taylorboosh
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I dont like the black bit personally
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taylorboosh
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Ive just won a scimitar 4ha axle.... Safe for about 500bhp
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taylorboosh
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So a fair few beers and some work tonight
Welded the corners and extensions of wings
Not dressed yet like
Then made rad mounts
Rad sat a bit high due to bumper fixings so made a funnel for air
Then looked at how front bumper sat
Then tried to remove to pull in.... No luck it fouled our rad mounts lol cut out and trimed then re welded
Alas bumper half or 3/4 trimmed - still needs work
Will finish and dress next time along with welding any holes in the floor i find
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Nic Barnes
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Intercooler looks like it's tipping forward at the top. Can see restrictions everywhere mate.
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taylorboosh
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Its a restrictor IC to limit power to 13bhp till i pass my bike test
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DaveyLC
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That welding is something else..
It breaks my heart a little that someone so talentless with a welder has been let loose on what looks like a tidy shell.
[Edited on 16-01-2016 by DaveyLC]
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--ToM--
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Thought the same thing davey, probably why the word "dress" is being used so frequently.
I'm getting a bit bored of this thread now it just seems to be loads of close up pics of bad welds on every update, when's something major gonna happen?
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taylorboosh
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Theres absoloutely nothing wrong with those welds lol although im sure davey lc lord of the universe could do better on 40 year old extremly thin metal....
If your bored then id advise not reading the next few updates as they will be:
Dressing the panels back
Finish the bumper
Remove screens
Clean up the inside
Weld any holes in the floor
Remove the plate recess
Weld up and dress the trim holes in the bumpers
Roll the arches
Then and only then will mechanical work start - probably back axle first then engine (i need a different box)
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AndyCorsaSport
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Looks like he forgot to turn the gas on on the welder 
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Nic Barnes
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I dressed myself this morning.
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Theres absoloutely nothing wrong with those welds lol although im sure davey lc lord of the universe could do better on 40 year old extremly thin metal....
If your bored then id advise not reading the next few updates as they will be:
My five week old son and my dog could do better.. It looks like you're using a welder with fixed power settings and not enough gas .
It really is Rough
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taylorboosh
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Say what you will, wip over with a grinder and that will be perfect, obv the rest of the old paint and bodge will need re doing like
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--ToM--
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In all fairness I can't weld to save my life, but the welds Iv done whilst messing about look on par if not better than them, isn't the guy doing the welding meant to actually be s welder? Or are you doing it? If it's you then fair play but someone who claims to do a lot of it that's wank.
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Ben G
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When's this going to turn into a project thread and cease to become a general chat thread?
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taylorboosh
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Its a general chat thread about a kadett
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taylorboosh
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Dressed them up a bit quickly
Once they have a DA down and a skim in they will be decent
Rolled rear arches - gained about 10mm a side ( they are solid but still have 1mm of bodge in which has cracked off lol)
Just on with bumper now and then ill get pics
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Robin
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I think it looks good!
You'll need to put something behind the gap between the bonnet and the wing though or you'll get a really crap line of light with the headlights on.
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taylorboosh
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Going to use black heat proof paint on top of lamps, thanks though
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taylorboosh
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Had a hand off the bairn to roll the arches on the rear, will do the fronts midweek
Its really quite a fuck on when for no reason your arches have 1-2mm of bodge on
Needs bodge addressing but im pretty happy
Then here is how the front looks, again needs a going over with a DA, bumper pulled in
Plans this week is to get some filler and sort bonnet and wings, arches and badge holes...
Roll front arches
Windows out
Clean up inside
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--ToM--
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Did it have a lot of filler in it then? Looking st the panel gaps now it's been ground away it looks lads bigger
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--ToM--
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I had to roll the arches on the cav when I fitted the Ronals pain in the ass should of done it before the respray,
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--ToM--
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I didn't use a tool either just applied heat to keep the paint soft and twatted them with a hammer
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Nic Barnes
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I'm sure it will look amazing from a distance pal
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taylorboosh
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Lol i think its the pics making the gaps look worse, they are probs the best they have ever been lmao
Wings at front are caked in bodge going to DA it back and do it properly
Arches are bodged for no reason lol fuck knows why but im going to do them too
Only £35 for the roller so silly not to
Nic it will look great close up too - keep the faith - looks worse because of the line where i ground bodge
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Nic Barnes
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You chilled out now mate? Seen your rants on Facebook about this thread and peoples opinions on your hard work.
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