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When I bought my new plate it came with those rivets. They are serated and dig into the side of the hole. I must admit I glued my plate on and then put the rivets in as I didn’t have much hope of them working second time, but they bit ok.

Thanks Gary,
Just had a google and they seem to be called Hanner Drive screws. Hadn't come across them before, might just remove the plate then I don't risk damaging it.

rich73 wrote:Thanks Gary,
Just had a google and they seem to be called Hanner Drive screws. Hadn't come across them before, might just remove the plate then I don't risk damaging it.

What a great discovery - I've never heard of a hammer drive screw before and always assumed that they were rivets.

Would you mind please posting the size if you do manage to source some?

Brilliant work on the tank by the way - you're obviously a very handy chap!

I got mine from Roger Bray Restorations

Screws removed, It's possible to cut a slot in with a Dremel and just unscrew them.

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rich73 wrote:Screws removed, It's possible to cut a slot in with a Dremel and just unscrew them.

Great to know.

I tried removing the hinge pins a while ago bit didn't get far, I think it was Gary who let me know it really needed a slide hammer tool.
I had a flat crow bar that I broke a while ago, one end had already become a bodywork bumping tool.

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Copped off the other end and enlarged the slot to fit the pins, then rather than use a slide hammer thought I'd give it a try with an SDS bit.
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Worked really well, tops both came straight out and the bottoms soon after with a little heat from the heat gun.

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Not the most interesting but quite rewarding getting the doors cleaned up. Quick blast with the blow torch then wire brush on a drill seems to work well.

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Having bit of a sort out too, I presume this is some sort of expansion tank. I'd be grateful of someone could let me know if I need to keep this of if a neater more elegant solution exists?
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Thanks

If you blow torch it then the hand wire brush is often very fast, faster and more convenient even than the drill as you can use the torch and brush one in each hand but watch out for big flat panels bowing if they get too hot!

I have that expansion vessel in mine. I think in conjunction with the charcoal canister it also helps prevent a vacuum forming as fuel is drawn out but I'd also be interested in alternative solutions.

Thanks Rob, I'll give that a try.
Finished cleaning the doors and got some Epoxy on them this morning.
Saw Allen Millyard using a wire brush on a pillar dill so thought I'd give it a try, worked perfect.

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Also converted some later type door hinges to early.

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I'm in a good routine at the moment of doing 5 mornings a week on the car. Seems to be working well and I'm defiantly getting more work done in 2 half days than 1 would working a full one.
This mornings progress;

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Other side on too using some temporary bolts.

Also gone from red bonnet;

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To much less red bonnet;

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I'm tracking how much time I've spent on the project, just checked and I'm currently at 750 hours. Main reason for this is so that I can plan more accurately for future projects. In the past I do realise that I've based a days effort on late teens me spending 14hours a day in the garage.

Might drill a few holes in the bonnet frame before painting tomorrow.

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I presume the square holes were for lights, I decided to weld them up for a cleaner look.

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Hopefully drill a few holes in it tomorrow before painting.

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Looks good Have fun with the drill!

Thanks Gary, I did !
Tip of the day is not to use a hand held drill with a step bit for >30mm holes, gets a bit lively.
All went well though, set myself 2 hour drilling time limit to ensure I had some bonnet left at the end. I can see now 'just a few more' could easily take over.

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Nice to get some epoxy on so it didn't spent the weekend rusting.

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Looks better than it did on Wednesday.

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My world is slowly getting shinier.

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