Kwik
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Bellow is the last few weeks of my project that I have posted on other forums. This one however is the one I need the most right now, WELDING!!
Day 1
Like all good projects, this started with me being peer pressured into buying a car 125 miles away, on ebay that I hadn't viewed. The car has no MOT, and hasn't had one for 10 years. It has no roof, rotten floors, arches, boot, bonnet.... In fact I think every panel has a bit of rust. It was winched off the trailer and pushed in the garage so I am not sure if it even runs. It was raining this evening when being delivered and it was late so all I have done is receive it and push it into the garage. I will push it out tomorrow if the weather allows and start stripping it down. I will let the pictures do the talking.
So what do I want to do with it? Phase 1 will be to get it through an MOT and enjoy it as a 2CV. Phase 2 will be to make it quicker, BMW bike engine, suspension etc.
I think I should focus on phase 1 for a bit first though.
Day 2:
I have to be honest, when it turned up last night, in the rain, it dawned on me what I had just bought myself into. I knew it would be a project, but not this much of a project. Infactt I didn't get much sleep because I kept thinking I made a huge mistake.
However, this morning it was sunny and more importantly dry. I pushed the car out of the garage and assessed my plan of attack. Step one, dissasemble and find all of the holes that need filling. It is a daunting task and I haven't done body work before so it will be an experience for me.
And then it rained. unfortunately the garage is a bit to messy and full of other stuff to make it easy to work on when the car is in there.
Day 7:
Had the day off so I had some more time to take things off the car. all relativly easy up to this point. The front wings put up a bit of a fight and I ended up ripping off a bracket from the bulkhead, but I can deal with that.
I am trying to figure out the order in which I should weld. What to weld first, which panels can be patched and which need replacing, and if I should take the body off the chassis, and if I do at which point?
I am starting to think that most of it can be done with the body on the chassis, inface I could probably do all of it except the floor and the lower bulkhead. The rest of it including the sills, lower windscreen frame and rear end/ boot floor will be done with the body of the chassis. Once that is done I will lift it off to do the floor/ underside. Although I only have a single garage and not much other storage space so I am going to have to get a bit creative.
The simplicity of 2CV's amaze me every time I work on the car. After removing the front doors I was expecting the rears to be attached in a similar way, but nope, they get lifted out as you can see in the bellow image, a bit of WD40 and it slid out with ease.
Its nice to know I will have loads of support in that B pillar in a roll over....
Next step is to remove the other parts on the dash as well as the rear wheel arches (lots of rust) and then asses the work needed for the shell.
Day 9:
After Batteling with the rear wings I managed to get them off. the seemed to be held on with a mix of screws of different sizes and then spot welded at the rear? not sure if that is right (I don't think so) or if it was a result of missing a fixing in that bottom corner.
Most of the rear end is ready for grinding back and welding. I just need to drop the fuel tank. I am going to start at the rear and work forward I think, give me a bit more time to disassemble the front, and the rear is pretty bad. I think every panel has a hole in it. I don't want to be replacing whole panels either as I will end up having to buy the whole rear end in panels. The exception I think will be the inner rear arches as they are already patched and in pretty bad condition. I will then work out from them.
And then a quick tidy up at the end of the day. the build up of rust dust was driving me mad.
Also, does anyone know how I would remove the windscreen wipers? I tried a google but couldn't find anything, and I couldn't figure it out without running the risk of damaging something.
Ok, so now you are caught up.
I need to remove a few other bits, fuel tank etc before cutting grinding and welding.
Some advice I do need right now is where to start given the condition. I was going to work from the back and go forward but having not done this before I am not sure of the best order. I don't have space unfortunately to take the body off and work on it separately either, so any work needs to be done with the body attached to the chassis.
Any advice?
Day 1
Like all good projects, this started with me being peer pressured into buying a car 125 miles away, on ebay that I hadn't viewed. The car has no MOT, and hasn't had one for 10 years. It has no roof, rotten floors, arches, boot, bonnet.... In fact I think every panel has a bit of rust. It was winched off the trailer and pushed in the garage so I am not sure if it even runs. It was raining this evening when being delivered and it was late so all I have done is receive it and push it into the garage. I will push it out tomorrow if the weather allows and start stripping it down. I will let the pictures do the talking.
So what do I want to do with it? Phase 1 will be to get it through an MOT and enjoy it as a 2CV. Phase 2 will be to make it quicker, BMW bike engine, suspension etc.
I think I should focus on phase 1 for a bit first though.
Day 2:
I have to be honest, when it turned up last night, in the rain, it dawned on me what I had just bought myself into. I knew it would be a project, but not this much of a project. Infactt I didn't get much sleep because I kept thinking I made a huge mistake.
However, this morning it was sunny and more importantly dry. I pushed the car out of the garage and assessed my plan of attack. Step one, dissasemble and find all of the holes that need filling. It is a daunting task and I haven't done body work before so it will be an experience for me.
And then it rained. unfortunately the garage is a bit to messy and full of other stuff to make it easy to work on when the car is in there.
Day 7:
Had the day off so I had some more time to take things off the car. all relativly easy up to this point. The front wings put up a bit of a fight and I ended up ripping off a bracket from the bulkhead, but I can deal with that.
I am trying to figure out the order in which I should weld. What to weld first, which panels can be patched and which need replacing, and if I should take the body off the chassis, and if I do at which point?
I am starting to think that most of it can be done with the body on the chassis, inface I could probably do all of it except the floor and the lower bulkhead. The rest of it including the sills, lower windscreen frame and rear end/ boot floor will be done with the body of the chassis. Once that is done I will lift it off to do the floor/ underside. Although I only have a single garage and not much other storage space so I am going to have to get a bit creative.
The simplicity of 2CV's amaze me every time I work on the car. After removing the front doors I was expecting the rears to be attached in a similar way, but nope, they get lifted out as you can see in the bellow image, a bit of WD40 and it slid out with ease.
Its nice to know I will have loads of support in that B pillar in a roll over....
Next step is to remove the other parts on the dash as well as the rear wheel arches (lots of rust) and then asses the work needed for the shell.
Day 9:
After Batteling with the rear wings I managed to get them off. the seemed to be held on with a mix of screws of different sizes and then spot welded at the rear? not sure if that is right (I don't think so) or if it was a result of missing a fixing in that bottom corner.
Most of the rear end is ready for grinding back and welding. I just need to drop the fuel tank. I am going to start at the rear and work forward I think, give me a bit more time to disassemble the front, and the rear is pretty bad. I think every panel has a hole in it. I don't want to be replacing whole panels either as I will end up having to buy the whole rear end in panels. The exception I think will be the inner rear arches as they are already patched and in pretty bad condition. I will then work out from them.
And then a quick tidy up at the end of the day. the build up of rust dust was driving me mad.
Also, does anyone know how I would remove the windscreen wipers? I tried a google but couldn't find anything, and I couldn't figure it out without running the risk of damaging something.
Ok, so now you are caught up.
I need to remove a few other bits, fuel tank etc before cutting grinding and welding.
Some advice I do need right now is where to start given the condition. I was going to work from the back and go forward but having not done this before I am not sure of the best order. I don't have space unfortunately to take the body off and work on it separately either, so any work needs to be done with the body attached to the chassis.
Any advice?
Something simple like a pole and washing line then the sheet could be slid back when not needed.
... well not straight away any way 
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], along perhaps with parts availability. 
