Ruby ARQ Rejuvenation

[Ivor Hawkins]

Just a thought Geoff, how about bolting the wing on and see if it will pull up with some long bolts and penny washers, perhaps very carefully warm the wing up from beneath, while it’s on your rotisserie and if you can pull the nuts up tight, it may do the trick...

[Geoff Halstead]

Hello Ian,
Thanks for response ?
I have absolutely no intention of doing any form of slicing and dicing on the body.
Had a go at pushing that area up, but as can be seen in the photo that internal angle ‘bracket’ (cannot thing of its description), is for bolting the Mud Shield to the trailing edge of the inner arch that have captive nuts welded in place, doesn’t help.
May as well remove that as easy enough to replace.

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Hello Ivor,
See my response to Ian.
I need to repair the inner arch first by welding new metal in before I can have a go, and remove that piece of angle in the photo I’ve just posted.
I think that angle piece prevented a previous owner from doing what you suggested, as when I tried pushing on that ‘dent’ it would not budge, hence all that filler.
Things on hold as busy painting window frames whilst weather permits.
Also gives me time to think about what to do.
A bit of slice and fill maybe, something I’ve become quite adept at doing.

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Hello Hentzant,
Need to remove that piece of angle metal first, then some pushing and heaving and if that doesn’t work a little bit of L-grinder work with cutoff disk, ditto pushing and heaving then filler pieces welded in.
After painting done.

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Thanks Dave,
Always wondered what it was like being in an ambulance with ‘Blues and Twos ‘ on full song.
Found out PM 31st July last year with myself on way to hospital, a normal journey of 40odd minutes only taking half that that day.
I was compos mentis all the way and as an ex-racing driver I could appreciate the level of skill the female probationary paramedic had in negotiating the traffic, only once having to hit the anchors no doubt due to some dozy driver getting in her way.
The rush waset a balloon inserted into one of the main arteries close to my heart as it was damn near totally blocked.
When I asked the specialist, a month after the procedure, he confirmed that he caught me just in time!
I required CPR during the procedure and couldn’t sleep horizontally for a month afterwards and did so in my armchair due to bruising of the chest area.
One of the nurses said I was lucky not to have any broken or cracked ribs as that happened often with patients of my age.
I think that episode had a psychological effect on me as for 11 months I had no interest in the car or much else other that turn half of the rear garden into a wildflower area and that kept me going, and has turned out better than I expected 

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Stem saam Greig.
Gaan dit goed met julle?
Totally agree and easy to cut and shut the Mud Shield if needed.

[Ian Williams]

Geoff, I do not believe that the bracket you refer to is the problem, I suggest that before you start cutting anything you establish what has happened in the past and put that right, otherwise you are just creating more issues. Ask yourself this, if the bracket is undamaged and original to the wing how can it be causing the problem? The more likely scenario is that someone has done a repair elsewhere and stretched metal in doing so. All you need to do is establish where the problem is and reverse it by shrinking that area back to its original shape, this is not a particularly difficult thing to do and a far better solution than cutting and miss shaping other parts of the wing.

[Colin Reed]

Hi Geoff,
Good to see you back at it again,
Does the offside guard fit OK if so remove it and use as a visual pattern it will be a mirror image ,this will give the clues as to where the shrinking and stretching will need to take place .
Take it easy and good Luck

Colin
NZ

[Greig Smith]

Stem saam Greig.
Gaan dit goed met julle?
Totally agree and easy to cut and shut the Mud Shield if needed.

Excellent Geoff, I had a good chuckle at your response, all good in the Colonies thanks, we're approaching the peak of this Chinese Plague and car stuff has slowed down a bit as we shelter from this pestilence.

Agree with Colin's suggestion

Aye
Greig

[Roger]

Hi Geoff, 
Good to see you back in action again. Is the other rear guard off the car, could you compare the two profiles? Also could you make a template of the body and compare both sides, I assume the right hand side is ok. Also in your photo the lower part does not seem to Mach the body shape very well, is that also wrong?

Roger

[andrew34ruby]

Good to see you back at it Geoff. Unfortunately I beat you and I'm driving mine around now.

I had the same thing with my back mudguards. I hammered and bent mine till the fit was improved, then used sparing amounts of filler, and the finished fit was not perfect. Don't use wing piping that is too small. A bit larger is available and can help to cover imperfections.

[Geoff Halstead]

Colin/Roger,
The offside is identical to nearside with the same gap and had the same amount of filler.

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Ian,
Photo of the repairs done.
Think the best I can do is to cut them out then bend up replacement metal and see how that fits.
Both repairs where covered in filler.
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[Bob Culver]

Some of the bog work of yesteryear borderd on mastery. There was the green RP on here. Second hand cars used to be very expensive here. After bog came in and before cheap jap imports many backyarders boosted their income by bogging and painting cars. Textbooks told how to dent in holes, support with mesh etc. Do not see it here now due extreme pedantic corrosion rules. And the wafer thin panels of moderns are not well suited.

[Geoff Halstead]

More photos of the two side by side.
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