Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

[trabitom99]

Amazing

Tom

[bogbasic]

Epic work.

[benji1985]

hello all, a couple of days of updates
13/10/16
so today I started off by welding in the inner sill, which went back quite easy
20161013_114442 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_114444 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_114448 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
the welds grinded off
20161013_130602 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_130605 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_130607 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
and all painted up
20161013_132644 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

start to repair the wheel arch, there was only a little that needed to be replaced, so cut out the small section from the new arch
20161013_145757 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_145810 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_145812 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_145816 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_152634 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_152653 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
new piece welded in
20161013_160630 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_160635 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

tacked a new piece in the curved door jar, will weld up once i know it fits
20161013_163408 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161013_163413 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

outer sill next

14/10/16
today saw the outer sill going on
welded on and grind down the welds down
20161014_115157 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_115159 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_115200 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_115203 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

the curved door jam all welded up and painted inside
20161014_130847 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_140303 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

my little helper was back
20161014_135514 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
sanded down the sill to accept the POR15
20161014_170838 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
welded in the curved part
20161014_170841 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_170847 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_170850 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
welded the inner arch up
20161014_170855 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161014_170900 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and painted it all
20161014_171939 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

[benji1985]

Hello all, updates again for you all. Been really busy trying to get the car sorted before winter.
15/10/16
Today was a nice very long drive with a trailer to get some part from Mac, Thank you Mac
photo_zpsqwyf9zzd by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161017_153905_zpsydokuapq by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161017_153915 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Also a nice new genuine sump gasket kit
20161017_185106_zpss3uai7u0 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

And the new windscreen fits :D well it fits in the hole not tried with the seal yet.

17/10/16
So I started off today by POR'ing the inside of the car, now all the rust has been removed, only did the seating foot wells, boot will follow at a later date
20161017_110415 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161017_110421 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161017_110430 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

While this was drying i removed the front panel from the car, in preparation for the new one from Mac.
20161017_153814 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161017_153819 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

yes i have a conterweight system here of batterys and tyre lol

the new panel was cleaned up and POR'ed as much as i could get to with a brush
20161017_153832 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161017_153835 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

This used up the last of the POR, so more was ordered.

18/10/16
Today while waiting for the POR I cracked on with removing the rear valence to attend to the last hole...
20161018_091908 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161018_121618 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161018_121625 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161018_121644 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

As there was not POR yet, I cut out the rust and made the new bits ready for welding in.
20161018_153758 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161018_153808 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161018_153830 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

19/10/16
The POR arrived, so time to crack on
Repainted the inside footwells and bulkhead
20161019_101046 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
painted the inside of the rear light clusters, as far as i could get in
20161019_101059 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
noticed that the rear number plate has been repaired before.. badly.. probably me..
20161019_101115 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
as you can see with all the welding wire poking out the back...

Painted the box sections on the front ready for the front panel
20161019_101127 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_101131 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

While that was starting to dry I welded the bits in the the rear panel and welded up all the holes
20161019_110619 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_110624 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Then welded in the section for the rear light clusters
20161019_114820 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_120617 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_120618 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

cleaned up the welds on the rear valence
20161019_123254 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

And POR'ed it
20161019_124145 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_124151 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
I think the repair looks quite good
Again while that was drying, I offered up the new front panel, with the wings to make sure it all lined up nice which it did
20161019_142840 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_142844 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161019_142849 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Then started to weld in the chassis area enough to hold the front panel in place so the wings could be removed and then carried on welding the front panel on
20161019_171521 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

That was as far as i got, need to clean the welds up and POR, also need to fix the holes where the dealers just screw the number plates in to the metal instead of using the holes with plastics in, I have no idea why the dealers do this it really bugs me....

Next time is to weld in the rear panel, clean up welds, paint boot area and engine bay wit POR, repair the rust on the wings and POR.
then it will be on the POR'ing the underside and filler, she is getting there soon will be painting

Ben

[MCHUDD]

Hi Ben.
That is some work your putting in there . Spot on.
As for 1st photo,
Hi Debs, nice to see you again
Cheers Mark.

[bogbasic]

Awesome work. Epic gazebo /{^¿^}\.

[benji1985]

Were getting closer!!!
23/10/2016
Today the wife permitted me the morning to work on the car
So managed to weld in the repaired rear panel, started by welding up the small rust holes on the inside of the lower rear quarter
20161023_102045 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_102055 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then welded in the rear panel
20161023_114542 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_114545 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_114547 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_114550 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_114555 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_114601 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then cleaned up all the welds on the rear panel and the front panel
20161023_123633 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_123638 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_135240 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161023_135244 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

so only a little update, but all that is left to weld now is the wing repairs and a small hole in the boot.

More to follow next week

Ben

[bogbasic]

Iremediably awesome.

[360beast]

Are you going to keep it as a 1.4 auto or do you have something tastier in mind?

[macplaxton]

There isn't anything tastier than an auto!

[benji1985]

She is staying a 1.4 auto.
Still having a bit of fun with colours on the engine but she is going to be factory.

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all yet another update
28/10/16
So today started off by patching one of the rusted holes in the boot floor
20161028_091429 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_091444 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_091826 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_094416 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_094700 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

once that was done i moved on to cleaning the boot up ready for POR15
20161028_102145 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_102147 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_103702 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

First coat of POR15 on
20161028_112647 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_112652 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_112703 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

While that was drying i welded up the two front number plate holes
20161028_115035 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then got the bonnet ready for POR along with the roof support member that was showing signs of surface rust
20161028_115515 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
POR'ed
20161028_140032 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_140035 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

while all this was drying now, i ,moved on to the engine bay and inner front wheel arches
20161028_151527 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_151533 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161028_151541 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then POR'ed them
20161030_101118 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_101120 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_101122 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


30/10/16
Today was set to finish the rest of the POR, 2nd coats and roof
20161028_140043 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
I removed the tatty falling off matting from the roof, I need to find a replacement for this if anyone has any ideas?

2nd coat in the boot
20161030_125642 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

1st coat on the roof and pillers
20161030_125649 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_125658 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

2nd coat in the engine bay and inner arches too
20161030_125704 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_125707 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_125724 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_125732 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Coat of POR on the rear valence and outer boot
20161030_125819 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

2nd coat on the inner bonnet too
20161030_132444 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161030_132518 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

So thats all now for a little while, this thing called work is getting in the way

Ben

[bogbasic]

You is factory ;-0

[benji1985]

good evening all, a little progress and a big step back today
so for the bad, i broke my new windscreen
now for the progress:
15/11/16
I started off by wire brushing the whole front panel down, i was not to happy how the POR was sticking, or lack of
so cleaned of the weather strip and key'ed it better to allow the POR to stick better
20161115_132616 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_132621 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
Also welded up the side i missed and touched up a few little areas
20161115_132625 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

While that was drying i seam sealed the inside of the car...brushable seam sealer.....weird stuff
20161115_132633 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_132635 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_132637 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_132640 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_132707 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

And so i moved on the the job i have been putting off, wire brushing and POR'ing the underside, only removed what needed to be removed, it will all be undersealed in the end anyway
20161115_152457 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_152500 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_152502 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_152507 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_152510 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161115_152516 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Also POR'ed the underside however I ran out of light so will need to go over it again so no pics of this yet, but will get some tomorrow. also the strut towers were cleaned out of any rust and POR'ed

Ben

[bogbasic]

Awesome work. So I haven't converted you to Waxoyl yet ;-?