DHC report nr. 23; Sorting parts

Dropped of the body shell today to have it shot-blasted and coated. Decided to have the seams hot zinc plated before the whole body is coated in a 2K epoxy primer. After that I started on the parts boxes, sorting through them to see what needed coating. Delivered the first batch of circa 40 items to a local coating firm to have them powder coated;

And almost finished this piece of kit;

By putting some extra supports in the middle of the anti-roll-bar it can’t bend as much as it usually does. So should sharpen the handling a bit without sacrificing comfort

DHC report nr. 22; Interior retrimmed

Not much visible progress on the body shell since last time, but I haven’t been completely idle the past few days. Started on a body spit, thanks to Robbie and his welder;

And making plans for a simple support frame to mount the body on. This is meant to make life easier for the paintjob. Will use the measurements from the workshop manual for that.

But the most important piece of progress this week was the interior. That’s completed well ahead of schedule, and I think it looks rather nice;

Especially the new tonneau cover;

Next week I have a short holiday, which I will use to bring the body away for shot blasting and sort all the bits that need coating. Also on the list of things to do is mount the rear coil overs on ‘t Kreng and do some welding on her.

DHC report nr. 21; Mounting mud flaps

Have been working (in between other commitments) to get the body ready for shot blasting, next week. Today did the preparations to fit the mud flaps. Wanted that done before the body will be primered. And as I hate self tapping screws I borrowed this little tool from a friend;

Looks like an ordinary pop rivet tool, but in fact is for fitting threaded steel rivets. After some measurements and drilling the necessary holes, the rivets could be fitted;

The end result will enable me to fit the mud flaps without much problems;

Only job which needs to be done is welding the back of the rivets to the body, just in case they decide to lose some of their clamping force. I also need to drill a new hole in the left hand rear wing to fit a nice period aerial. And one of the welds from the RH front towing point is cracked so needs to be repaired before next week.

DHC report nr. 20; More under body protection removal

Finished removing the under body protection and seam sealant this evening.
A few pictures of the work done;

The engine bay.

The front of the left hand sill.

The left hand mounting points for the back axle.

The left hand floor section.

The right hand front inner wing.

The inside of the left hand front suspension turret.

There are a few minor jobs left to sort before the body will be brought away for shot blasting and coating with an epoxy primer. Hopefully will finish these somewhere next week.

Also have to construct a body spit, most of the steel bits for which are already in the house;

I only need two pivot bearings, which will be sorted by a friend, and a few hours of welding and it should be OK.