Filling holes

Well this week i have been putting in the prep work for welding in the floor and sill, here is me drilling the holes in the old sill. The floor was lind up and seam welding on the underside as well as spotwelding all the way around.

Floor getting lined up with various clamps and big pesuading hammer

The inner arch was trimmed back in order to get some clean metal at the flange was totally rotten, plus i will be able to tub the front arches for maximum wheel clearance to get as large a disk brake set-up as possible.




The sill was drilled and the floor was prepped for the new sill going in, the sill has been spot welded and the arch was trimmed back so the bad metal can be cut back.

Next i am slowly filling in the inner arch so it can be tubbed, as can be seen all the welds have been sprayed with a zinc primer in order so the panels don't rust.

This weeks problem is going to be bodywork and this sill.

As you can see from the previous posts it fits well however atthe back it is miles out, i will need to do some cutting and shutting inorder to get this one blended in. Please send answers on a postcard.

I am Iron Man...

Just a short update before i leave. Set for a month trip to Khazakstan for work as of tomorrow so there will be a bit of silence until next time...

As a result i didnt want to embark on anything drastic until then. Dont like to leave things half finished! I cleaned up the top end parts of the engine and set about detailing them. As this is the part most often seen when the bonnet is up i thought a striking colour scheme was in order. Something unseen on RV8's from what i have researched. The result was this:

Cam covers in red, Inlet manifold in gold. Took a bit of inspiration from Iron man. A bit different!

Will get a proper pick of the engine rebuilt next month when i get back. That way i can get the lump in the bay again, prepped, and ready for the fabrication of the mounts!

Stay tuned!