Austin Marina Van

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:52 pm

I was just going to tart it up and put an MOT on it but that was a couple of weeks ago and after getting underneath of the van and scrapping away dirt, grease and other assortments of shit I noticed that the top of the A post on the offside was as rotten as a peach so I decided just to hook the van up and bring it home to the house and put it in the garage.

Seeing how the rally season is more or less finished I decided yesterday to wander into the garage armed with a grinder, a hammer and a cold chisel oh and my camera. The point of the exercise was to remove the offside wing and have a good look at the A post. As originally thought its rotten (but repairable!) The tops of the inner wings are not very cleaver either but I have seen worse!

The next stage is to acquire a mig welder, open an account with BOC and buy a bottle of gas, or 2, or 3. I havenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t done a lot of welding before so any pointers from forum members will be very welcome (planning on teaching myself!)

At the moment IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m just cleaning up the front of the car ready for welding and make template of patches that need to be welded in to the car. Here are some photos of the van so far> to save clogging up the forum more images can be seen at http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u118 ... YG%20547L/
>Van when purchased

> A post looking worse for ware

> Old repair uncovered to chassis leg

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:55 pm

Cheers for the tip paul. I will take note of it for when I go to buy gas

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:58 pm

Well i'm gonna need something bigger than a glass jar paul, maybe a wheelie bin, lots of rust on the old beast

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:57 pm

8) you could always get a welder the same as your number plate????think about it.

stuthegasman · Post by **stuthegasman** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:05 pm

I like it very whitty Larry

stu

Uncle Frank · Post by **Uncle Frank** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:38 pm

OOH that looks very familiar Sean!!, although she doesn`t look too bad, get yourself a few cans of Zinc Spray too as this will stop the metal you weld over from festering up again after you`ve cleaned it up, it also helps the welder

The General · Post by **The General** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:15 pm

eloues wrote:Hey put the tin worms in a glass jar, next itme you see Ray you can pop them in the genral

next time i see you ill pop you in the boot inside a back ya cheeky git.

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:25 am

Is that the weld through primer Frank?

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:27 am

He made me say it Ray, honest :roll:

Uncle Frank · Post by **Uncle Frank** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:29 am

Aye that`s the stuff Sean, never go without it

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:08 am

Not too bad at all. Also inner panels are the best to practice welding skills on

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:33 pm

Yeah totally Jan! best to get some practice in to the areas that are not seen. i have done a wee bit of welding before but not alot. If the Van was made of Stone then it would be a piece of piss really as i'm a Stonemason to trade

martinmarina · Post by **martinmarina** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:39 pm

ado28 wrote:Yeah totally Jan! best to get some practice in to the areas that are not seen. i have done a wee bit of welding before but not alot. If the Van was made of Stone then it would be a piece of piss really as i'm a Stonemason to trade

Stoneage Marina , wasn't that wot Fred Flintstone Drove

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:43 pm

Aye I think so Martin lol

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:24 pm

8)

handy trade to have old nugget when you are chipping away the welding snotters.