Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

[JFB]

[benji1985]

good day all, been a busy few days recently but had some time today to do a bit more body work on the car
16/01/17
worked on the windscreen and the wheel arches, and i am pleased to say that the shell is almost ready for paint now
20170116_155827 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_155836 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_161321 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_161911 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_162339 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_162349 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_162351 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_162358 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_162409 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170116_162416 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170116_162424 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

So now i hope to be able to move on to the panels soon, had a quote to have her painted
more to follow soon i hope

Ben

[benji1985]

Good evening all, here is the next update
18/01/17
started by cleaning the inside if the new drivers wing, passenger one had already been done earlier, as i was wire brushing it much to my surprise rust holes appeared.....
20170118_105847 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
there was no sign of rust here the paint was unmarked but then holes....

so i had a little think and was going to weld in a new piece of metal when i remembered the wing that was on her was ok in this area.
20170118_105900 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_105912 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_115534 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_115545 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_151210 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I then painted the inside of both wings with rust encapsulator
20170118_151217 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_151221 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

while they were drying i put the old suspension together so she will become a rolling shell to go and get painted
20170118_151232 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_151235 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_152529 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

put a 2nd coat on the inside of the wings
20170118_155726 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

i also re coated the bellhousing as i managed to get black splatters on it
20170118_155749 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170118_155742 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

also put on the cheap set of ball joints to allow for a rolling shell
20170118_160331 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

more to follow tomorrow

Ben

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
Cracker job your doing.
Cheers Mark.

[benji1985]

A few more updates
19/01/17
started to work on the doors today, sanded back and found the little dents and wire brushed all the drain hole and the bottom edge
20170119_115137 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_123831 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_132515 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_132524 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_132527 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

found a small rust hole in the bottom of the rear door and two holes that had been made by screws
welded it up and carried on with the dents which turned out to be a shallow but big dent
20170119_144452 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_144456 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_145554 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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started on the other front door
20170119_154500 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_154503 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_160514 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

rear door sanded but needs a 2nd coat
20170119_163934 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

painted up the front doors
20170119_164921 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_164933 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170119_164937 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
noticed a couple of little dents i missed

other door painted
20170119_164948 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170119_164955 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170119_165015 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

so a bit more filler needed tomorrow

more to follow

Ben

[benji1985]

next installment
20/01/17
started on the front door, sorted out the little dents that were found after painting the day before
20170120_092759 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_092803 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and finished the filler on the rear door
20170120_092809 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

rust encapsulated the bottoms of the doors
20170120_092824 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

finished off the front door
20170120_122748 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

finished the rear door (still need to do the other when it arrives)
20170120_122755 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

while the filler was drying i put the old front suspension together
20170120_122824 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_124416 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_124422 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_143130 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_143141 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

doors painted again
20170120_132930 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_132939 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_132949 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


then i decided to work on the wings as they need filler, so decided to bolt them on and work on the car......
BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM.....
20170120_151422 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_151436 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_151444 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

as you can see the lower windscreen is not right
and you can see it is siting a bit forward
20170120_151515 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and the doors gap is quite close
20170120_151549 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

i think ill hang the front doors that will go on her to be painted and test the gaps, any suggestions would be very helpful please

look at the nice bits installed
20170120_154711 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

passenger front wind looking good
20170120_155522 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
drivers wont bolt up underneath
20170120_155538 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

bonnet lines up ok (not bolted in at all)
20170120_155604 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

front wing getting treatment
20170120_155613 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

wings 50% there
20170120_163314 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170120_163327 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


some more looks at my cock up area!!!
20170120_163352 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170120_163438 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170120_163446 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170120_163451 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

2017-01-20 16.51.24 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


doors need seam sealer on along the bottom and then maybe a paint over then they are ready for painting
20170120_163709 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170120_163757 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170120_163922 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Any advice would be welcomed please, but it looks like i have to cut out and do the gutter again and sort out the the indent...

Anyone in devon good with body work....

Ben

[benji1985]

good day to you all,
25/01/17
so after the discovery of my cock up around the wing and windscreen i sepent the day correcting the issue, first i set out cutting the side out again and gentle cutting the weld from under the corner of the windscreen by the wing.
20170125_122140 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then massaged the corner out and test fitted the wing (also ground down any welds on the inside of the wing that might have been causing issue to allow it to fit better)
20170125_124140 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170125_131759 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


I then cut a new piece of metal out an re built the lower gutter
20170125_141513 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

rust encapsulated
20170125_145936 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170125_150954 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Then replaced the top layer with a new piece of metal
2017-01-25 15.42.27 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

welds cleaned up and a key'ed for the filler to stick to
2017-01-25 16.17.48 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

as you can see with the wing back on it looks spot on now
20170125_162444 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170125_162446 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and the gap is more reasonable
20170125_162455 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

coated with some paint to protect till friday
20170125_163508 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

more filler on friday

we are getting there at last!!

Ben

[benji1985]

good day all, next update on duchess
27/01/17
applied some filler and etch primer the clutch servo bracket
20170127_113529 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113531 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113536 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113543 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113546 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

also removed the proud welds from the inside of the wing that was stopping the wing sitting correctly

sanded back the filler applied some more, and applied seam sealer to the doors
20170127_113618 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113623 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113626 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113637 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_113644 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and then the filler was still not set, so moved on to putting the old steering rack in so she can be rolled away
20170127_131213 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_131219 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_131226 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

sanded back the filler and added a little more
20170127_131230 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_131237 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_131238 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

attached the bracket back to the bell housing
20170127_150050 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

painted the wings over to protect
20170127_162024 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_162034 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_162044 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_162051 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_162101 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and painted the windscreen to protect....3rd time luck
20170127_162114 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170127_162118 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

refitted the wing loosely to check again the gap and looks pretty good, much much better than before
20170127_162219 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_162311 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_162319 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170127_164431 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170127_164438 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170127_164453 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

i feel the windscreen needs a bit more work it does not yet have the sight arch in the downward section the other side has, but that is contouring

hope that it wont be long till she is ready to go and be painted

Ben

[JFB]

[benji1985]

Hello all, a small update today.
02/02/17
As the weather is so bad, I decided to have a look at painting the chrome parts to make them look erm more chromed...

Couple of test pieces, to trial it out.
Started by sanding and cleaning the parts
20170202_102105 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170202_103046 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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I think it needs a coat of lacquer over to protect and make it shinny.

What do you guys think?

Ben

[JFB]

I algo need to do that to my car

[benji1985]

Hello all, after trying the chorme idea i was not happy with it, so going back to the drawing board on that idea.
another update for you all
05/02/17
I was allowed a few hours on the car, so I used them to finish of the windscreen.
20170205_110902 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

lots of sanding later and also had a section near the wiper arm hole to sort
20170205_124916 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170205_124920 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170205_124924 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170205_124928 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Still got this little lump on the other side to sort, hammer or grinder...
20170205_125749 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

but overall she is looking good
20170205_125800 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Ben

[SteveP]

Lots of work again

Personally I'd fit black window trims off a GLT/later 340 as the chrome always fades and it may be hard to replicate the original effect without it looking too silver.

[benji1985]

Lots of work again

Personally I'd fit black window trims off a GLT/later 340 as the chrome always fades and it may be hard to replicate the original effect without it looking too silver.

That is a valid point and i do have chrome and black window trims

hummmm

Ben

[benji1985]

Had a goodie turn up today.
09/02/17
I have managed to get hold of a snowcap
20170209_221409 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Please feel free to be jealous



Ben