Outlaw Anglia - took it racing & lifted the wheels!

[blackpopracing]

Tonight after dinner I stripped the front down and prepped the chassis & tunnel for primer. Before it got painted I though I'd tap the crossmember for the thread that will hold the brake line T junction bracket.



I also rubbed down the filler on the bottom of the nose and that got spot primed before the chassis got painted.



Then it was primer time, tunnel;



and the front of the chassis, I'm not fussed about the overspray on the wiring & pipes as they will be coming out for replacement/cleaning anyway.





The good thing about primer is it shows up where I missed a bit of weld underneath the chassis I'd welded next to the joint rather than over it - this will be sorted tomorrow.

[flyingphil]

That is coming together very nicely - Well Done!

[Sweetpea]

May 15, 2024 22:07:16 GMT blackpopracing said:

I'd welded next to the joint rather than over it

Oh thank God. I thought it was just me that did that!

[blackpopracing]

Thanks Phil,
James - yes we all do it from time to time, I blame welding upside down and bright lights overhead.........

[blackpopracing]

So what was todays progress I hear you all cry? well, some might cry......oh, only you at the back then.

Well, I borrowed the rivnut tool from work

And opened up all the holes in the bulkhead where they had used nuts & bolts to secure everything and converted them to 6mm steel rivnuts. This will make assembly much easier.

Then it was on to fitting the ally plates I had made up at work to make the hole around the M/C airtight. This took a fair bit longer than anticipated as the bulkhead was not flat there and needed a bit of massaging. I also had to add a bit of 6mm steel bar welded behind to stiffen it up - the extra 2 bottom bolts bolt into this to pull everything flat.

With the welder out I welded up the bit I had missed and primed over it again. Then it was the boring task of masking up the car. Andy's bulkhead had been painted in a matt black, I don't have any of that and I was just going to do a halo around the tunnel with the satin black I do have. But then I thought that would not look good so I stripped the entire bulkhead of everything and painted the whole lot. The satin black will look a lot smarter.

With the remains of the black epoxy primer I also painted the master cylinder.

More masking tomorrow so I can paint the front of the chassis in gloss black.

[blackpopracing]

Tonight started well with the car getting masked up for painting the front of the chassis.



It continued well with the first coat of gloss laid on.

But then it went downhill. I waited for the paint to tack off and then went to lay a second coat on. Except the spraygun would not spray properly. .

Poured the paint out into a mixing cup and did a quick and incredibly messy gun clean. Put the paint back in and.........it still would not spray properly. again.

At this point I got another spraygun out & tipped the paint into that. Tried to paint and that would not spray properly either. x 3.

So I chucked as bit more thinners into the pot and gave it a good stir, and after a bit of testing on the brown paper it finally sprayed properly again. So I got the second coat on but its a bit dry in places so I think I'll have to put another coat on in the morning to get a good shine everywhere.

I can only guess that the paint had got a bit too viscous in the pot waiting for the second coat, never had this issue before and I've used this paint for years. It was quite warm tonight at 23 degrees in the garage but that should not have been an issue. So I had the joy of cleaning two guns afterwards and all the mess from opening up a gun full of paint.

Still looks pretty good though.

[ducklooker]

That's a lot of fox....
Great progress.
Finish line in sight yet?

[oto67]

Thats looking realy good buddy, id hate to think what it would cost to have all this sorted out 'through the books' somewhere, you sir are a star

[blackpopracing]

Thanks guys.

Finish is still a way off, but we are over half way.

[blackpopracing]

Today went far better, back on it this afternoon and shot another coat of black over it. no issues this time although it did dry super quick so maybe the weather is just a bit warm for the fast hardener.

Nice gloss in it now



The good thing about it drying so fast was I could unmask it again. Parts now being refitted, excellent



Ive started on the new seatbelt mounts, picking up on the fixings that are already there I made a new crossbar out of some 30mm angle and 30x6mm plate steel, plenty of heat in those welds;



Which will take the seatbelt sockets bolted in.

[blackpopracing]

Quick update before lunch. I've been making ally standoffs for the brake fittings, you can get a spanner on them now they are away from the bodywork.



And fitted on the car;





The master cylinder is also refitted and the closing plates temporarily fitted - as they need another coat of paint on them.

[homersimpson]

don't forget the master cylinder only needs one nut on it and definately not a locking type or any form of spring washer as that would be madness!

[blackpopracing]

I used some Sikaflex and an 8mm metric nut on a 5/16" unf bolt - should be ok?

[blackpopracing]

Exciting progress this afternoon!! A bit of a milestone was reached.

The front suspension went back together for good

Setting up the camber, pretty happy with those figures;

I forgot to take photos during the process so you only get the finished one The steering is still on temp nuts as it will have to come out again for the engine to go back in.

Close up photo;

I put the inner wings back on - you can see how someone just chopped them out with a cutting disc and just left the raw edges

The masking tape is a guide as to where I'll make some new aluminium plates to get the wings a good fit around the suspension again.

The strip of tape at the top will drop to the chassis.

It's beginning to look like a car again.

After that I looked at the seating position for Andy, the bolts holding the seat in were only finger tight...........

I spent some time working out how to get the seat to go further backwards, Andy is not sure about this but the pedals are (IMO) too near the seat for comfortable driving, so if I can make the seat go back a couple of inches more he will have the option of more legroom. Photos of this in a future post.

[Ratchet]

thats looking great

Can't belive those inner arches.. couldnt even be bothered to run a flap disk over them and slap some paint on.. atrocious.

[Tamber]

May 19, 2024 21:14:32 GMT blackpopracing said:

I used some Sikaflex and an 8mm metric nut on a 5/16" unf bolt - should be ok?

Ah, the good ol' self-locking nut! After-all, cross-threaded or thread-locker, tight is tight, right?

You're doing a grand job of fixing this up; but it's a real shame just how many corners were cut in the first place, to the point it needs fixing this intensively.

[mk2cossie]

May 19, 2024 22:25:12 GMT Ratchet said:

thats looking great

Can't belive those inner arches.. couldnt even be bothered to run a flap disk over them and slap some paint on.. atrocious.

Or at least a burr removing tool, or possibly a quick pass with at least a file

[horrido]

Doing the Lords work here Mr Blackpop. This thing has really turned around.

[Davey]

I imagine the reaction to this will be more emotional than the initial.

This is feeling like it was very close to televised manslaughter evidence...

Good on you Mark. Many good Karma's.

Edit to add: If you have a YouTube account a video of the re reveal would be a great watch and probably mighty popular. Especially if you go over the work done/ some "legally allowed" background.

[blackpopracing]

Thanks everyone, I'd like to think it's what anyone would do for a friend in need.

Davey, I do have a youtube channel, so I may think about that.