Floor bodywork

Starting on the bodywork and will work my way from front to back, am still way at the front !
Unfortunately there's more damage than i thought, it will take a while.

Spitfire hub puller

Been wanting to have one of these triumph tools for a while...
Basically due to the conical shape of the shaft and the hub, these 2 always get stuck pretty hard.
Best solution is to have a tool to put pressure on the shaft but without risking to bend the hub.

I made one using dimensions found on triumphexperience. Kind of made my own using materials I had available. It worked but it was hard work, had to use the impact gun. And when you do that, remember to leave the nut on the shaft to protect the threads and that it doesn't go flying when it comes of !

Spitfire rotisserie blueprint

Some have asked, so here is some more info on the rotisserie. Use it to make your own from whatever materials you have available, many have been built out of wood, not a problem as long as you adapt the design to make it solid enough. I wanted a strong one that I can easily move and can re-use on future projects with different cars, hence the large size and beefy build.

Overall if I had to redo it I would make it not so tall, and the centre of gravity it a bit to high and the part with the top of the car is heavier, I pushed it up as there is more metal on the bottom part of the car but you would probably want to do an inch lower.

Front and side blueprint with dimensions

Here is a general view of the rear support and mounting

The rear mounting bracket, attached inside the trunk to where the bumpers support normally bolt onto as I wanted to keep the underside free so I could work on it

Front support, you can see the locking system

 Bolt system to lock the channel in place, makes for a solid assembly

Spitfire body is on rotisserie

Big milestone today, the body tub finally moved from sitting on top the parts car to the homemade rotisserie. I can now start painting and fixing it.

Quite happy with the design, and spending time to get a good guess at positioning the brackets was worth it as it pretty well balanced and rotates without too much effort.

Thought I would ask a couple of friends to help but in the end just installed it myself with the help of the engine hoist.

Looks good or what ? Now I can start welding sheet metal :-)

I hate paint

Not happy with the paint result but eh it's all good learning.

My best tips for next time :
- keep the outside door opened
- filter the paint after mixing
- you cant mix the paint enough
- get plenty of light, frustrating to discover you missed a spot once the part is in day light