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[archie837]

Went down today to make a go of it



First floor out in about 20 minutes



Took about 8 cutting discs to get to this stage

[archie837]

The flipped it on it's side to start splitting the spot welds and get the last bits of floor off


Was splitting them by hand down the length of the spine with a hammer and chisel



Then got to the end and had about 4 layers of panel in 1 go. Took about an hour to get off

[archie837]

Pasenger side is all done and ready for the floor to drop in and weld up. Pics below show the difference in sides. get to do it all again next time to clean up the drivers side - Split all the spot welds by hand, carefully cut out the awkward bits and then used a grinding disc to get it all smooth.




I CAN'T FRIKKING WAIT!!!!!

[archie837]

Went down today to finish cleaning up the other side. Hopefully start getting the floors in tomorrow! Amazing how little there is to these!

[dom]

Great work so far

[archie837]

Great work so far

cheers mate. Feels like ten steps back one step forward, bit hopefully big stuff will happen soon and make a big difference again!

[archie837]

Went down today with the intention of getting the floors in  ... I now know why a full off body resto costs so much. Cleaned up the underside and it's pretty rot free which is a massive bonus. and now it's all prepped to be coated underneath when the pans go in!

After taking off 50 years of muck!


Had to do a bit more trimming and adjust the pans slightly, but the drivers side just drops straight in now which is ace! Going down tuesday to start making it solid again 

Fresh pans and trial fit




Really enjoying it so far! 

[Wayne]

Excellent progress.

[lewis1641]

enjoying this thread. i have a rat rod project sitting in my garden which i am about to get stuck into. been reading up on how to do the pans so good to see some pics.

really looking forward to getting stuck in.

[archie837]

enjoying this thread. i have a rat rod project sitting in my garden which i am about to get stuck into. been reading up on how to do the pans so good to see some pics.

really looking forward to getting stuck in.

Ace, get some pics up. Once the pans were out i was excited, but then it took another 2 days to clear off the remainder of them. Worth doing though as now the new ones just drop in lurrvly!