xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Well I've finally started the tidy up of my milly! First job on the list is sorting the standard 'Park Royal' cab rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk3iain Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Wow! You have got a job. Thanks for the pics, I will be watching with great interest, luckily my Milly has hardly any rust. Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 A few more pics with the mudguard off. The inner arch is actually quite solid! P.S. If anyone knows of a pair of front mudguards with more metal in than rust, I be happy to hear from them!!!:rotfl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Getting started with the templates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 W*G BOX to keep me entertained... and my first bit of hand bashed sheet metal! It would be oh so simple if only I had the proper gear!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk3iain Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 You are certainly making a good start and I suspect your metalworking skills will put my bodging to shame! If you know of a front passenger seat assembly , I am missing mine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Repair section from a few angles... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I love the Holdfast wheel chocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 The repair gets bigger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 and bigger!!! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 More of the section! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 The section offered up and fixed in place for welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Welded in! # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Wow! You have got a job. Thanks for the pics, I will be watching with great interest, luckily my Milly has hardly any rust.Iain You must have a good one then! :cheesy: This one is mechanically good and has only just come out of service, being replaced by an ex mod Foden. The price was right and the rust isn't actually that bad, its only in areas where the scottish road salt has had a chew... The milly was always stored inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 You are certainly making a good start and I suspect your metalworking skills will put my bodging to shame!If you know of a front passenger seat assembly , I am missing mine? I don't think my attempts are too bad.... considering I'm restricted to an angle grinder and a big hammer!!! :nut: Thats funny regarding the passenger seat, as my milly has a non standard civvy seat fitted?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 I love the Holdfast wheel chocks! You've got to use what comes to hand! Saves getting a bolocking of my old fella for nicking stones off his wall!!! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Crosbie Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I don't think my attempts are too bad.... considering I'm restricted to an angle grinder and a big hammer!!! :nut: Nice work, but glad I'm not having to do that (yet)! Is the sheet you are using galvanised, and how are you bending the flanges, or do you weld them on after bending the main part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 I don't think my attempts are too bad.... considering I'm restricted to an angle grinder and a big hammer!!! :nut: Nice work, but glad I'm not having to do that (yet)! Is the sheet you are using galvanised, and how are you bending the flanges, or do you weld them on after bending the main part? It's not galvo, just good quality heavy gauge mild steel sheet.... I purchased an 8 x 4ft sheet to do the cab and whats left over will get used on other projects. I'll give it a good lick of red oxide primer on the outer surface and a coat of galvafroid zinc rich primer on the stuff underneath. Flanges were 'developed using a standard vice, a big hammer, the side of my old fella's circular sawbench and anything else that came to hand! The small curving part to the front of the flange was a combination of a small radiused edge formed by the big hammer, then finished of by welding in a piece which was cut and curved to shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero-Five-Two Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I don't think my attempts are too bad.... considering I'm restricted to an angle grinder and a big hammer!!! :nut: That's a quality hammer you've got there!! I thought I was pretty reasonable at knocking out the odd panel, but that corner looks the mutts. Nice bit of work, keep the photos coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 I just need to finish off and prime up this repair, one of the evenings after work this week... if I remember, I take a pic or two of the finished article. Then the intention is to do the same on the passenger side one of the days next B/H weekend, before I move to the lower panel either side of the cab behind the doors. :nut: Keep tuned in folks for the next gripping installment!!! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 That's a quality hammer you've got there!! I thought I was pretty reasonable at knocking out the odd panel, but that corner looks the mutts. Nice bit of work, keep the photos coming Many thanks! :thanx: I was just looking at your tidy up of your Mark 1 in civvy spec.... Very nice indeed!!! I seriously thought about Maroon on a matador I was doing up... good colour!!!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Lovely craftmanship there mate ! I envy your bashing and welding skills ! Thanks for saving the old girl and looking beyond the rust ! Well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Crosbie Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 P.S. If anyone knows of a pair of front mudguards with more metal in than rust, I be happy to hear from them!!!:rotfl: There is a nearside door advertised here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AEC-MILITANT-MK3-NEARSIDE-DOOR-COMPLETE-GLASS-ETC-/310158958701?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Commercial_Vehicles_ET&hash=item4836ea206d Might be worth contacting the seller in case he has the mudguards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Lovely craftmanship there mate ! I envy your bashing and welding skills ! Thanks for saving the old girl and looking beyond the rust ! Well done ! Cheers! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsk460 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 P.S. If anyone knows of a pair of front mudguards with more metal in than rust, I be happy to hear from them!!!:rotfl: There is a nearside door advertised here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AEC-MILITANT-MK3-NEARSIDE-DOOR-COMPLETE-GLASS-ETC-/310158958701?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Commercial_Vehicles_ET&hash=item4836ea206d Might be worth contacting the seller in case he has the mudguards Already on with it.... though my nearside door is not so bad at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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