6V ironman contest

Last night Fürsten and Oval 57 helped me out putting the body back on the pan. As you can see in the movie, these three men are working in an office all day long. Heavy lifting does not come natural to us, but we managed anyway. For those who understand norwegian, there is quite a lot of "jabbskjit" in the background. We are sorry.

A small step for mankind...

.. but a huge step for me =) Last night I finally got the body placed on top of the pan. Most of the heaterchannels have been replaced, and it was interresting to see how they would match up. The meassuring during the welding seems to be pretty accurate. The holes in the pan and body aligned well. It was a heavy lift, but with good help from Oval 57 and Fürsten, we managed to drag the body onto the pan.

This was a critical milestone for me personally, as I had set a goal to complete the welding during 2007. With two small kids and not to much spare time, it was satisfying to come this far during 2007. It has been a long jurney of welding and sheet metal work, but it has been worth it. Now starts the funny part of the project, bolting all the parts together and to give the car the correct stance.

To day is also my birthday, and I could not wish for a better present =)

Peace and harmony

The floor pan made it's way into the garage again. It has been 20 years since the body and pan were together the last time. The time has now come to join them again in harmony =) The pan was sandblasted and painted in 87 and has been stored indoors since then. It has a few scratches in the paint from transportaition, but I will do a touch up of the paint after they are joined. The body has been stripped to bare metal in all four inner wings, and got a layer of etch primer.

There is still a little welding job to complete at the rear bumpermounts and some small repairs in the front as well. This will be completed when I finnish the new rear apron. The last thing I managed last night was to glue the rubber gasket to the floor pan with sikaflex. Next operation is to place the body ontop of the pan, this will give some needed space in the garage right now.

1750ccm Kvikk Motor

I have moved the Kvikk engine build up to our new blog, "Memory Lane". There I have added part 2 of the build up as well.

http://6vmemorylane.blogspot.com

On my back

Not having a barbeque stand for my zwitter body, a lot of work has to be done lying on my back. Last night I finished grinding all the welds after changing the bottom of the heater channels. Found two small holes that needs to be taken care of as well. Then it's time for painting the bottom of the body, and bring the floor pan into the garage. Everything takes time, but I will not have to worry about rust anymore... And the car is now solid enough to be driven HARD =)