frodo_monkey
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Afternoon all!
Had a free Sunday (the missus is off saving lives) and nothing to do on my race car (waiting for parts to pitch up), so I thought I'd do a bit of MG stuff and post some pics for you all to laugh at
My local friendly Machine Mart had a VAT-free day recently, so I treated myself to a Clarke 135TE gas MIG jobby. I've also gone and bought an auto-darkening helmet (from Weldequip, excellent service, thanks very much!) because my one-handed welding sucks and I don't want to go blind!
With the welding kit acquired, I set about wandering round the car with a notebook and a brew, noting down what I definitely need to do - which is, floorpans/inner sills/outer sills/rear arches/door pillars both sides at the very least! The car came with quite a few panels, but most of these were O/S. The previous owner had started on the N/S already, so I wanted to continue his work. I ordered the sills and floorpan from the MG Owners Club, and they pitched up t'other day so I thought "best crack on".
Today I measured the door gaps and was pleasantly surprised to find they are even both sides! I then took a lesson from the Bodgit school of engineering, found a shelf bracket lying around and tacked it across the N/S door to keep the gaps correct:
Then, it was grinder time... A cutting disc made light work of the rotten outer sill, revealing:
Surprise, surprise - a rotten inner sill. I then had a quick nosey inside the car and noticed that the rear spring hanger is knackered and breaking away from the floorpan:
So question time...
Should I remove the inner sill next and tack the replacement in where I can before fitting the outer sill and floorpan?
Or should I remove the floorpan next, then replace the floor before the inner sill? This would probably be easier, but as the car has the structural integrity of a wet teabag is it just going to collapse like a clowns car?!
Thoughts welcomed gents! Updates as and when wedding planning/racing/work allows
Had a free Sunday (the missus is off saving lives) and nothing to do on my race car (waiting for parts to pitch up), so I thought I'd do a bit of MG stuff and post some pics for you all to laugh at
My local friendly Machine Mart had a VAT-free day recently, so I treated myself to a Clarke 135TE gas MIG jobby. I've also gone and bought an auto-darkening helmet (from Weldequip, excellent service, thanks very much!) because my one-handed welding sucks and I don't want to go blind!
With the welding kit acquired, I set about wandering round the car with a notebook and a brew, noting down what I definitely need to do - which is, floorpans/inner sills/outer sills/rear arches/door pillars both sides at the very least! The car came with quite a few panels, but most of these were O/S. The previous owner had started on the N/S already, so I wanted to continue his work. I ordered the sills and floorpan from the MG Owners Club, and they pitched up t'other day so I thought "best crack on".
Today I measured the door gaps and was pleasantly surprised to find they are even both sides! I then took a lesson from the Bodgit school of engineering, found a shelf bracket lying around and tacked it across the N/S door to keep the gaps correct:
Then, it was grinder time... A cutting disc made light work of the rotten outer sill, revealing:
Surprise, surprise - a rotten inner sill. I then had a quick nosey inside the car and noticed that the rear spring hanger is knackered and breaking away from the floorpan:
So question time...
Should I remove the inner sill next and tack the replacement in where I can before fitting the outer sill and floorpan?
Or should I remove the floorpan next, then replace the floor before the inner sill? This would probably be easier, but as the car has the structural integrity of a wet teabag is it just going to collapse like a clowns car?!
Thoughts welcomed gents! Updates as and when wedding planning/racing/work allows