Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:40 pm

So, nothing for it but........

Regards
Mike

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:55 pm

The remainder looked reasonably good,

But not everything was rosy,

Mastercraftsman to the rescue,

He makes it look so easy doesn't he......

Regards
Mike

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:07 pm

Lots of other small repairs which take time and bucketfuls of talent and we end up like this,

What can I say, how good is this,

Regards
Mike

andy888 · Post by **andy888** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:45 pm

different class, this is what i should be doing

DustyM · Post by **DustyM** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:45 pm

Very Nice

Tp81 · Post by **Tp81** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:48 pm

Greta to follow progress Mike. Lovely work from Barry.

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:54 pm

And once all together a final pull to ensure exact alignment at the strut

Then onto the next section.

Regards
Mike

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:02 pm

Crusty top rail

Cut out

Fab magic

Fitted

Regards
Mike

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:16 pm

Crusty scuttle end

More fab fab and restored

Regards
Mike

tangerineT · Post by **tangerineT** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:52 pm

Looking fab !

Inspiration indeed for those of us welding at home and wishing we had the skills to fabricate like that

Keep up the great work

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:25 pm

Barry just makes you smile doesn't he?

Just look at those battery box MIG corner welds....
Do I detect more and more spots weld appearing on each car done?

Goodwood · Post by **Goodwood** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:18 am

With the quality of work on these pages it always strikes me a shame that these cars have to be painted! I had to drop something at a very large house this week, amongst all the usual modern exotica in the (private) road sat a Land Rover Series IIa - a quick walkaround showed that the car had had a 100% mechanical restoration, but the body panels had not been touched; not a single one was straight or devoid of some dings and the paint was only just hanging on for dear life - it looked glorious!

Enjoying this build, like everyone else i like sitting down with a mug of tea to admire the next installment from Barry...

murph2309 · Post by **murph2309** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:34 am

Those bits he fabbed in front of the battery boxes are very cool. You gotta love this work. And I also used to love getting the 'photo update' packages each week, they make you feel so warm and lovely that the car is going back to fantastic health!

Great updates Mike - really enjoying this.

andy888 · Post by **andy888** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:39 pm

what type of MIG welder does he use? that is very neat on the battery boxes and very hard to do on thin material

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:31 pm

Great thread Mike and fantastic pictures.

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

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