub as il be ordering the other side arch of ex pressed tommorow and hopefully cracking on with this side over the weekend.

[katana]

sorry forgot to ad the pic in there



hopefully the rest off the car will follow suit but with underseal that thick and grotty surely il find some nastys underneath it all??

I hope you and he aren't the same person! There's not a lot of love on here for this sort of selling!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170924417149?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

[13sport]

How he got my photo??? im way up in county durham! Fair enough my car was a bit of a rot box but thats a bit of a **** take!

[13sport]

Message him through ebay and said a few choice words and asked him to remove my picture from his listing. I assume he will be reported for this as its surely illegal?

[gazza66]

Ive just reported him too mate

[13sport]

My pic has now been removed from his listing and I now have this reply off him

Dear jonathan84stephens,

ok no worries ijust couldnt find any pictures to hand hopei didnt offend you ,and forum people obviously its true they have nothing better to do with there time

- gt-autobits

[mk1rally]

What a cracking way of making up the soonroof panel, it needs to work just for the sheer effort and engineering of it.

Looking like a great build.

[13sport]

I hope it will work but as daft as it may sound im just letting it settle as it is for a week or 2 till the back arch and tub is done. I did a bit more on the tub tonight, its a lot worse than it looked unfortunately, as i removed the existing outer arch and removed the sealer from between the two and from the rear side i ended up with a lot of rust.

As you can see in this pic. Done a bit to that area this evening and made some more repair sections for the inner arch lip

Hopefully have the tub finished by early next week ready for the outer arch coming from ex pressed on wednesday

[pinto48s]

Good to see your shell is coming along well.
Nice use of the shrinker/stretcher, wonderful invention!!

[13sport]

Yes it's a really handy thing, my landlord bought it as they do a lot of e-type jag restoration gets used all the time, I'm trying to talk him into buying another so we don't have to keep swapping the jaws over all the time.

[HarrierTony]

Looking good Jon, you will have yours done for Xmas

[13sport]

Would be nice to have all the welding done for christams Tony as I have nearly 3 weeks over between Xmas and new year and it would be nice to spend a few days shot blasting it all while I'm off work but being realistic I don't think it will happen. Would be nice blasted and etched ready for the new year tho....now I'm going to write a letter to Santa right now lol

[13sport]

Bit more done this evening, managed to remove what was left of the old tub. Then started on the inner spare wheel well, as with the inner tank well it was easier to weld in place before the tub and arch are in place.
first pick of it cut out

Then the new panel cut down and reshaped quite a lot (this pressing was pretty crap compared with the inner tank well) Then drilled it and plugged to what was left off the origional.

Still need to clean the welds up on this one but couldnt be bothered tonight if im honest. maybe a bit more over the weekend But waiting for the arch to arrive now from ex pressed before i can fit the tub in the correct place.

[13sport]

Only just noticed now in the pic above theres a hole in the inner spare wheel well panel. Did mk2's have that from factory or do just the spurious panels have that?

[Moose]

Only just noticed now in the pic above theres a hole in the inner spare wheel well panel. Did mk2's have that from factory or do just the spurious panels have that?

Looks normal to me.