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Here is the rough top hat housing

 

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I trimmed it to the size I wanted

 

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I slotted in the box section steel

 

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I applied a load of carbond all over the steel and underside of the housing, and then positioned and clamped it.

 

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Hopefully that will be up to the job

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Love a bit of precision hammer engineering! Coming along nicely now Gary. :yes:

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Bonnet now hinged. The hinges are only tack welded so need completing, then cleaning and painting. It’s taken me a few hours to sort it out as the bonnet front edge kept binding on the nose. I got there in the end though

 

The panel gaps need some attention but at least it hinges

 

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A few months ago I managed to get my hands on a cheap set of second hand Halibrand replica wheels.

 

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They were cheap for a reason though..........

 

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Two damaged wheels and all four in need of some proper TLC

 

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I could could not resist seeing what the future might hold though

 

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They were a bit of a gamble really, but I am glad I was brave enough to take a chance

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The first job was to get the tyres off them and see if I could get the two damaged Rims straightened out. 

 

This was pretty successful

 

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I split the rims from the centres

 

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And now I am not being allowed to upload any more photos ☹️

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11 hours ago, KugaWestie said:

And now I am not being allowed to upload any more photos ☹️

I've just uploaded an image to your thread OK so it must be a personal limit. Maybe try again today?

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1 hour ago, Tim (TimDave25) - Joint Thames Valley AO said:

I've just uploaded an image to your thread OK so it must be a personal limit. Maybe try again today?

Yes he’s been a naughty boy. But I’ve just upped the limit 👍

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18 minutes ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

Yes he’s been a naughty boy. But I’ve just upped the limit 👍

Good good, now we can see the results of the wheel refurb.

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2 hours ago, Tim (TimDave25) - Joint Thames Valley AO said:

Good good, now we can see the results of the wheel refurb.

It’s on facetube if you’re desperate 😁

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On 28/09/2019 at 09:09, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

Yes he’s been a naughty boy. But I’ve just upped the limit 👍

 

Thank you kind sir

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With the wheels all split, I spent a fair while getting the worst of the grime off the rims.

 

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Once they were all cleaned off, I gave them to a wheel refurb specialist local to where I work to do their magic.

 

I supplied them with new bolts and nuts as well.

 

I called in to see how progress was going, and the centres had been dipped, blasted and powder coated.

 

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Whilst there we discussed tyres and I said no problem I will get some fitted once the wheels are done. The specialist pulled a face at me and said they would rather fit them, so I ordered some tyres and dropped them off


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