1990 country squire resto/lowrider in UK

[andyfanshawe]

Anyway, further progress made yesterday and today.
Etch primed and painted the inner sill/rocker red!



Heres the old inside of the outer sill/rocker



and the partially blasted and rewelded one!! You can see the patches butt welded in.





Here it is sealed, etch primed and painted red inside.





Here we are clamped ready for welding



and finally welded in



and painted white temporarily



Andy.

[andyfanshawe]

How about this for progress!

Before



After





The brown stuff inside is dinitrol 3125 rustproofer and to make it get into all the seams I heat it with a hot air gun until it drips out everywhere.

Andy.

[91grandmarquis]

Nicely done.

[gabegt90]

nice work mang that great progress

[andyfanshawe]

Phew. Feel knackered after a few days so called holiday! I actually work harder in my hols than when I'm at work!

Anyway, where did I get to? Oh yes, the c post rust.
Here is the bottom of the C post clamped into place



Welded





Primed ready for a spot of filler and paint



Now onto the final bit of welding (or so I thought) before the frame goes back, which is the inner rocker/sill. I know its rusty inside because I've seen it when looking down, but how bad?

So 1 long cut later and the bottom bit is gone





Looks a bit dodgy at the front, so out with my chisel and oops!



Here is the inner panel cut out a bit more so I can see inside and the true extent of the rot



Andy.

[andyfanshawe]

Now I really need to cut right to the front, but I can't because the body is being supported there. Hmmmm? I know, I'll media blast the inside as much as I can and then rustproof it till I can get the frame on then remove the fender and cut off the base and reconstruct.

Heres an interesting shot from the inside looking forward towards the front passenger wheelwell



The bolt is the fender bottom one.

Doesn't look too bad now but will still need reconstructing at some point.

While the camera was there, heres a shot the other way inside the rockers towards the rear passenger wheel



Still some more work to do then!!

Andy.

[79lincolnlover]

Awesome work!! Thanks for up-dating with all these pics

[1990LTD]

I really wish I could do this stuff and get the rust under control to my own car.

[gabegt90]

mang that rust goes far

[91grandmarquis]

Your a magician.

[andyfanshawe]

Your a magician.

Nah, just work hard!!

Time to tidy up that inner panel and make a replacement to butt weld in.
Before that its cheer me up time!

Here are the red powder coated upper A arms for the front suspension. Look sexy!





Okay, thats remotivated me, so lets make a new inner rocker (sill) panel. This has got to be accurate since it will be butt welded all the way round







I have had to make it in 3 sections because I didn't have a single sheet long enough! I will weld them together first on the bench and then weld them in fully.
The bottom will then be cut level.

I need to treat the inside of the rockers first.

Andy.

[MrMarquis]

Damn dude, that's a helluva lotta work. I wish I had the time and place to do that kinda stuff to my own car.

Interesting choice of color on the frame. With it that low to the ground with big wheels tucked in, isn't it still gonna be kinda hard to see? Unless you get wheels with a lot of open air space in the rim...I don't know, but it looks damn good. I wouldn't mind having a dark red frame, but I don't need nothing flashy.

Keep it coming.

[andyfanshawe]

Damn dude, that's a helluva lotta work. I wish I had the time and place to do that kinda stuff to my own car.

Interesting choice of color on the frame. With it that low to the ground with big wheels tucked in, isn't it still gonna be kinda hard to see? Unless you get wheels with a lot of open air space in the rim...I don't know, but it looks damn good. I wouldn't mind having a dark red frame, but I don't need nothing flashy.

Keep it coming.

Thanks MrMarquis

If you think thats flash, take a look at my camaro that I built myself!!









Might not go quite as far with this, but .................... who knows!

Andy.

[91grandmarquis]

That is some damn good work, this car is going to be hot when its done. Keep it up.

[87gtVIC]

haha I love the drive shaft.