Shell Stripped, Door Gaps Braced
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Earlier in the week, I completely stripped the bulkhead, dash and steering column, which includes the entire wiring loom.
I'm planning to construct the replacement wiring from scratch, as things will differ so massively from the stock loom. I probably should have labelled things to make life easier when referencing the original, though!
Unfortunately rain stopped play - I set up camp inside the garage with a few beers, but ended up packing it in for the week! Got back out there today, and set to work on bracing the door gaps.
Finally decided how I was going to do it... Bolted a short piece of box section to two holes for the soft top fixings, and another to holes drilled in the inside of the A pillar, behind the door hinge mountings. Welded a length of box section between them.
Not super strong mounting locations, but they should be strong enough. Should give me room for cutting and welding, and let me fit the doors to check door gaps as I go too. Of course, I could have spent £100 on adjustable door braces a year ago and started cutting at the rust! I seem to put money into all the wrong places!
Didn't get as far as cutting any old metal away... my garage is 50 metres from the house (extension leads galore!) and joins on to someone else's house - they're selling up, so I offered to pack up to make things tidier/quieter whenever they have a viewing - unfortunately they're having one the same day I start making progress! Will hopefully start hacking at the sills tomorrow, weather permitting!
Posted at 19:05
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