An Introduction: Chris Collins and Morris Tilly Project

[jack neville]

The cages were welded through the holes drilled each side and the cuts rewelded.

[jack neville]

The tops of the B pillars are modified to join the roof. Crush tubes are inserted in the pillar with small pieces of pipe and the trafficator opening was welded over and the pillar capped.

[jack neville]

I clamped the pillars in situ and they seem to look ok. Will try the roof and hang the doors when they are both ready before welding the pillars into place permanently.

[jack neville]

Another small area that needs converting back to Tilly spec is a section of the side footwell. The car has stamped holes in the panel whilst the Tilly is solid. Only the large holes are filled with masonite so the stamped holes would be still visible. The rusty of front end collected from Len Watkins can donate these bits, including the straight flat bar welded on to accomodate the fire extinguisher bracket

[jack neville]

Overnight in the electrolysis bath and they are ready to fishoil and weld in when the opposite is removed.

[jack neville]

Found a photo of when I finished resetting all the strings

[jack neville]

Over the last few weeks I have been getting the car body ready for sandblasting. Among the required mods was removing the under floor toolbox. Simply cut it out, remove the car seat mount and weld in a patch. I used these little devices which are handy for lining up the panels flush with each other before tacking the patch in place and then completing the weld.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Found a photo of when I finished resetting all the strings

Hi

How did you reset the springs ?

Mike