Lagoonblue's MK2 1600 deluxe

[consul315 180]

:wife: you are going to get caught ...

 

 

no problem Dave, they can t discontinue me! :thumbup:

 

(slaves can only be sold :closedeyes: )

[Captin Crayford 2]

coming along very well there Mr Blue... :thumbup: Good to see your back on the case.

[LagoonBlue 145]

Sorry for the lack of updates again, my day job went crazy for a while but now that things are settling back to tolerable levels i have been able to continue.

 

 

In my last post i was left wondering how to recreate front jacking posts..

 

 

So i made this B) I have wanted to make a hydraulic press for some years but did not have good enough excuse until now. Should of bought a ready made unit really but ones in my price range seemed rather rickety.

 

 

Just a wee 12Ton press, but good enough for my needs.

 

 

Stamping die.

 

 

Almost got the measurements right :blush: I was never good with math.. Nothing a little :chain: wont fix.

 

 

One side done.

 

 

Turns out that i can even do bends with me new toy ^_^

 

 

And done. Not perfect by all means but miles ahead of my previous attempt. Other one came to be 5mm too tall on the chassis rail side but i think i can bring it down enough with small v slots to the sides.

 

 

A quick test fit. These will work nicely after i tidy up the mating surfaces.

 

 

And as a bonus shot in the back is where i started with and front is where i ended up. There are couple more versions not pictured that got the hammer :D

 

This was a tricky part to copy, but i did learn heaps making it.

 

Some six weeks left for my summer vacation to begin, after the vacation i hope to have the body in such shape that it can rest again in it's own axles. Still much to do before that, i allready dread what surprises strut tops have in store for me :rolleyes:

[GhiaMk4/5 207]

They are 1st class chassis repair sections, :winner:

[Beowulf 87]

All I can say is wow. Great recreation !

[MLI 8]

Top work :thumbup:

[Captin Crayford 2]

Very smart work there Mr Blue... :thumbup: Looking forward to more pic's of the progress.. :cheers:

[retro toe 115]

you wanna make few more put them on ebay pay for press

[LagoonBlue 145]

Thank you all :thumbup:

 

you wanna make few more put them on ebay pay for press

 

Oh no, i'm not in this for the money and if i am being honest i am not 100% satisfied how these came out :blush: Though do not get me wrong, i am over the moon that i was able to make these by myself and definitely are good enough to use.

My day job is in electronics where tolerances are much tighter so i tend to see faults where there perhaps are none, being overtly harsh on my self some times.

 

That said, if i ever find myself between jobs with free time this is good skill set to have, get the dimensions right with dozen more and these would be indistinguishable from the factory part :D

 

And speaking of pursuit for perfection...

 

 

I tried to ignore this spot as long as i could.. Floor in this are was distorted ages a go when i had installed my first generation jacking point.

 

 

Ah, all better now. In the end this was easier than to try wrestle with the distorted floor.

 

 

I will tidy up some of the seams later but for now i will call this spot done :winner:

[jonsey 0]

Fantastic repair panels. Don't sell yourself short. Those jacking points are definitely good enough to sell. I just made mine flat sided but used 1.6mm steel and don't intend to use them for jacking.

[LagoonBlue 145]

Fantastic repair panels. Don't sell yourself short. Those jacking points are definitely good enough to sell. I just made mine flat sided but used 1.6mm steel and don't intend to use them for jacking.

 

Thanks! :thumbup: Really a shame that only the MOT man will ever see these (and all here, i guess), but this was a really good learning experience. I made mine from 1.5mm cold rolled sheet. Funny thing is that i had to drive 45 miles each way to get the steel even though we have a steel mill here in town! Also had to buy the whole 2m² sheet (around 30€ if i remember right) but nice to have some extra stock in hand as the rear rails need some attention too.

 

These jacking points will never see a jack as long as i can help it, once nearly had a Volvo 244 fall on my head when it's stock jack decided to take a dive :o

 

 

Left hand side also needed some rework done to it.

 

 

Flat section of the floor had buckled (oil canned) slightly but i managed to fix that with flame straightening using a blowtorch and wet rag like in this video;

 

 

And done! Floor was still not totally smooth but by applying small amount of back pressure from the other side i was able to get everything lined up.

Btw. have been meaning to hammer and dolly that curved firewall/ floor section smooth but i always forget to do it :D Oh, and drill the drain hole to large stamping in the floor.. Something for tomorrow i guess.

 

Even had time to mow the lawn at the end of the day!

[LagoonBlue 145]

I was feeling a bit lazy this week but got some work done anyway.

 

 

Drilled drainholes (22mm) and at the same time refined my earlier work on the stampings.

 

It was difficult to make up my mind on where to continue next (so much to choose from) but in the end i decided to start repairs on the rear jacking points. This is a known bad spot on these as the design collects crud which in turn starts the rot :angry:

 

 

From the inside.

 

 

Not much left here :(

 

 

End of the floor pan fixed. Luckily section under the rear seat area was salvageable.

 

 

Starting to look better ^_^

 

 

Looks great from the inside too.

 

 

Spring mount stiffening plate thing, holes to be made later.

 

I will have to do some digging online as how this area left the factory because i do not have a good example to go by.

Next weekend there will be a car show fairly close by. Last year i scored some great finds from the jumble sale there, will also take a proper camera with me this time around.

[jonsey 0]

Both my spring hangers, chassis rails and jacking points were so rotten and had been severly bodged i had no idea what they originally looked like. I bought a complete boot floor section of a car imported from portugal and welded the two section in complete. Saved a lot of time and effort trying to remake it. I admire the fact your going to make it as the thought of it made me want to cry.

[LagoonBlue 145]

Both my spring hangers, chassis rails and jacking points were so rotten and had been severly bodged i had no idea what they originally looked like. I bought a complete boot floor section of a car imported from portugal and welded the two section in complete. Saved a lot of time and effort trying to remake it. I admire the fact your going to make it as the thought of it made me want to cry.

 

Found pictures of the jacking point, and i can now see what you mean :tears:

Not a easy part to recreate, especially with out anything to take reference.

 

I would hate to just make something up, will need to explore what my options are.

[LagoonBlue 145]

i'm still alive :rolleyes: Not much has happened since my last update, but only one more week left before my vacation begins, then i can really start putting in hours towards the car.

 

This year summer has been slow in the making, only this week has the weather been nice enough that i have not need to wear a jacket.

The car/machinery show fortnight ago was a let down, mostly due to bad weather. From the jumble sale i was only able to find a set of dented hubcaps that i overpaid for :glare:.

 

Did not spot any 'tinas there but i did snap couple pics of Taunuses. Not worthy of it's own thread so pics below.

 

 

 

The red GT was especially nice :thumbup:

 

Back to business..

 

 

I got measurements that i needed from the opposing side so i could continue my work.

 

 

Made and welded in a patch here (center of photo).

 

 

Peeling back the layers of rot. I want to at least save the original holes :lol:

 

 

Now let's put 'er back together! Two 2mm plates on top of another for the spring mount.

 

 

1,5mm for the rails (original 1mm). Since the rail makes a slight S-curve that i can not replicate i had to plate the rail in three pieces (hence the thicker material). Not the way i would have preferred to do this spot but should not stick too bad to the eye when done.

 

 

Other side. I already made the curved bottom plate but will need to paint the inside part of the rail before installation.

 

Quite a complex area this is, will take much longer to complete than i thought. Might not get the car back on it's wheels any time soon at this rate but that is the way these things tend to go. Other side should go quicker now that i have my game plan sorted out ^_^