Garyh's Sammio build

garyh · #1 1st January 2012, 19:06

Havn't done much more than this yet, but i read this forum day and night keeping upto date with everybodies builds. A great bunch of people who hopefully i will meet in the coming years.

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I have just repaired mig welder, bought the DVD, watched it, so just need to master welding...

http://garyssammiospyderbuild.blogspot.com/

Mister Towed · #2 1st January 2012, 19:29

Wow, another builder with a sieve for a floor! Welcome to the novice welders' club.

Is it a lightweight four or a silky six?

Mister Towed · #3 1st January 2012, 19:29

Doh, should've looked at the pic's a bit closer, doughnuts = Mk2 Vitesse.

garyh · #4 1st January 2012, 19:54

It will also have different cam, not sure how different!

http://garyssammiospyderbuild.blogspot.com/

Mister Towed · #5 1st January 2012, 19:56

I didn't know you could get uprated knobbly sticks for the Triumph 2000.

Any links you could post to save me the effort of googling it?

Mister Towed · #6 1st January 2012, 20:03

Just read your 'blog Gary. Talk about one-upmanship: I'm welding up a rotten old chassis with a new welder, so you buy a mig welder that needs to be restored before you can use it on your rotten chassis!

Worthy of 'the four Yorkshiremen' sketch. "New arc welder you say? You were lucky! There were 'undred and fifty of us using broken down mig welder..."

garyh · #7 1st January 2012, 20:06

Canley or Jigsaw Racing. The box mine was in said Kentcams? bought on ebay.The engine will get a full rebuild at some point this year...

mulberry · #8 1st January 2012, 20:25

wow gary u sure had a quick strip down, chassis looks good solid tho.... were are the out riggers ?

Psycho pops · #9 1st January 2012, 20:40

Hi Gary
Having just completed a spraying the wife's Herald in Old English White thats the colour I have settled on too.
I think its a class colour and so period..
Im a long way off getting colour on though.

garyh · #10 1st January 2012, 21:22

If you get a chance Mulberry look at my blog, you'll see the state of chassis. Pops, I agree that colour will be great... It's just that I feel the Sammio, in my eyes is more Italian than English! I'm also going for white walled tyres, it's funny how a colour can change the interpretation of the picture in my head...

mulberry · #11 2nd January 2012, 09:19

ah its yout blog,, i saw eletric engine hoist,, lucky bugger....

garyh · #12 2nd January 2012, 20:14

Hi Mulberry, only used it once... So good just pressing a button and not struggle!

garyh · #13 30th January 2012, 21:25

As much as I like to hear what others are up to, I can't wait to get on with my own build. Its been a struggle stuck at home DIYing, doing things that i once relished but now get in the way of my currrent hobby. I would like to build an old bicycle in the same style as my car will be... thats another project! My wife is now prepared to release funds as i go... if i start buying parts in the order i require them! Already spent £5500 in total

Nick59 · #14 30th January 2012, 21:51

Hi Gary,
Know the feeling...although mine is more to do with being on my tod...at least your misses cleans the house, does the ironing...cooks a hearty meal and you know

.... I seem to spend the whole bloody weekend doing womens work....isnt it great knowing there are no women on here...we can be so sexist and get away with it...(that should flush them out

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I`m now waiting for the first reply sayin "I know why you are on your own"

Thats another ongoing project.... You still up for the beers on Sunday?

garyh · #15 30th January 2012, 22:00

Sunday at 10am... I've seen the wife do the ironing! 20mins tops, its not rocket science. As i say to her 'I can't do everything'

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Nick59 · #16 30th January 2012, 22:12

OK Bacon roll and tea then....you are welcome to bring the misses...I have a pile of ironing she can do while we chat.

tlrtone · #17 30th January 2012, 22:17

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Originally Posted by Nick59

OK Bacon roll and tea then....you are welcome to bring the misses...I have a pile of ironing she can do while we chat.

would not want to be in the room when you suggest that to her

garyh · #18 16th February 2012, 21:03

Had my first go at welding

today, i think i ended up with a better idea of what to do... Mr.T, what thickness metal did you use to plug the holes? Quit a lot of work to do on the chassis which looks quite fiddly as there are alot of brackets around the area.

http://garyssammiospyderbuild.blogspot.com[IMG][/IMG]

davecymru · #19 17th February 2012, 10:33

That sounds about the same as me. I used 1.2mm for floor and outrigger repairs as that i what i had left over from my floor pans, and it seems about the same thickness. Then a bit of 3mm sheet i had left over from my last project for repairing some of the thicker pieces as it seemed to be the same thickness?

garyh · #20 8th March 2012, 22:04

just sandwiched together to make it seem thicker! No wonder their are so many holes. Barn finds sound so romantic but unless the car is worth many thousands once restored, i will never touch one again.

But the shotblasting is going well...

Thanks goes to 'T' for getting pics to appear in text.
Welding not to bad, i hope?