20-08-2023, 08:46 PM
Its been a while since I updated you all on the van's body build.
I've been struggling with the relationship of the rear mudguard wheel arch and body extension as it isn't really clear from John heath's instructions. I realized that I would need to make up the rear body and door frame in order to place it in position and use it to asses how things go.
I made up the pieces of the frame on a square of plywood that I could clamp them to on the floor of my garage in between the chassis and body shell of my MGA as it was the only flat surface I had that was big enough to allow me to do this.
Everything was dry fitted and made square and screwed together without glue. Once satisfied that all was square, the pieces were unscrewed and glued together and re-screwed back together checking that nothing had shifted (it hadn't).
When the frame joints are fully cured I'll offer it up to the body to finally resolve the issue I've had at the rear of the floor pan.
Cheers,
Stephen
I've been struggling with the relationship of the rear mudguard wheel arch and body extension as it isn't really clear from John heath's instructions. I realized that I would need to make up the rear body and door frame in order to place it in position and use it to asses how things go.
I made up the pieces of the frame on a square of plywood that I could clamp them to on the floor of my garage in between the chassis and body shell of my MGA as it was the only flat surface I had that was big enough to allow me to do this.
Everything was dry fitted and made square and screwed together without glue. Once satisfied that all was square, the pieces were unscrewed and glued together and re-screwed back together checking that nothing had shifted (it hadn't).
When the frame joints are fully cured I'll offer it up to the body to finally resolve the issue I've had at the rear of the floor pan.
Cheers,
Stephen