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[giz]

someone on another forum has rightly pointed out that it is not studley castle in the press photo!
after half an hour or so searching google images i have discovered it is in fact delhouise castle in Edinburgh!

[giz]

7 hours work over 2 nights and the front end is now as stripped as i want it to be for now, the only things left that will be removed at a later date are suspension and steering components.





i also had a poke at the windscreen/scuttle area and it looks like that needs attention too!



the next job is too empty the car into boxes and then start stripping out the rear interior, lights, bumper and push the rear side windows out. i'm going to have to replace the seals in both rear windows as they have rotted at the bottoms, does anyone know where i can get some new ones from?

[Rick]

A friend of mine was saying the other day that he knows of an estate, and is thinking about buying it to use for local trips out instead of their "modern". If he gets it I'll take some photos.

RJ
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[giz]

if he does, pinch the rear wiper motor for me

[giz]

the car is now 100% stripped except for the underside. Wednesday night 4 of us tipped it on to a pile of old tyres and now it's waiting for me to get some time off work so i can make a start on the rot underneath, it's not as bad as i thought













underneath the petrol tank looks good.

[giz]

i have started on the underside of the floor now, there is a lot of underseal to get rid of which is being attacked with an angle grinder wire brush attachment.
this picture shows the top half almost back to bare metal.



this is the drivers side rear chassis mount, jacking point and lurking beneath is rot



this is the passenger side which is far worse, as you can see the chassis has snappped



so it looks like the whole rear chassis will have to come off for some serious repair work.

i ran out of time last night but i have made a good start on where the rear floor meets the front, the strip that covers the join had rotted away so i've had to make another, both o/s and n/s have gone so i've had to guess how it should look.



i just have to clean up the welds a bit more and drill a couple of holes for drainage (i'm guessing) and i can move on to stripping the rear wheels/ chassis assembly.

[Rick]

Wowzers that's some re-construction work you've taken on - respect for sticking with it!!

RJ
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[giz]

thank you, if it wasn't so historic and rare i think it would have been scrapped weeks ago

[mid]

i removed all the underseal off my MG with a heat gun and a scraper, found it much quicker then the wire brush method, and after a quick wipe over with a petrol soaked rag there was no residue of the underseal left at all.

during:




after:




finished:

[bob2]

what mid said is exactly what we are doing to my cousin's fiat 124, it is easier and cleaner then wire brushing it all!!
once you clean the remains with a rag and some thinner just a light sand with 150 and 240 and its ready for paint.
The only difference is that we will be spraying stone guard befors the topcoat.

[giz]

thanks for the tip i'll give that a go later

[Rick]

In case you miss today's addition to the site

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/allegro.htm

RJ
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[JC T ONE]

Hi

Looking good, and I agree with the other guys -- its much easier, to remove underseal with a heating gun.

I also found something that you might want ?? or maybe not ? yours look nice.

its a DZA801 (front bumper) and its NOS, still in its BL plastic bag

maybe someone else can use it ?

keep up the good work
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[giz]

thanks for the offer but i have a couple all ready.


i haven't really done much in the last few weeks for a number of reasons: christmas, putting a new engine in the mini and finding myself a small unit so andy can have his garage back - which i've spent the last 2 weeks clearing all the rubbish out of. it was the old carpenters stores at work and as you can imagine it had years of wood, shavings and general rubbish piled high and hasn't been used in probably 10 years. i've spent 8 hours cleaning it out so far and it's nearly done, just another hour or 2 sweeping and painting and the estate will have a new home.

any way this is where i was just before christmas:-
rear wheel assembly removed - which will now have to go back on for the transportation to the new unit,
hydro elastic fluid removed and all fluid/brake/fuel lines removed,
and a bit more cleaning.



whist i was cleaning the inside of the o/s/r arch i hound yet more rust



and thats it for now, the next update will be once the car has been moved which won't be for 2 weeks or so

[Churchill Johnson]

Looking at this rust reminds me of a friend of mine who many years ago bought the car version one of these but it failed the MOT due to many holes in the floorpan and subframes i spent about 3days welding patches all over it wish i had turned him down, but they are no worse than the BMC 1100-1300 and can also remember welding a J reg mk3 Ford Cortina the inner sills all the way to the rear back panel both sides having parted company with the rest of the body.