Joeys 1602 build

[JoeyD1602]

I bought this car 3 years ago and due to a lack of funding to restore it straight away I gradually lost interest and it ended up sitting up for 3 years. So recently  I decided I’d start restoring it. Ive heard these cars are notorious for rust and I think I managed to find the holy grail of rust with this one, it’s everywhere, like if the garage was a swimming pool everywhere. I want to fabricate as much as possible as I work for an engineering manufacturer so resources are good. Now although I’m in a place that does fabrication im on the assembly side of things so before starting this project i had very little welding experience so I’m VERY sceptical about weakening the structure of the car. I’m using a sealey mig welder with 0.8 flux core wire, reason being my friend gave it to me saving me having to buy one. Anyway I’m 6 months in and nearing the end or the rust repair but I’m curious to whether or not I did a good enough job to move on to paint or do I have to go back and redo parts. Critism is encouraged as I can only learn. Skin repairs are done with 0.8mm sheet and chassis repairs I used 1.5mm sheet.

Edited July 7, 2019 by JoeyD1602

[JoeyD1602]

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[2002iii]

Glad to see this car being restored instead of junked. Looks like very professional work, did you make those patch panels?

[zinz]

Wow! Winner of the most pictures posted in one thread!! ?

 

That’s a LOT of welding! Congratulations on the fortitude to persevere through it. How many spools of wire have you used so far?

 

What color you gonna paint it?

 

Keep up the good work, brother. 

 

Ed Z

Edited July 5, 2019 by zinz

[JsnPpp]

Impressive! For a "new to welding" person, you seem to be doing just fine.  

 

The only thing I can think of - on the metal that you have repaired and covered in gray primer - keep in mind you want to make sure those panels protected, not just primer if you can help it - you don't want it to rust again.

 

Car looks great and yes, what color will it be?

Thank you for posting, was fun to look at all the photos. 

 

Jason

[JoeyD1602]

On 7/5/2019 at 2:08 PM, 2002iii said:

Glad to see this car being restored instead of junked. Looks like very professional work, did you make those patch panels?

Yeah I made all the patch panels. I did it in small sections to minimize any chance of the body twisting and moving. It would have been a million times easier and quicker if the car was on a rotisserie but I have to work with what I have. 

[JoeyD1602]

Ive lost count on how many spools of wire I’ve gone through at this stage ?

 

For the color I want to bring it back to the original blue which I think is fjord? 

Or possibly find a very close modern day bmw match. Saves me taking the enigine out to spray the bay and keeps the purists happy.

 

My plan is when I’m finished the last few bits of the welding I’m going to bring it back down to bare metal and etch prime the whole car. I might aswel do everything right while I can. 

 

Im currently finishing up the rear right hand side sill 

Edited July 6, 2019 by JoeyD1602

[JoeyD1602]

Finishing up the front sill. I folded some 2mm for the jacking points so I have a little more faith in it when it’s on axle stands in the future. I rolled some 1.5mm sheet in work close to what I wanted and now I’m just hammering it to match the outer sill.

[Simeon]

Very nice work. That is a rusty one but it looks in good hands.

 

Check back further as you go. 

[2002iii]

The factory jacking points are super flimsy, I prefer to jack the car up from the subframes.

[Tommy]

You are doing good job with the space and tools you have. Actually very good!

You could do better with a real welding machine (not flux core) and some more tools. You certainly have the talent and persistence required. After all this job you need to be careful to protect all the seams against rusting again.

[JoeyD1602]

I finished the lower sill at the front, I might have to add a bit to the length to meet the wing but I’ll deal with that when the time comes. I took a break from welding and painted my rocker cover but as for now I’m currently fixing a ton of rust and a bad repair job on the drivers door.

[02Les]

On 7/6/2019 at 11:22 AM, JoeyD1602 said:

 

For the color I want to bring it back to the original blue which I think is fjord? 

Or possibly find a very close modern day bmw match. Saves me taking the enigine out to spray the bay and keeps the purists happy.

 

 

In your pic of the boot it looks a lot like Pastellblau, or, maybe Riviera.

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