Originally posted by French Frie
What a fantastic job, Peter ! It's a shame you don't have any friend [] ...
Yes, it's a shame but so I can lose time for useless things like the washer wheel box (again) [
]. The original plates are quite rusty:
The possibilities are:
- to leave them as they are
- sand blasting and powder coating
- new zinc coating
- new plates
So far, I always used a laser cutter. You always see the starting point of the laser, there is some kind of edge. Now, I have access to a flow waterjet.
I have to say I am disappointed. I do not have the edge at the starting point but the complete border is rough and the waterjet cuts funnel formed.
You can see the difference here:
The lower washer(30 x 3 mm) was cut by a laser and stands on its small side, the same washer cut by the waterjet (above) must be leaned against something since the borders are not orthogonal to the surface.
Nevertheless, for the wheel box plates it doesn't matter:
These cars weren't build for eternity. The construction of the pedal box is ideal to catch water and dirt (left side: dirt of 50 years).
No surprise that you have cracks there (right side):
I removed the mounting brackets for the previous transmission since I don't need it and it wasn't original:
And I had time for the weekly saturday afternoon madness: putting the engine and transmission into car in order to find the right position. If I modify the footboxes a little bit, I can shift the engine approximately 5 cm backwards. So, I don't have to remove the original mounting brackets of the engine. Well, I don't know whether they are original. I read anywhere that the chassis number should be stamped into these but I can't find any number.
Anyway, I will have more clearance between engine and steering rack:
Some modifications are necessary here ...