Scampi - The Spitfire!

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Thought I'd make a thread about Scampi - so here we go witha first post blatently not copied off it's conterpart on YGC. Anyway...

Hmmm.... There's quite a bit more rust on Scampi than at first thought :/

Still, what was that Hammerite Rust-Removing Kit for anyway! I saw a small patch of bubbly paint on the passenger door - so I got out the wire brush a scrubbed it down. Then I spotted another bit of rust where it shuts - wire brushed it - and another just above the sill - wire brushed it - then noticed that the original door piece was perforated... Not good! Anyway, I thought I'd move onto the boot - same treatment - god it's rusty!!!! I'm going to have to completely remove it soon :/ then I moved onto the bonnnet - underneath - mainly because people always comment on the rust there and not the outstandingly clean & shiny engine - and found a lot of rust...



Still, it's fun!

Also used loads of gaffer tape



And put the Jag's battery on charge - it took 20 mins to get to full, and it's been left along since August!!! My battery is deader and it's been disconnected for a week having had a full charge

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The Jaguar awakes!
And starts 8th time!
And then smokes out everything!
But I degress; I figured that taking the boot lid off Scampi would be a damn site easier than trying to repaint in situ. This was surpriseingly easy It's now siting on some of dad's shirts covered in rust killer. Which (as one of the photos shows) is begining to work

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Progressing well I feel - paint's coming off nicely
Lots of bubbles on the surface, so I took those bits back to primer - probably going to go down to metal in the dodgier places, simply for peace of mind. It doesn't come off with thinners, as it's plastic based, so the schoool's orbital electric sander came in very handy - as did my amazing D&T teacher's (who's soon to finish his restoration of a Scimitar) knowhow.

Slightly annoyed that some absolute TWAT has put several big scratches into it and then dented it in four places with a chunk of metal :cry:

Still, I'm sure he shouldn't have left his computer logged on - I hope he doesn't miss his coursework :twisted:

Sorry for the awful picture.

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Worth noting that this is from 2010, so I was all of 17...!

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Just put a few pics of the car up - outside the local alchol shop, at home etc
Any plans on how to tackle these paint blemishes/random bits of yellow?

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Been doing a bit of work on the Spit - I was sanding a bit of paint on the boot, going "gosh, this really is Sh*te! Sod it, I'm definately taking it to the sand blasters!", when I noticed how bad the black chrome edging strips were - so I took em off - then I noticed that the paint on the rea panel was pretty shoddy - so off with the bumper and the number plate - turned out that one of the screws was snapped anyway, so I'll need a new one of them
Next up; lights off, boot off to sand blasters, and make good friends with my D&T teacher with access to a welder and compresser during half term - well, I helped resray his Scimitar

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All waxoyled up!

Sooooo.... on the advice of a Triumph-Spitfire-owning-friend I'm taking off the Trunnions at the front, cleaning them out and then giving them new bushes, seals and oil, then putting it all back together again. Sounds easy enough, eh?

Sadly, I've been thwarted at the first hillock by a very tight bolt holding the caliper on - and my question is: do I just try hard to get it off (with a bit of WD40), or is it LHT or something odd like that?

Ta



Still, at least I've got matching tyre treads

TOAD!

Off
Now I just need to get the actual trunnion off....

...
How?

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So... today's attempts: Spent a while trying to get the ball joint out "properly", using tips from Triumph dude mentioned above. Didn't work. Cheated and took it out by using the bolts. Can't get the one attached to what I think is the track rod end off at all.
So. Before work started:

One hour later:

So I gave in and tried cooking instead....

:roll:

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Spent five minutes on it today, hopefully later I'll get the upright off.
Caliper off - first, cover your brake master cylinder with cling film - this prevents air being drawn in and lessons the amount of fluid that comes out.
Second, pick up your caliper and a 1/2" spanner.
Remove the brake line, going "gosh, that was easy".

Put welded-up bung into brake line, so that you lose very little fluid. (made for me by awesome triumph guy mentioned above ).
Take a photo of how neat your tools are :oops:

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He - hey!

Trunnion's off on the LHS - dad's brute force and some proper penetrating (oil) forced it out




(note my use of the cooker for trunnions now )

Dunno how 'hot' you chaps'll be on Triumphs, but doth it look ok? Was filled with blackened grease :/

So; Trunnion Dissambling:
First I thought it was far more difficult than I expected. Then I realised I was simply hammering the concrete floor away from underneath :oops:

So moving onto a plank of wood I dissembled it; cleaned it out and it's now drying ready to be rebuilt. Any ideas on what grease I should use?

Aa

First; I found this in a (rather massive) old car book section of the school library... clearly an old teacher liked them! I thought some of you chaps might like it; had a flick through and it's rather interesting


Secondly, a game of spot the difference:


So; front anti-roll bar is off and is sitting in a bucket of Rust-Killing-Solution that I got at a 99p store ( :oops: ). Front wheel bearings coming along nicely now; just need to get the races out. Bought some red paint from my local-but-soon-to-be-closed Motor Factors; £2 a can you can't go wrong; especially when he matched the paint so well! I'll be back there tomorrow to grab the rest of his stock! Wheel arch is shite; to put it bluntly; the fillers just been slammed over rust and crapply painted. Filler has it's place; BUT WHY DIDN'T THEY SORT THE RUST FIRST?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Grrrr.
Worse because I know this is a NOS rear wing that was fitted in 1994. And you can't get NOS wings anymore. :cry: Still; rather happy with my masking job at the back; I don't want amazing paint; but I want something to keep out the rust for a couple of years (spot the rusty spots where the previous owner didn't put rubber washers to prevent rubbing against the bumper mounting points. Actually; it probably wasn't him; I bet it was his local garage. I bet they bodged the exhaust too. But nevermind.)



















Ha. The school library - it had maybe 500 books in?

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My mate James popped round (well I say popped round; technically I drove round to his then did a "road-trip" to Petersfield; Guildford then Haslemere to pick up car parts then back to my house; but whatever ) and we masked up the car (masking tape from the Chi pound store) and set about it with rust-killing stuff (pound store stuff is rubbish and I'm glad I only bought one packet). Cleaned up the anti-roll bar and painted it (Thank you James) then visited my local independent Volvo specialist to borrow a press to finish off the trunnion. Being the amazing bloke he is he popped it in in about a minute and then talked cars for about ten, showed off his 591bhp Volvo (that's now in print) and told me I had to visit him with a working Spit asap. (Bringing the list of people I need to visit to show off my car to to about one hundred!). Discovered that the drill has a grinding attachment and did a bit of grinding at the rear of the Spit; and hit the bearings a bit. Won't budge.
Pictures:





















Aaron
P.S: What should I do with the pictures scratches? Stopper or filler?

Independent Volvo man is still going, haven't seen him in a while.

Anti-rust stuff:



Escpecially on the battery tray! EEP! *borrows a welder *

And with some anti-ruster hammerite primer - which made me remember just how much I like beige; and also; how good would a beige Spitfire look?

Aaron

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My awesome Camber

Re-painted headlampy things

Undersealed up!

Bearing'd up!

Ruined upright.


It's so nearly there now - just need an upright...
Polybushes - on
Rear lights - on (And with a random earthing issue with the LHS indicator as shown by one of the pictures...)
Rear bumper - on (and with some bits of rubber not stolen from dad's bike's inner tube to stop it from rubbing the paint off again)
Headlamp rings - on
T-Cutted at the back - yes
Pictures - below