Boot floor....lol...pmsl.

[german sheperd]

So.......bought a new boot floor for 57 squid ....days work we thought, including a bit of body mount patching up.

Hmmm.........a 12 hour day and a 10 hour day later (yes 22hrs:eek:), myself and my very talented mate got it finished. Glad he is a good friend.

Starts with us fabricating the body mounts, then making a bespoke replacement for a magical dissappearing body crossmember, followed by a tad of chassis web fabrication and finishing with ........FINALLY GETTING THE FECKING BOOT FLOOR IN!!

WHY OH WHY DO WE ALL GO THROUGH IT??.............I've been here before (RRC/S3), but do I ever learn??....do I heck as like! Definately got the disease!......I love 'em more each time they break my heart/wallet/marriage......lol:D.

Cheers for listening.

Kev:p

P.S. A shameless plug for my mate Mark, if you need any work doing (mechanical or welding), he's got a garage in Hillmorton Rugby called Spannerz. Let me know I'll send you his details (well, it's the least I can do for him after the help he's given me...bless):)

[mburton2]

I did mine over the weekend.....took a few pics, I'll try to post them tonight.....although I did a patch-up with some off-cuts of zinc-coated, a pop-rivit gun & some silicon-sealer!.....:o

[StrangeRover]

Great picture story.
Let that be a warning to us all!

[thebiglad]

So.......bought a new boot floor for 57 squid ....days work we thought, including a bit of body mount patching up.

Hmmm.........a 12 hour day and a 10 hour day later (yes 22hrs:eek:), myself and my very talented mate got it finished. Glad he is a good friend.

Starts with us fabricating the body mounts, then making a bespoke replacement for a magical dissappearing body crossmember, followed by a tad of chassis web fabrication and finishing with ........FINALLY GETTING THE FECKING BOOT FLOOR IN!!

WHY OH WHY DO WE ALL GO THROUGH IT??.............I've been here before (RRC/S3), but do I ever learn??....do I heck as like! Definately got the disease!......I love 'em more each time they break my heart/wallet/marriage......lol:D.

Cheers for listening.

Kev:p

P.S. A shameless plug for my mate Mark, if you need any work doing (mechanical or welding), he's got a garage in Hillmorton Rugby called Spannerz. Let me know I'll send you his details (well, it's the least I can do for him after the help he's given me...bless):)


Your mate's a bit tasty with the old fab/welding work isn't he??

Nicely done guys, very nicely done.

I assume it's nice been slapped with all the rust-prevention products know to man???

[JulesV8]

Was all that done with the fuel tank in situe? Looks as though it was from one of the pics :eek:

Still, nice work!

[german sheperd]

Cheers for the compliments:).

Don't worry about the rust proofing.......2 gallon of Black Waxoyle in every concievable knuck and cranny.:D

Oh and the fuel tank was in situ the whole time, which we managed OK, just be careful with the air chisel..:eek::D...also we used a thin Abestos cement sheet (old school lab one), when welding the rear cross member.
Got a bit tense a few times though.
If I was to do it all again, I would remove the tank.

Cheers

Kev:)

[SCOTT MCLAREN]

Nice job - well worth recommending your buddy !

[georgemason]

Christ that same job took me 3 months!! Good work - easy when you know how I guess...

[german sheperd]

It was more a case of 'oh crap, well we're in this far let's press on'...lol

Cheers

Kev:)