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I have been doing a lot of this recently, vital to have clean shiny metal when migging. not always happens though, does it? despite your best efforts. When fixing a new panel on to an existing panel,drill through the punched holes with a drill the same size, just enough to expose bright steel in the...

Back to the rusty stuff again,, here's one I did earlier This was 3 rounds of Phosphoric acid followed by neutralising with bicarb solution. I am not planning to reuse this panel!

As I said you can obtain it via a professional contact, and it is better to use it either in a very well ventilated space, or outside. The old original Nitromors was easily obtainable , contained dichloromethane and was around for years before it was reformulated. The new stuff is worse than useless.

Morning Panky, thanks for the reply. I know that there are many products on the market which do the job. However the reason for my original post was that plain Phosphoric acid is a very cheap method. At the risk of repeating myself, do be careful using any chemicals. On the same(ish) subject, paint ...

Absolutely Mike. I also have a bucket of clean water nearby just in case of accidents .

After I rinse the metal off ,I use a hot air gun to dry it quickly before priming.

My '64 traveller restoration is progressing. Lots of replacement panels,and fabrication required . No surprise.! I am cleaning off the surface rust with grinder/wire brush/ flapwheel and then treating with Phosphoric acid, and the results are very good. I checked up the price of proprietary rust tre...

Old carpets, a friend has a flooring business and gives me carpets which he has lifted from customer's houses. they are cheap (free) warm and comfortable underfoot, absorb all stains beautifully and are chucked out when too mucky. Tip... wool is best as it does not melt with sparks etc. Most carpet ...

I honestly don't know how anyone can do a rebuild without rolling the car over, and have huge respect for those heroes who crawl under to weld and grind,especially out of doors. As expected, the car ('64 Traveller)is a lot rustier than it first appeared,however looking through some of the past threa...

I bolted a piece of timber between the shock absorber mounts ,using the bolts for the shocker ,and then fixed a piece of thick ply with a hole the dia of the pipe onto the timber. To stop the pipe from rotating ,I bolted a piece of angle to it ,fixed to the ply. (similar to the rear mount ) Hope thi...

That's what I was wanting to know, I have been buying some panels recently ,and while I was happy with the quality of steel etc. I wondered if UK made panels were generally a better fit , or was it usually necessary to modify them a bit to get them fitted. ! Thanks for a very useful and comprehensiv...

The henrics were bought from ESM, about a month ago. I was not complaining about the quality . My original question was "are they both UK made panels? " (I was referring to the Hadrian as well). What I should have asked was "How does a potential purchaser know if panels are UK made ,a...

Looking at the repair panels I have bought, there see to be 2 makes..Hadrian and Henrik (sp?) .
Are they both UK made panels ? What about the quality..(neither appears to be a good fit and need a bit of precision adjustment ).

It is very easy and inexpensive to make one. (a spit type not a roller) I got a length of pipe from the scrappie,put it through the heater hole and used plywood bolted to the front suspension mounts and to the crossmember at the rear seats to secure it. Then made 2 timber trestles to support it fron...

I did try, but it appears to be permanently fixed to my pic. (welded perhaps) The image did not appear on the preview. If anyone can suggest how to delete it I would be very grateful.

here is mine to date.. Have no idea where the second picture came from, it's not mine!

Interestingly enough, I just got my Hobbyweld CO2/Argon refill today. The guy who dealt with me told me that there are 2 types of Hobbyweld mig gas . Hobbyweld 15 and Hobbyweld 5, and the 5 is better for thin material as it does not contain the very small percentage of O2 that the 15 has... this is ...

Thanks Ian, will do . Cheers

I am in the process of replacing the floors,sills etc.(one side at a time obviously) I have completely removed the old 'uns and cleaned everything up. Should the floors bear directly on the crossmember and welded to it, or should there be a gap, perhaps filled with sound deadening stuff?

The guy who sold it to me assured me that this was the case, and indeed, on inspection when I cleaned off the layers of underseal, there was no sign of any welding. The bad news is that whoever had worked on it had brazed everything , and I am now busily cleaning off all the braze. Some of it comes ...