Page Twenty-Five - Bits and Baubles

 

Lest you think that Alphie’s management team is a bunch of loaf abouts, here are some shutter nutters to prove we’re all aces here!  (Warning/Apologies - gratuitous Britishisms in the previous sentence.)

Closing holes in the wing (fender) wells:

Before - Gaping hole beneath the radiator support (under the C clamp).  This is passenger side, but there's a similar hole on the driver's side

Patched sized and VG'd (Vise Gripped) - passenger side

Passenger side - view from the undercarriage, welded and ground.  I'll smooth it out a bit more later.

A view from inside the engine bay.  The welds need a tidy.

Driver's side - partially welded in.  I need to weld the inner wing well to the patch and tidy everything up.

Driver's side - view from the undercarriage, welded and ground

Seam Sealing:

Passenger side, front floorboard - seams sealed but needs a little tidy.

Driver's side, front floorboard - seams sealed and welds ground.

Driver's side from inside - I ran out of sealant, but you can see how it works. (Same pic as the mast head of this page.)

Other Bits:

Brake and Clutch Master Cylinders - before but after disassembly.

Brake and Clutch Master Cylinders - after bead blasting, TIDY indeed!

Incidentally, if it fits in my blast cabinet, I'll bloody blast it!  (It has glass beads; in case you were wondering.)  I have a second set of master cylinders from the other car, which may be in better shape than these.  I'll use the best mix of the two sets.  This brake fluid reservoir has some rust pinholes, but not bad for 30 plus years of rotting.