Nick 1200 sedan Race car - Shit this things needs finishing

[nick_m]

Well since some of my pictures disappeared I'll repost them.

Car arriving back



The cancer

[nick_m]

not quite a car related update
But I finally set up my new welder and had a wee play, its preeeeetty coool. certainly going to come in handy.

[2 doors]

mint, always a handy tool to have around, what brand did you buy??

[nick_m]

Lincoln, Got power mig 180, its the replacement for the sp170t which im sure a few of the datsun boys have.
Its more or less the same except 180amp, and it now has infinitely adjustable voltage. Pretty happy, you can see its well made.

[mint16]

and whats one of these lincoln welders worth?
man id sure love to have a mig welder in my shed!!

[nick_m]

cost around 1600 in the end including gloves and a 5kg spool of wire. That was trade.

[nick_m]

Quick wee update, I put the welder to use this weekend and decided to finish off the welding on the diff and make a start on the rust, I only manged to get a few hours this weekend but i'm pretty keen to get the body wrk out of the way asap.


I finished welding on the spring plates so now i just need to give it a bit of a clean and a paint then its off to get rebuilt with a tricky dick LSD, I have all the bearings and seals ready to go so not much more to do.

I did one of the the patches on the wheel arch, it came up pretty good there is a little bit of distortion but nothing too serious.


Also got my sill section tacked in and i'll finish welding it in during the week

[2 doors]

Wow top work, always good to see someone giving it a go themselves, looking mint, you should be proud.

[nick_m]

Thanks wal, I'm pretty happy with how i'm progressing, My welding needs to improve a bit more, but buying that welder is the best thing I ever did as I now have a quality welder to work with instead of the cheap muck one I was borrowing off my mate. The difference between the two is unreal.
So anyone thinking of buying a welder, I can't recommend enough the wee lincoln i've got. Its fanastic and pretty well priced too

[torqued]

great work mate.. shame about the extra rust .. but she looks a damm site better in epoxy