Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

[benji1985]

My understanding was that the Cat was going to do the re-spray.
Mac

Well he did decided that POR would be fun to play with..... had to stop him, maybe enough playing with lol

Ben

[trenning]

Fantastic job! I'm am really jealous of all the skills you have. And also the perseverance to fix it ALL.
Keep it up, thanx for the pics of the progress.

Grtz. Freerk

[benji1985]

Fantastic job! I'm am really jealous of all the skills you have. And also the perseverance to fix it ALL.
Keep it up, thanx for the pics of the progress.

Grtz. Freerk

Thank you, tbh I don't think my "skills" are that good, although definitely got better over time.

Ben

[volvomania]

My understanding was that the Cat was going to do the re-spray.
Mac

Scouring the surfaces so that the paint will stick better

[benji1985]

Good afternoon all, did a little bit more today
27/11/2016
The spray rust encapsulation arrived so started with that is the hard to reach areas at the back under the car
20161127_113504 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161127_113511 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then sorted out the little dent on the roof
20161127_142917 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then set to work on the filler on the rear wheel arch
20161127_113447 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added some seam sealer to the boot valence
20161127_114341 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161127_114342 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161127_114345 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

after a lot of sanding
i managed to get the passenger lower window curve to start to look right and the rear wheel arch is nearly there
20161127_142859 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161127_142906 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161127_142907 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

it is coming on, hopefully next week will see the end of the welding.... i hope so anyway
and so more filler work, wont be long till she is painted

Ben

[360beast]

My understanding was that the Cat was going to do the re-spray.
Mac

Well he did decided that POR would be fun to play with..... had to stop him, maybe enough playing with lol

Ben

Are you sure it wasn't the PAW he wanted to play with ahhhhhh hahahahahahaaaaaa... tumble weed blows past.

[benji1985]

Good evening guys, a couple of days updates
03/12/16
had a little bit of spare time, so sorted out the silver parts on the alternator
20161204_162847 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
And a little taste of how the colours will look
20161204_163002 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I think it will look good


04/12/16
Today saw the end of the welding!!!! AT LAST!
I filled the tiny hole that was left on the passenger wing
then set about to working on the drivers wing
cleaned all the weather strip off and examined the rust
20161204_103715 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161204_103717 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161204_103719 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161204_103722 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161204_103724 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Started with arch part around the damaged hole
20161204_110425_zpsjvdp3tfh by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161204_114434_zpsw6k6rktu by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
I am very impressed with how this came out
next was the lower front
20161204_114444 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

filled the little holes towards the corner
20161204_125125 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

next bit was the front corner, cut out the bad metal
20161204_125123_zpshzlmkurt by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

repaid the back section, again pleased how this turned out
20161204_125143 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

mocked up on the car, and marked what needs to be removed
20161204_131959 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161204_132002 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

fits quite well
20161204_132015 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

boths wings together ready for the insides to be POR'ed
20161204_152816 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

The next job for the day was put the battery tray in
20161204_152835 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

what it will look like
20161204_152842 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

[bogbasic]

Awesome work.

[benji1985]

Hello a small update today.
09/11/16
The weather has not been great so doing a little work on rebuilding the alternators
New bearings installed
20161210_164753 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

the shell, stator and rotor together.
20161210_164826 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161210_165027 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

More to follow soon.

Ben

[bogbasic]

Keep bearing up.

[benji1985]

Good evening, a little more done today.
11/12/16
Started by por'ing the battery tray.
20161211_153130 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Next was the underseal, the whole underside was done and the rear wheel arches, the front wheel arch were not done yet as the POR was not dry.
20161211_153151 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161211_153214 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161211_153216 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161211_153231 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161211_153235 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Then once home I did a bit more to the alternators, out of 4 I had 3 work.
20161211_182348 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20161212_183306 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Hopefully a little bit more can be done this week, waxoyl all the chassis.

Ben

[benji1985]

Good evening all, a little more work on the alternators today, just taking them slow.
12/12/16
Put the remaining fasteners in but not tightened them down, need to tap the threaded holes yet.
Sprayed the remaining parts that erm missed the powdered coating.
Starting to come together.
20161212_183312 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161212_184440 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickrr
Bit more to be done tomorrow.

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all, again a little update on the alternators.
13/12/16
The silver parts went on.
20161213_122555 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161213_122602 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
And the near completed alternator
20161213_132739 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Still got the electric parts to put on but the threaded holes need to be tapped

Ben

[360beast]

Looking good, now the fun of putting everything back together can start. Always more rewarding than taking the parts off!

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
You are doing a grand job.
Cheers Mark.