B289 Peppermint Dream resto...

[karlito]

over to Sara "The Hat"

Well following a whistle stop training session I received in power tools I was permitted to handle the angle grinder. In depth instructions included 'hold this button down and don't cut your hand off'. Needless to say I was woefully unprepared for the noise, sparks and general terror that handling a machine that could easily cut me in half could actually inspire.
But after the first couple of hours of wrangling, I was finally getting the hang of it all. I started by filling down the rear wheel arch and then just generally following around after Karl and his welding. So next I attempted the framehead and the bulkhead to varying levels of success.
Then I got busy with the most pungent sealant to smooth over those unsightly lumps and bumps whilst the fumes took me to new and interesting places in my mind!!
Once we got that out the way I got on with the zincing of the rear wheel arch and made that look all pretty and red whilst handily protecting the car from future rust nastiness.
Anyway, back to Karl and the really important stuff.

red or dead



sealed bits,

[karlito]

finished off 99 percent of the passenger side structual welding today,





another shot of the framehead,



and finally re hung the wings to check it all still went back together,


it did

rested the seats inside to get a bit of a feel for the finished article,



More to come tomorrow night, last little bits on the passenger side and then its gutter time, not looking forward to that at all...

[jammee]

you are doing a fantastic job wish i had your knowledge and the sort of friends that dive in and help you all the best .jamie

[karlito]

Have you got those channels done yet mate? Where are you based, if not too far i can always do em...

[ChrisG]

At this rate the car will be MOTed by next weekend

Wish I could get help like yours around my workshop.... ah well, a few years from now my little daughter should be big enough to wear overalls

[89]

Karl

Let me have your addy and I will send over a B289 sticker for Peppermint Dream.

Well done to Sara...I was doing something similar today with a pot of red paint and some seam sealer.

89

[dub_crazee]

brilliant thread. cant believe how badly some of these 'show cars' have deteriorated in the last decade!! good to see what i have ahead of me (framehead bottom plate,, cross memnbers channels and pans)
keep up the great work

[89]

Originally Posted by dub_crazee

brilliant thread. cant believe how badly some of these 'show cars' have deteriorated in the last decade!! good to see what i have ahead of me (framehead bottom plate,, cross memnbers channels and pans)
keep up the great work

Wait til another decade when the so called show cars of now are lost n found.

BTW I love the way that in most of the pics the front numberplate has been left on the bumper

89

[dub_crazee]

Originally Posted by 89

Wait til another decade when the so called show cars of now are lost n found.


89

its a joke the amount of money spent on these 'show cars' and then not that long later they jus get left to rot and die especially as a lot of these cars are trailor queens or not driven in the wet! ahwel maybe i expect too much lol!

[karlito]

Originally Posted by 89

Wait til another decade when the so called show cars of now are lost n found.

BTW I love the way that in most of the pics the front numberplate has been left on the bumper

89

That number plate is structural