“An excellent book!”  — Paul Wilmott Principles of quantitative development Have been really busy with the camper. Finished ALL the chassis work. Van now undersealed, sill repaired and fully road worthy. Still a rake of work to do before she’s ready for paint, but as a much needed reward, went on a short 3-day road [...]

“An excellent book!”  — Paul Wilmott Principles of quantitative development Test Panel in the Sun… A little blocking……

The Van takes its own weight, yipee !!!…

Welded and Painted the Suspension Turret and painted a few other areas….

Welded up the rear of the wheel arch box thingy and started on the Suspension Turret….

A short video showing me machining a 4mm mild steel plate (for the T25), down to 2mm, using a Chester Model B Super 3 in 1 Lathe, Milling Machine, Pillar Drill….

I’m sure there are plenty of things wrong with my methodology but I’ve found it pretty effective for low-budget car repair. Bodywork can be fairly easy if you don’t care how pretty the end product is….

Also discovered that the Trailing Arm has a bad case of Tin Worm. Agghh !!!…

Decided to check the Left Rear Trailing Arm Mount on the van (after repairing the Right Rear) and found it to be on the brink of collapse as well….

Get Them Here: Use Eastwood Magnetic Copper Backers as a hands-free backing support when butt welding and when welding holes in sheet metal to prevent warping and weld burn-through. Welding material will not stick to the 1/8 thick copper plates which attach to the steel with high-strength, high-heat magnets. See them in-action in this video. [...]