new bloke, old car

finished the last metalwork underside, rotten chassis ends repaired and moved up a bit




now to put it back on its feet and get some suspension stuff going on

Back end repairs and mods finished

Very impressive and interesting work there Mr Skulls :wink:  Your fabrication skills are what i'm aiming towards

Whats the spec's on the 8v?

Also I have a welding based question for you if you don't mind?

I have switched from a rubbish hobby mig, with the useless tiny gas bottles a while ago, to a nice Murex set and a 10L gas bottle. Sooo much better, anyway I notice that when I get down to about 50psi left in the bottle, the welds start to suffer, i'm guessing the flow of gas from the bottle isn't as good due to the lower pressure?

When do you change/refill the bottle, in terms of pressure left?

Thanks,

Pete

mate, youre an inspiration! are you comin to the MK meet tonight? would love to pick your brains about it!

B

redpetemk1 not really sure what psi my bottle drops to before I change it mate but I would have thought it would still be ok at 50psi as you only need 4-5psi at the nozzle, you may have some other restriction that occurs as the pressure drops

the 8 valve spec is………

Nice!!! Very impressive! Always good to see people still using 8v power :wink:

Thanks also for the info on the gas flow at the nozzle, yeah it happened when I was welding with the torch and quite a bit higher than the set, so may have been restricting the wire feed.

New plasticy bits and exhausty bits  

New bits arriving will be able to make some progress soon

skulls said

Oh yes you can't beat a bit of cut n shut! cheers steff, I will have to check out volksgirls.

 all the SINGLE guys have been looking at volksgirls by the looks of it haha
nice metal work im thinking of doing the same sort of thing with my caddy.

wow. i love that engine. i almost bought that one on ebay about a year and a half/2 years ago. it will sound amazing! quite jealous.
i will definately be watching this thread! nice work

Rich

Loving your work fella. Seeing these berg cup projects makes me wanna do mine that way lol

done the seat bars today so cutting up steering columns tomos, cant make the shifter mount till the bellhousing gets here

Looking good mate

Looking good mate

New wheels arrived from germany today,I love em! But still nothing to get on with, a bit frustrating :roll:

new throttle bodies and and a new set of boots

nice to see it coming along   :-)

Wow - Awesome build and great work, will be watching this...

How is it with the car?
I like this project.

grs!