Brooky Posted July 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Thanks Colin and nonmember Ill take a closer look when I get to finalise the bonnet position, it looks like there could be more done to it though 👍🏻 Iain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 B pillar repaired, tricky bit that, glad its done. Onto the A pillar 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Faulds Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 In sync today brooky 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Nice one Ian 🤣👍🏻😎 I just cut the windscreen drip rail off the n/s as there appeared to be crusty rust along the edge where the door seal sits, its been changed in the past as it was plug welded on screen knackered underneath so thats getting repaired first, looks ok inside the rest though 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Faulds Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 I did my drip rails a while ago. Just cut all the drip rail off and the back out and welded in new. I've made new drip rails but haven't welded them on yet. Next for me is stone chip underside then paint colour on top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Im thinking repair the rear of frame, then think of how to fix the fresh made one. Im sure it could be self tappered on, it offers no real strength. I might do the frame repair in 1.5mm steel and see 🤔😎 Still got the tub on the chassis, Im a while off taking it off yet but no rush 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Faulds Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 I thought of glueing mine on fist then maybe pop rivit, just pop rivit maybe too long and if you cut self tapper, too short. Some kinda 2 pack waterproof glue maybe then if you need to take them off should be easy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Many of the 'structural' two pack adhesives are very good. I am in the final (well 2nd final) stages of testing some of these. The initial results can be found here https://forum.tssc.org.uk/topic/2623-back-to-the-bonnet-the-last-words-nose-to-tail-1972-spitfire-mkiv-restoration-upgrades/?page=39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Im thinking more along the lines of being able to paint underneath, which I can with zinc weld through primer. There is no waxoyle in the screen frame and that will help as Ive always painted a car then saturated box sections and roof sections with it. Might just see how many plug welds I can get away with, they went overboard plug welding the one Ive taken off thats for sure lol. Maybe glue it like you said and a couple of self tap screws, rivets are a no no unless theyre steel ones 🤔🤣😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 The method I am using is to use the structural bond with sealed countersunk rivets to pull and hold together the panels until the bond is cured. I will fill the rivet holes with bond and flash over with a sander to smooth off. You can also grind off the interior part of the rivet if you can get to it. The outside, when painted, will look like a standard spot weld, but with the adhesive bonding all touching surfaces, and to a much greater width than a running weld it could be even stronger than welding. However..... even though classed as 'structural', I would not test this out on sills, chassis parts and such like. Hope this helps. I will be posting photos in due course on my thread. I would also consider Dinitrol instead of Waxoyl for the future. Waxoyl, like Hammerite has fallen out of favour with many 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Faulds Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 thing is i guess brooky your like me we are trying to make the cars last forever, their gonna be better built than triumph production had time for anyway, i was a maintenence engineer before retiring so my brain thinks of ways to make future maintenence easier too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Badwolf, yeah Ive heard people like the Dinitrol better than waxoyle as it can creep and doesnt set like waxoyle can. I do like waxoyle though, had a midget for 28yrs prior to the GT6 fully rebuilt that and used waxoyle. I wasnt happy with the repair Id done to a rear wing shortly before selling it and got hold of a new wing cut the old one off and the rear wheelarch and inner wings were mint I guess its how the person who puts whatever you use into sections, how carefully theyve done it, because it was my own car you tend to take your time and ensure it gets to everywhere you want it. This GT6 has had new rear wings 30 years ago and theyve applied waxoyle and probably charged a fair bit for that on the invoice, and only squirted it through the big holes in the rear wing boot area, they might aswell have not bothered lol 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 I don't think that the waxoyl of today is the same as it used to be. I used it 40 years ago when it first came out and was marketed by Finnegans, I think that Hammerite was as well. Both have been bought, I think, by Akzo Nobel (Dulux). They took the name and we still buy the name but not the product!! As for the adhesives mentioned earlier, I have just finished my tests and posted the results on my thread, just in case they are of any use to you. I have a couple of plates to bond on my doors as well as my bonnet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Cheers Badwolf food for thought, Ill take a look at your thread later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Ian, I know what you mean re making them better, I just keep telling myself, as long as it out lasts me it will do 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Busy afternoon more hidden rot amazing 🙄🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Thats underneath of next section, its triple plated on that section to dashboard, A pillar top to do now, easdy time now its mostly flat plate 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Did I say easy time 🤣 had one of those days today when you seem to work ya bollocks off and dont seem to have got much done 🤪🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Feel better today, door back on after major repair yo top A pillar, just got it off axle stands and now to get better gap with door and bonnet, then on with the sill etc happy day 👍🏻😎 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted July 21, 2020 Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 hours ago, Brooky said: Feel better today, door back on after major repair yo top A pillar, just got it off axle stands and now to get better gap with door and bonnet, then on with the sill etc happy day 👍🏻😎 Looking good 👍 are the cement bags to give more traction😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted July 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Started repairing front floor with strengther where it fits to the outrigger, all welded up, started cutting the old A pillar bottom/inner sill out to fit new one and made a few sections to repair lips etc but.....in the garden now enjoying this lovely weather, enjoy people 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 ... its raining now..!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted August 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 Good day on it yesterday and finished spotwelding the lower major section today, some small repairs to do then cut rest of inner sill off and make rear floor section 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted August 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Bit more done today, repaired the hinge plate by drilling out bigger, grinding my nuts lol and pressed into plate welded on the rear, neanderthal I know but Ive no tap set lol Started cutting rest of the rust sandwich floor edge out too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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