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So I thought I'd poke that crusty looking bit...

Postby MrT » 19 Apr 2010 19:49

You know, the inner wing...[}:)]

Now, I knew they'd been 'repaired' in the past, and whilst they were probably OK when done, it's not up to my expected standard of neatness. At a quick glance, the offside is the worst - there's plates on the inner wing in front of and behind the turret, badly blended in with filler, and I think the turret may be made of those seperated side and top plate kits[V].

But my main reason for digging deeper was the crusty/flakey wing mounting rail. Or rather, the area where itr should be! Oddly/luckily, the outer wings themselves <i>appear</i> to be pretty good though, so should at least be reusable, assuming I can get them off OK[:)]

So my quuestions are...

1. How is the front wing mounted? It looks like spot welds along the top (most of which as gone anyway!) and bolts to the A pillar, but what about the rest? I think it should be bolted to the nosecone, and spot welded to the sill and front panel - am I right?

2. What should the wing mounting rail look like? I can't find any particularly clear pics of this area with the wing removed; is it a box section, or a straight forward 'shelf', etc?

3. More importantly, got any pics of what this area <i>should</i> look like without an outer wing fitted?

Thanks in advance.

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Postby Henk » 19 Apr 2010 20:32

I have on a 7 never replaced the wings, but I have somewhere found a picture without a wing.

[img][IMG]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z26/TRHENK/dr-inner-w-arch.jpg[/img][/img]

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Postby willywonka » 20 Apr 2010 06:43

MrT.

JClays excellent web site will help you out.

If you scroll down the page to the 'Welding' section you will find all of the locations for the spot welds.

http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/File ... ring4.html



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Postby MrT » 20 Apr 2010 19:51

Thanks for that - I never knew that site existed[8)]

That should come in very useful...

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Postby Rust Restorer » 21 Apr 2010 18:47

Have a look at my website, on the DHC restoration page and pics, might be of help.




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Postby Mike T » 23 Apr 2010 15:42

just taken the wing off mine for the same issue. Hope this helps (Rust Restorers website was really helpful for me and so was Beans blog)

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I ended up go further !

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Postby MrT » 23 Apr 2010 20:14

Ouch! I hope mine's not that bad!

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