Could Have Been Expensive!
Saturday, October 7, 2006
I had a phone call this morning from my credit card company to query an attempted transaction - someone had tried to spend a few thousand pounds at computing store Dabs.com (not a company I'd ever use, going on past experiences!). Fortunately it would have gone over my credit limit, so the transaction was declined.
I'm tech savvy enough to keep my computer secure and not to go putting my details into phishing sites, but was obviously concerned that someone had my credit card details sitting about. Turns out that it was a genuine transaction, as the payment was later made correctly, so the buyer had managed to typo his own credit card details for my own - quite an achievement. Annoyingly though, it means the card has been barred and I need to wait for a new one to turn up... usually takes an age!
Just the one Spitfire picture today... forgot to charge the camera batteries! Nothing too dramatic from yesterday evening's session in the garage... Mainly tidying up/trimming back the A pillar and floor to weldable metal.
Unfortunately the top mounting for the front of the sill (the clean metal at the bottom of what's left of the A pillar in the below shot) is completely past it, so I'll probably snip a few cm off that and fabricate a bit of steel to run right the way round. I'll also need to fabricate a bit of the bulkhead (about the right hand third here) where past repairs have made a mess of the metal I need to weld to.
Held a few panels in place to get an idea for the fit - the floor and sill look to line up, but I'm struggling to fit the A pillar repair panels between them, so will need to take some measurements to work out what's out of line before I snip anything to fit! Just the floor sat in place on its own:
Posted at 20:41
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Comments
Jens Haugaard:
Hi Telkman!
Nice hard work! Been there working on a spitfire mk 3 once, now working on a complete rustet out wreck!
Just had a comment: Take care that the entire bulkhead does not tip backwards – have seen several rebuilds with perfect door gabs, but with a too wide gab at the scuttle/bonnet panel. My advice would be: While working on the sills/floorpans: Remount the �H�-support (and some old carpet!) and the complete bonnet!
Best regards
Jens