Thread: Little Miss Adventure

Yeh thats what i was thinking, looks like someone has done some dodgy welds, the crack look like is actualy the weld thats cracked or atleast right next to it probobly from the weld pulling the metal. Whats the damage to the foot well that needs it replaced as well? i wouldnt bother replacing the panels, just do a repair on it and do as the last owner did and hide it with filler!

But its good to see you getting in there and getting dirty lou! i could never get my wife to work on the cars except for the interior.

nah the footwell is shot think its had a brake fluid leak or something on it as lot of bubbled paint etc above it but the footwell def needs replacing massive holes though it and the metal is thin as....

ok so in that case perhaps I just need a foot well and will fill the hole pack up that I just taken all the fill out of and get it painted.....

do you have pics of the foot well damage? you might be able to get someone to just press up something and weld it in rather then ordering those bits from ebay, its only light gauge sheet,

I will get some Mick I can't tonight though as I have to get something in the garage to clear up all the dust that I have managed to spread around...

not game enough to put the camera in there at the moment

Originally Posted by Shonky

Bit hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like someone has cut out some rust and welded in some plate, and then bogged over the top to hide their duck-**** welding!

looks like oxy welds to me.
the whole thing can be fixed up, not too hard, but ide be looking for another one as a donor, that way bits from one can be cut out and used on the other.
oh, and depending on the type of filler rod used for the oxy welding, it can be hard to re weld with a mig, same as trying to mig weld over a stick weld and gassles mig welds.

cheers phil

Does that mean its going to be hard to fix up that crack?

I was hoping to have a go at welding...I was watching some video's on You tube...could be very disastrous how ever I'm keen to give it ago

i understand now after seeing what you uncovered with the wire buff, that its cracking because of all that mess. the whole thing is under stress.
more weld = more contraction.
you can probably weld it up but it would most likley crack again soon after.

not that ive had a really good look at it but the front end was in a smash at some stage, so do you think the damage to the fire wall was due to that or just rust?

cheers phil

I think the damage done to the firewall on the passenger side was possibly done to the bang it had however the bog on the firewall has been like that for a great number of years now...

I can't remember how many years Gordon had the car in the family as it was owned by his father before being passed to him and informs me that the firewall has never been touched while in there possession and was when I got it exactly how they got it I think it might of been around 17/20years before.