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RoDoMo's LJ build thread

Started by rodomo , Feb 11 2010 07:32 PM

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#351 _2ELCS_

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Posted 19 April 2018 - 01:10 PM

1 person- 2 cars

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#352 LC69GTR

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Posted 19 April 2018 - 02:44 PM

Thanks to both of you for helping me get rid of one :rockon:

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Posted 20 April 2018 - 10:04 AM

New avatar pic? That car looks familiar?

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Posted 04 July 2018 - 10:14 PM

I looked at this lots today! :spoton:

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Posted 09 July 2018 - 09:06 PM

I've never been one to "mask" a problem so this is the next step into the unknown. I don't quite have it "pegged" yet but I can see a pattern forming? :dontknow:

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Posted 10 July 2018 - 11:33 PM

Well the cardboard, masking tape and aquadhere weren't strong enough so aluminium and pop rivets next? :dontknow:

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Posted 11 July 2018 - 09:52 AM

Did you cut up the front cover to your LJ repair book ?
Looks great

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Posted 11 July 2018 - 12:36 PM

Did you cut up the front cover to your LJ repair book ?

Yeah! I got the shits with it and tore it up cos it's wiper wiring diagram was crap!

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Posted 14 July 2018 - 08:57 PM

Getting there slowly on this pattern. I'm hanging to finish it and get going on making a steel one and welding it in!

You might notice that the pattern had swapped from left to right a couple of times? I'm trying to make it suit both sides.

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Posted 15 July 2018 - 09:45 PM

More pics, getting there?
Had to make a contour pattern for the sill too.

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Posted 16 July 2018 - 09:31 PM

Great work Rob, good bit of Aussie ingenuity there! May have to "borrow " your end sill idea as have to do the same for my LC, cheers paul

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Posted 18 July 2018 - 10:20 PM

Scans...………..dunno what the reproduction ratio will be like though so go by the measurements and adjust? Also, look at earlier pics for fold info.

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Posted 19 July 2018 - 09:47 AM

Rodomo, thanks for that really appreciate it as will save a lot of stuffing around, I will adjust size on photocopying machine, cheers paul

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Posted 19 July 2018 - 09:50 PM

If you can transfer the images on to a piece of card like what comes in a shirt box, you can then create a pattern as I did.

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Posted 19 July 2018 - 11:56 PM

Don't think I've ever owned a shirt that came in a box?

If I had the template in front of me to measure I'd happily draw it in CAD for you, even as a 3D sheet metal model. I could try to trace around the drawings above but it wouldn't be all that accurate (I'm kind of a 'millimeter-perfect' type when it comes to CAD work).

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Posted 20 July 2018 - 10:51 PM

Even the aluminium one wasn't 100%. You can see in the pic: +3 which means add 3mm to that area then trim back as required. The cardboard scan above adds more to the shape as it is a tracing. Better too much than not enough? It's a pretty odd shape and hard to replicate at home.

Didn't you mum ever send you to Sunday school with a new shirt fresh out of the box?

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Posted 27 July 2018 - 08:55 PM

Getting there, amongst other domestic projects.

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Posted 28 July 2018 - 10:41 PM

Ol' Mate came around today and we did this:

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Posted 28 July 2018 - 10:55 PM

Ol , mate needs to come around more often by the looks of things ✌️

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Posted 28 July 2018 - 11:06 PM

You're just jealous cos my tunnel is prettier than yours and I have mates and you don't! :tease:

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Posted 28 July 2018 - 11:09 PM

You're just jealous cos my tunnel is prettier than yours and I have mates and you don't!

Ppfft

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Posted 29 July 2018 - 09:06 PM

Fully welded today and ground back (no pics)…………...Compared to your tunnel I'm calling this "The tunnel of love" passion fingers.

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Posted 29 July 2018 - 10:09 PM

You got a dirty big hole in that tunnel
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Posted 30 July 2018 - 10:11 PM

Mixed up some under car paint today using old paints from auctions and clearing sales. The oldest paint is 9 years old. Tried it on a test piece and it has dried, She'll be right! :spoton:

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Posted 12 August 2018 - 09:37 PM

Plenum got a hit of the "RoDoMo" special "almost" Holden black and the "RoDoMo" plenum plug is ready to fit...………….once the paint dries.

I'm having a rethink on the lower "A" pillar repair. The curved/bulbous part of this is a mud/moisture trap. I'm thinking of making it square to the guard so it can be sealed?