Decided to make a start on the floor next, after much deliberation decided to go for restoration design panels with front/rear split……..then found that although Design 911 had them listed they has no confidence in when they would have them in stock. Dansk with a left/right split it was then. Must admit I that couldn’t be happier with the fit and quality, also actually think I now prefer the idea if the left right split as I can do the sills on one side before moving to the other side.
Did some thread searching and found a post from Barry on supporting the car with jack stands. Did this to the letter and measured the door gaps, to 0.01mm of course as I’ve finally bought a decent digital calliper. Added some bracing bars too, seems to have worked well as no movement detected.
Old floor fiberglass layer ripped out easily, then Plasma to roughly cut out the horror below.
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Needed to make some repair panels so invested in a Shrinker and stretcher from Frost which seem great for the money. Made a mount for them so they could be clamped in the vice.
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Right hand floor panel is now welded in place. Decided to drill the flanges and plug weld from above, jacking the floor up in the area I was welding. Hole for the plug welds of 7mm seemed the best and allowed a consistent weld with good penetration.
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Still need to clean up a bit but getting on now with the right hand sill, first RSR arch removed.
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Starting to look at suppliers for the ST arches, if anyone has a steel set tucked away then please let me know. From the research I've done they all seem to be the Anna Thom ones. Stuttgart Classica have them for 3K as do D911, although neither keep them in stock. Has anyone purchased direct? Happy to pay a UK supplier premium if they keep stock but there seems little point if they just get then sent to me from Poland. Dansk now do some front arches described as RS/Singer look for £890 a pair but not sure if the profile is correct. It the moment I'm thinking I may just wait and see if D911 have an Easter sale and just deal with the wait.