Restoring Mollie (69 Bay) 500+ Photos

[Nick-Rackham]

JK panels arrived today so will hopefully be busy this evening cheers sparkywig, good quality panel


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[Nick-Rackham]

Started fitting the JK window repair panel and cut to size

looks like the profile is slightly out

tacked the ends and spot welded the seam

bit of adjustment

and welded in

just need to clean up welds and clean up!

 

[ZedBed]

Those panels are poo Nick. Check you can still get the sliding door on and off.

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Those panels are poo Nick. Check you can still get the sliding door on and off.

Seriously? Oh F*CK!!

 

[sparkywig]

Don't panic, mine still lifts on and off OK.

 

[kevinhall]

and mine. fingers crossed for you.

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Can you confirm if the profile of yours was slightly deeper than original? I think there's a pic of mine 2 or 3 posts up! Cheers, Nick


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[kevinhall]

Sorry, i didn't see mine side by side with the original. I thought it was the same as yours though and slightly deeper.

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Cheers I've got my door all striped so can check but have offered up the runner bit and it drops in ok so hopefully once I've got the door sorted it'll still fit??!!


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[Nick-Rackham]

Quick update for this week, hopefully more tomorrow but this is what's been done since last time.

First floor half in

Second half in

Grinding back the welds!

Bit of a weld burn!

Still grinding back welds but noise curfew now so that's it for today!

 

[moler]

Thought for a minute that JK had made a panel/part worth having :shock: but the equalibrium was quickly restored :lol:

Cracking job you're doing there too

Been toying with getting a stud welder and puller myself, would you recommend it?

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Cheers Ady Panel not too bad, required more than a little re profiling! Fits OK now and pleased with the result!

Stud welder is (apart from spot welder) best toy I've bought recently Awesome, just put the pin in, press trigger 2 seconds, fit slide hammer and bang just like that!! Definitely worth getting one if you've more than a few small dents to pull, saves loads of time

 

[moler]

I used to have a spot welder, and agree they're worth their weight in gold, I need to get a replacement!!

 

[Myvanway]

You remind me of markp off SSVC. Fantastic job.



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Respect to you guys who can fabricate & weld!! :worship:
Im good with wood!!!!! :lol:

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Cheers dude I'll have to go check out markp's work over on ssvc. Have to say it was moler and a couple of guys here and on vzi that inspired me to have a go myself! There's a lot of guys and girls on here doing some awesome work in pretty crap conditions!! Respect to you all


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[Caboose]

Top draw on your work so far, I'm using your pic's as reference points to inspire me (ie: rear section of front wheel arch, B-post etc). Thanks for posting great pic's

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Top draw on your work so far, I'm using your pic's as reference points to inspire me (ie: rear section of front wheel arch, B-post etc). Thanks for posting great pic's

No worries fella It's good to be able to see how things went together originally so you can take it apart and replace it as it should be, not only makes it "factory looking!" but is obviously the best way to put it right Hopefully by the end of June will have all welding from B post backwards completed! Then the fun begins on the front

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Update for today! Slow start as house work was required! must get some help!!

As the bottom rear of the offside panel was knackered, cut it out so I could get the outer sill lined up!

Spot welded it from the inside as I haven't yet added the filler plate to convert from LHD floor to RHD.

Spot welded the lower edge

Seems a long while back that I started to replace the outer half of the OS rear tub, so now I'm looking at ripping the whole thing out and putting a proper tub in

C Post is knackered so started to make up the repair pieces needed for this. Didn't get round to firing up the welder today, sore eyes from yesterday!

And lastly, started to cut and fit the OS rear arch. I love these Autocraft panels, so much better than the cheapy repros!

May get some more done during the week with a bit of luck!

Cheers for all the comments guys, keeps the motivation levels up!

 

[Myvanway]

Noticed you checked out marks thread on ssvc!!!!!
good innit??!! 8)
We popped round to see him & Gerry as he gave my dad a few bits for his van, top guy and super helpful.
like I said before, big respect to you guys.

Paul.

 

[Nick-Rackham]

Cheers Paul

Yep, checked out and commented on Marks thread. Got a bit nervous when I saw large amounts of metal getting removed and surprised they're strong enough to stay straight!

Nick