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Post by gtviva on Oct 30, 2020 10:24:04 GMT

All the front end had been replaced at some point which was good but the inner and outer wings had been brazed on which is not MOT friendly these days, the outer wings were removed and rather than remove the inners they were just stitch welded to make sure they wouldn't fall off

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Post by gtviva on Nov 2, 2020 13:43:52 GMT

I don't have any good photos but the wings inner and outer were brazed on, we got the outers off as there were repairs required behind them, the top flange of the wing which you can just see in the picture was a right mess with random blobs of braze and there was going to be no easy way to tidy it up with any traces of braze making welding hard work

I decided to convert the wings to bolt on as its always nice if you ever need to get them off again, so a small section was bent up to fit in the existing wing channel and fitted with countersunk clinch studs which look a bit like spot welds once painted

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Another Viva HB Nov 14, 2020 13:20:43 GMT escortdan, teaboy, and 2 more like this

Post by gtviva on Nov 14, 2020 13:20:43 GMT

That's basically my work done as I was only there to do the metal work, I have one picture after it came back from its second bath, irritatingly the dipping company did manage to loose a couple of smaller parts! it then went to one of the major paint suppliers to have the colour done, the powers that be decided on a change of colour which is an original GT colour even if it divided opinions!

Luckily I was also able to supply many of the hard to find parts complete the restoration

If you want to see more pictures of the finished car just search Vauxhall Heritage Viva GT

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georgeb Grease Monkey Posts: 310	Another Viva HB Nov 15, 2020 23:07:20 GMT grumpynorthener likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by georgeb on Nov 15, 2020 23:07:20 GMT Very, very nice work.
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gtviva Chief Mechanic Posts: 974	Another Viva HB Nov 16, 2020 9:48:14 GMT grumpynorthener likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gtviva on Nov 16, 2020 9:48:14 GMT Nov 15, 2020 23:07:20 GMT georgeb said: Very, very nice work. That's the difference when its a proper job that your getting paid for! My own stuff takes rather longer....
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Post by grumpynorthener on Nov 16, 2020 10:10:32 GMT

Going on the colour of that E coat once the shell had been redipped - I'd say that is a 'Prostrip' at Nottingham job (they don't have rave reviews) - then again I could be wrong but it certainly looks like their trademark primer (sad when I can tell which company has undertaken the process by the colour of the primer that they've used)

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Post by gtviva on Nov 16, 2020 11:40:24 GMT

Nov 16, 2020 10:10:32 GMT grumpynorthener said:

Going on the colour of that E coat once the shell had been redipped - I'd say that is a 'Prostrip' at Nottingham job (they don't have rave reviews) - then again I could be wrong but it certainly looks like their trademark primer (sad when I can tell which company has undertaken the process by the colour of the primer that they've used)

It could well have been Prostrip, all the jigs that hold the Vans for painting at the factory get sent there for stripping

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