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06-04-12, 11:09
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Passenger Door Repairs begun
Attachment 48221
The passenger door is definately the worst of the pair. This is just one of the areas that needed attention. All the others are minor by comparisn though. Attachment 48222 Attachment 48223 Attachment 48224 Attachment 48225 This was without doubt the most complex repair I have had to weld so far. I do not consider myself a 'good' welder, but plod along and get there in the end. In this case, the end of the day. All up, the repairs took around 7hrs. As you see from the first (corner) repair patch, I have used the grinder to cut two half moon holes which were welded directly to the thick backing plate, adding extra strength and rigidity. Additional holes were also drilled into the original metal piece, and the new strip of folded door skin was tacked in three places to the other repair patch and I later decided to drill this and plug weld to the frame. More to come in a minute. N.B: Why the sodding hell aren't the photos showing properly? All I see is the name of the files, but they open up OK!
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Ford CMP, 115" WB,1942 (Under Restoration...still) Medium sized, half fake, artillery piece project. (The 1/4 Pounder) Last edited by Private_collector; 06-04-12 at 11:46. 
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