356 B T6 Restoration

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Re: 356 B T6 Restoration

#106 Post by neil blaber »

thank you for the kind words greg, it would have been nice if it was chosen as i had planned to help a fellow registry friend here in Melbourne.

stephen, we are left out lol

anyway where did i put that hammer....
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#107 Post by neil blaber »

this is the rear x member, i have made 2 inner supports for the gearbox hanger locaters.
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these are welded to the inner supports i fitted and welded to each side of the x member, as seen here...
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the rear chassis outer piece is welded in but not fully yet, only a few spots to finish. i do have some very interesting pictures i took last week but i think i might post them at a later date.....
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Re: 356 B T6 Restoration

#108 Post by Adam Wright »

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Hope you check out the write-up of your car in the new issue of the Registry mag, it's a real funny story!
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Check out my Barn Find column in the Registry magazine, always looking for good stories.

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#109 Post by neil blaber »

i will be reading that one adam, thanks for writing up the story. it will go with the restoration documentation i am keeping with the car :)
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#110 Post by neil blaber »

progress so far...
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i have to old one as a reference as to the holes, beads and formations, along with the lap belt anchorage points. i have the holes for the brakes, fuel, accelerator cable and the rest of them to put in as well as the anchorage points, which i shall do tomorrow.

the round formations i put in using a 50mm hole saw then marked a line 5mm out which made 60mm dia. i tipped the area around the hole until a piece cut using a 60mm hole saw fitted, then tig'd it in
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almost ready for the floors :)
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#111 Post by ryan base »

neil it's just beautiful

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#112 Post by neil blaber »

thanks ryan,

few more pics to follow on...
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flared the end of the shift rod hole
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and just for the grin factor i did this
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adam, the article is great! you must be happy you managed to get home without using the Chihuahua's as puncture repairs lol
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#113 Post by Andrew Serdich »

WOW Neil. She is looking great. Starting to resemble a vehicle again. I see solid floors and everything. Keep the pics and updates coming.

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#114 Post by StephenJohns »

Nice work Neil,

I have been away so havent done anything to my 356B T5.
Working on it again tonight. Will update with pics shortly.

Speak soon, Steve

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#115 Post by neil blaber »

looking forward to them! thought i saw you saturday pulling away from dakdak café?
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#116 Post by Jim Nelson »

Quite possible the next time we see "Made By Hand", it'll be Neil's work….

Great job, really.

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#117 Post by neil blaber »

thank you Andrew and jim, its nice to receive such great comments and from everyone else who is following along, its such a compliment to receive those kind words
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#118 Post by neil blaber »

so the next instalment...

this is the exciting part now, and this is when you followers finally get to see the plans i had from the very beginning. i will say adam i did listen to what you had to say regarding my questions to this change but in the end my dreams and plans had to go on lol.

so here goes...

you can see in this pic the new metal strip following the contour of the front hood opening
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here its sat just in front of the old one
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and here it is...
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Re: 356 B T6 Restoration

#119 Post by neil blaber »

seems 10 pictures is the limit per post...
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and this is what i had made as i mentioned in a previous post
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thanks for following along, hopefully it should look great when finished lol
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Re: 356 B T6 Restoration

#120 Post by ryan base »

so we're looking at new firewall cowl and windshield frame to convert to right hand drive? dash will be coming along too no doubt and then oh my neil you're a wizard

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