18 Mar 2020, 22:00
Thanks very much Chris. I'm really looking forward to reassembling everything now [emoji846].
The 'before' condition, especially after I had the chassis dipped, was revealed to be pretty poor. The front frame extension was very advanced and appeared like a patchwork quilt underneath. But what really drove the removal was the corrosion in the V either side of the transmission which meant the full stripdown.
Anyway, at the NEC event in November I was introduced to Alex Denny who is a DeLorean owner (his brother also has one!!) and a welder/ fabricator by trade. He has built himself and several other customers a new chassis from scratch. He has also completed a previous restoration of a badly corroded chassis, so, as my chassis was on the stand he was able to cast his eye over it, and declare it mercifully rescuable!
So after mine was dipped and chemically stripped it went to Alex (near Great Yarmouth ) in January this year, where it was assessed and began to be rebuilt in a special DeLorean chassis jig he had constructed. The front frame extension was declared beyond rescue so that was cut off before I was even home again!![attachment=778][attachment=779][attachment=780][attachment=781][attachment=782]
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I was kept up to date with regular updates on the welding and as each piece of the horror story was revealed!
Anyway, once this was all done, it was transported off to be galvanised and powdercoated as I mentioned the other day, (I had identified RAL7037 as the appropriate colour first).[attachment=785][attachment=786][attachment=787][attachment=788][attachment=789]
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The 'before' condition, especially after I had the chassis dipped, was revealed to be pretty poor. The front frame extension was very advanced and appeared like a patchwork quilt underneath. But what really drove the removal was the corrosion in the V either side of the transmission which meant the full stripdown.
Anyway, at the NEC event in November I was introduced to Alex Denny who is a DeLorean owner (his brother also has one!!) and a welder/ fabricator by trade. He has built himself and several other customers a new chassis from scratch. He has also completed a previous restoration of a badly corroded chassis, so, as my chassis was on the stand he was able to cast his eye over it, and declare it mercifully rescuable!
So after mine was dipped and chemically stripped it went to Alex (near Great Yarmouth ) in January this year, where it was assessed and began to be rebuilt in a special DeLorean chassis jig he had constructed. The front frame extension was declared beyond rescue so that was cut off before I was even home again!![attachment=778][attachment=779][attachment=780][attachment=781][attachment=782]
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I was kept up to date with regular updates on the welding and as each piece of the horror story was revealed!
Anyway, once this was all done, it was transported off to be galvanised and powdercoated as I mentioned the other day, (I had identified RAL7037 as the appropriate colour first).[attachment=785][attachment=786][attachment=787][attachment=788][attachment=789]
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