Spot welding

Got to use my new toy and I loved it !

Glad that is was easier to use on the car than on my test samples, probably because  there was more material to absorb the heat.

This spot welder comes from harbor freight and I have to admit it was good value but did require taking apart the handle mechanism, grinding for smooth action, adding grease and putting back together. ow works like a charm. It is the 240 model and I have good hope it will work in France too.

So easy to use :
1. Press together. Not too hard but tight enough. If the metal sheets are tight use a set of locking pliers like on the photo
2. Flick the switch and keep it on for 2 or 3 seconds till you feel you have melted something and not so long that it becomes a puddle. Did quite a few and I could recognize when to stop when I was hearing a buzzing sound.

It is rather heavy so I had to come up with a technique to move it easily in the awkward places - check out the piston seat technique eh eh

The welds it makes are so neat and look original, I wish I got it sooner.

And by the way, check out the progress !

Rear floor board repair

Finally started on the rear floor. Becoming good at cutting these spot welds.
Took a day to create this big hole, luckily i get help with the wire brush

Some areas looked ok but after removal you can see how bad it looked.

See what the new floor board looks like, can be used as chalk board too !

As usual had to make patches all around, see the triangle shaped one on the floor.

If all goes well it's all welded tomorrow !

Spot welder

Got a new toy, happy thanksgiving !
Can't wait to use it for the floor boards replacement

Trunk floor complete

Took quite some to finish all the welds and add details like the spare wheel support but it looks good !

Now onto next steps...

Triumph spitfire trunk floor replacement

Alleluia the new trunk floor is in location !

Took "ONLY" 3 hours of cutting, banging and swearing.

Honestly don't think i would have been able to do it without the cleco fasteners, i don't use these often but when they come out you know it's a tough one.

Now just need to button it up, saving that for next week.

Patch mania

So far, had to build 8 patches in the trunk area, got only one left before attempting to install the floor.

Each one had to be hand built and welded. If you don't see how there can be that many, check out that photo !

Bodywork

Shaping some parts of the body for the trunk area out of new metal. Shiny !