Well today i have been mostly hunting for grot. It was a bit of a pain getting the cover sill off, various types of screw had been used to keep the cover on from underneath but it was a fight the screws were not going to win.
Well....................its not all that bad news actually!!
Welding has been carried out in the past by an incontinent pigeon, wat wiv the bird s**t weld splatter adorning the inner sill ( which means there is at least one other person on Planet Earth I weld slightly, only slightly better than) and I have found two areas of grot but nothing, so far, that is overly scary.
First pic is said weld ground down to something more respectable.
This is absolutely solid both on the sill and under the floor, infact there is only surface corrosion inside the car where the sill meets the floor.
Exhibit B:
A good wire brushing with a drill and something that will keep the rot at bay on top of it will see that last for eons.
The grot:
All in all nothing horrendous, infact the cover sill is in a worse state.
I did find something that was strange ( didnt get a pic tho) and that was a very thick piece of steel that looks to be part of the floor, under the rear door, yet sweeps up and is screwed/bolted to the inner sill. It does scream BODGE to me yet, hmmmm, its almost factory looking,, like an extra strengthening plate of somesort. Its probably still a bodge tho, albeit a very, very good one, the metal around it is rock solid. :wink:
Im more confident now that i wont find any horror stories ( tho I wont hold my breath) Im expecting the other sill to be this ones equal and im not anticipating major crappola when I finally get the wings off. I suppose, given that its got a new and expensive carpet fitted and had a fair few bob spent on the engine and carbs the car HAS been looked after right up until one of the owners had Stevie Wonder do the spray job.
Im starting to think this car is anything but a dogeared old lemon....
This is Rob reporting from a depressingly damp, misty and winterful Norfolk or summat.
Well....................its not all that bad news actually!!
Welding has been carried out in the past by an incontinent pigeon, wat wiv the bird s**t weld splatter adorning the inner sill ( which means there is at least one other person on Planet Earth I weld slightly, only slightly better than) and I have found two areas of grot but nothing, so far, that is overly scary.
First pic is said weld ground down to something more respectable.
This is absolutely solid both on the sill and under the floor, infact there is only surface corrosion inside the car where the sill meets the floor.
Exhibit B:
A good wire brushing with a drill and something that will keep the rot at bay on top of it will see that last for eons.
The grot:
All in all nothing horrendous, infact the cover sill is in a worse state.
I did find something that was strange ( didnt get a pic tho) and that was a very thick piece of steel that looks to be part of the floor, under the rear door, yet sweeps up and is screwed/bolted to the inner sill. It does scream BODGE to me yet, hmmmm, its almost factory looking,, like an extra strengthening plate of somesort. Its probably still a bodge tho, albeit a very, very good one, the metal around it is rock solid. :wink:
Im more confident now that i wont find any horror stories ( tho I wont hold my breath) Im expecting the other sill to be this ones equal and im not anticipating major crappola when I finally get the wings off. I suppose, given that its got a new and expensive carpet fitted and had a fair few bob spent on the engine and carbs the car HAS been looked after right up until one of the owners had Stevie Wonder do the spray job.
Im starting to think this car is anything but a dogeared old lemon....
This is Rob reporting from a depressingly damp, misty and winterful Norfolk or summat.
