1958 MGA Coupe

bobs77vet · May 6, 2013

another 40 mins or so tonight.....

nothing fancy with the tools...

this is an easy way to hold the fender upright

just trying to get these moved along to the next stage, its funny how similar they are.....top coat of blue, 2nd paint job of dark red, original paint of orient red is amazingly tough paint

bobs77vet · May 8, 2013

now its not lonely anymore

didnt get as much progress on this one....i guess the sanding disk is getting less abrasive

SuperBuickGuy · May 8, 2013

ah the memories of grinding.... glad it's not me making those memories today :gurney:

bobs77vet · May 11, 2013

since the neighbor had a birthday party I decided to have quiet time in the garage.... I spent some time organizing and drilled out the last bolts, and removed the tail light plinths

and this is how you know you have done this too many times....its drilled right down the middle

SuperBuickGuy · May 13, 2013

"too many times" ah yes, those words... I use them occasionally, generally, right before I pull a rookie move.

bobs77vet · May 14, 2013

40 minutes of sanding tonight and 2 80 grit sanding disks on the DA.....I have decided to do more effort with lower grit so i dont have to fill many sanding scratches

bobs77vet · May 15, 2013

about 2 hrs tonight finishing the sanding on both sides and priming it.

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i didnt do any of the body work to this that will come later, just wanted to get it to the point where it wouldnt flash rust on me

bobs77vet · May 17, 2013

7 hours today the pictures tell the story

definitely use a full face mask

life gets interesting fast when this happens

they do a great job but create a lot of heat

wire brushed the inside

left the areas that need more for later

bobs77vet · May 18, 2013

cleaned up both sides of the aluminum lip

220 grit sand paper on the DA

they look good sanded

the boot lid is under the car on the saw horse i must have forgotten to take a picture of it

MYBAD79 · May 18, 2013

awesome progress Bob ! I have a few of these stripper discs, thanks or the warning, that sure makes life very interessting .....

bobs77vet · May 19, 2013

those disks work great stay horizontal with them as much as you can and wear full protection, they produce a lot of heat so move around alot

i needed to pick some low hanging fruit today

14 gauge steel is a dream to weld

bobs77vet · May 20, 2013

another 90 mins tonight....believe it or not but i havent really poked around this frame too much in the last year but this frame is in way better shape then i thought it was in.

the grinder will let you know when you are cutting good metal as opposed to thinner metal you can feel the resistance

you can see the sacrificial tail that i use to hold it in place

bobs77vet · May 21, 2013

45mins - hour

we are supersizing the Mig wire....12.5 lb spool the normal spools are about 2 lbs

this piece fought me the entire way in making it fit

MYBAD79 · May 22, 2013

again: good work, nice progress

the smaller 2lbs spools are quiet pricey, I usually buy my welding supplies from usaweld.com, they sell 2 10lbs spools for around $35, their 30lbs spool is $45, when you buy the 2 pack you can mix the wire size (1x .025" and 1x .030" for example), they often have free shipping too

SuperBuickGuy · May 22, 2013

I use 316 stainless wire in my mig.... if I was doing production work, steel all the way, but as I can barely remember buying my last, large roll - the double price difference really isn't much of a difference at all.

bobs77vet · May 22, 2013

i just got the wire from Home Depot i will look at that website i dont mind getting supplies at a good price.

about 90 mins or so...cleaned up the area around the chassis and removed some felt padding, rear shocks and what was left of the axle straps

the base of operations for the chassis rebuild

home for the time being

SuperBuickGuy · May 23, 2013

those brake controllers are the weirdest thing

but why limiting straps? you planning on jumping this beastie?

bobs77vet · May 23, 2013

SuperBuickGuy said:
those brake controllers are the weirdest thing

but why limiting straps? you planning on jumping this beastie?

i bet the internal valving of the shock absorbers has limits....hence the need to control the lowest point of travel for the rear spring/axle

SuperBuickGuy · May 23, 2013

bobs77vet said:
SuperBuickGuy said:

those brake controllers are the weirdest thing

but why limiting straps? you planning on jumping this beastie?

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i bet the internal valving of the shock absorbers has limits....hence the need to control the lowest point of travel for the rear spring/axle

or it could pull the brake bias valve apart... that'd kind of suck at the end of a hard braking experience.... braakkkkeessss.....NOOOOBRAKKKEEESSS :suicide: