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Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:34 pm
by pbottomley
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Words fail me

Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:56 pm
by viva les vegas
:dito: I'm with him :shock:

Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:58 pm
by midlands_nick
pbottomley wrote::shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Words fail me


that HAS to be a first.... :lol:

Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:55 pm
by marky

Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:53 pm
by midlands_nick
it would.. but its money I dont have.... so onwards with Bert ....
(was already watching it though and thanks for the heads up)

Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:36 pm
by midlands_nick
ok was sorting out some more stuff to go down the container when I happened across a box of new wheel trims I had got off ebay ages ago, although they are marked as 13's they fit the 12" van wheels a treat (just don't show any edge like they would on a 13" wheel I suppose)
anyone got any idea what they are off ???

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van cap
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van cap with the trim ring behind it
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don't think it looks too bad myself.. (unlike the tyre)
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Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:10 pm
by midlands_nick
well.. woke up to a steaming hot day so decided to have a bit of a lay in, then after a session on the x-box with my son I decided he would be happier playing his wargames on his own so dragged the welder out the shed and set to work....

decided to get ready for the cills by getting the bulkhead/firewall area somewhere near and started by dissecting the OS bit, now the fusebox normally lives here but im moving it into the vehicle as it makes more sense to keep them in the dry.

started off as with the other side by repairing the lower lip on the front face as I still had something at the side to line it up with
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then did the side part and lined it up to this

jigsaed out ready for removal
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note top also cut back to sound metal

strip tacked in
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BZZZ
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top plate cut to shape and tacked in
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and final welded
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just the leading edge now
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and welded in all ready for inner cill to be joined to
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last job was to whack a bit of protective primer on as wont be on it for a week or so and wrap the old girl back up

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will repair the front of the firewall/bulkhead when the iner cills are in as these will give me my line to go to.

thanks for checking in !!!!

Re: ha Roma restoration

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:30 pm
by Norbert67
I salute you :respekt:
my friend did some welding on my Van
which impressed me, but you are in a class of your own 8)