forgot to mention this one has a throat of 490mm. I recommend to get as big as possible and secure it to something solid as well. The steering wheel make life easier .
Also in my tools is a 3 in 1 folder, roller, guillo , this is what I've made the sills with , prolly could've used the bead roller for them small zigzag folds , I'm hoping to make an adjustable guide to keep the part straight when swaging..

Haha, Deano of never seen it like that ! My garden hose has a sunraysia 4x4 wheel and my mountain bike has a bias pedalbox... Just joking with the last one 😜.
As for metal for panels I used to use stuff like falcon wagon roof skin and bonnets, plenty of metal there. I'm currently using a sheet of 1.2mm annealed (rust proof) I got from a salvage yard, it's painted black on one side, I've still got the left over sheet from doing the yellow van and a whole bunch of other sheets ranging from 0.9mm to 8mm !

From what I've read about annealed or zinc annealed is it's primary job is for car bodies and industrial fridges etc, it does bend without stressing, plus it's got that grey coating that holds back rust... I've had sheets on the weather for years on end and have only got rust on the tampered or scratched edges .. Mark, you should use this stuff , a full sheet costs about $80 from steel outlets ,I use 1.2mm as it's easier to weld being thicker..

Have a look at Kaka industrial, or Google up bead roller sales will bring up lots to choose from, getting a bunch of dies with it is something to look for as well , buying them separately will cost a packet, I bought the folding pr (1 is a skateboard wheel) . Next on your list is a shrinker stretcher machine!!

Well that was fun...I swapped out both sides front lower arm bushes on my Focus ST, the front bush is now neoprene type and the rear front bush is a factory rubber type. This is the rear bush for the front arm after 145k kms, it has been slowly getting worse but from last week it was knocking real bad . I was going take more pics but my fone was being the music box during the job.

Just thort to relay this across as many modern cars don't send road feedback to the driver as the old cars did, modern people are getting lazy and relying on scheduled servicing to find(maybe) problems . Plenty of new drivers don't know how to pop the bonnet let alone do a routine service or repair... Anywho enough ranting, I'll be back into the coup this week with more rustages !!

My theory is new cars are like a faraday cage, your immersed in the comfort and other such dash add ons and so unaware of what's going on out the window, do detached from reality lol.

As promised I gave the coup a nudge today, the first attack was to remove 8 layers of paint from the rear quarter panel, this was messy and dusty, I used the paint removing grinder wheel along with a flap wheel. Time it took was about 30mins !

Next pic is the gutter rail which is slightly giving me anxiety, I'll work that out when I get there, it's completely despatched at the front of the car..


This is the rear arch lower corner and fuel tank cavity , I've cut away the outer flat piece... Well it jumped off due to rust

And last job of the day was remove the back panel, the rotisserie cross bar made it a little harder but I got there . The replacement is from a car I wrecked prolly over 10yrs ago, time to use it up..

This old one was bent and rotten

Good work Marty. More patience than me
Customising it like you are sounds good cause you can bend the rules to suit your mood.

Depends if I get those arches from you in time 😜
Here's the paint strip disks I use..
https://www.ebay.com.au/i...rid=705-154756-20017-0

martymexico
Depends if I get those arches from you in time 😜
Here's the paint strip disks I use..
https://www.ebay.com.au/i...rid=705-154756-20017-0


Are the Mk2 arches going to fit on your Mk1 though?
You can have one anytime, the other is going to be a while still ((was planning to do the rhs sills then floor then rear guards, in that order). (Plus I just found I have a hernia thats needing a few stiches, trying to get it sorted before CV closes electives off even further, so out of action 1+ weeks when I find someone who can sew/staple. Feels like your ex girlfriend is continually kneeing you in the kiwis))
 
Thanks for the link.
PM me you address if you want this one sooner but, and i'll chuck it on Startrack.
 
How do you get away with having a flywheel on the good chairs? :)