Renault 1929 RY1 Monasix

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The tube for the seat bases is now all cut up and the first one 85% welded up. With luck tomorrow should see both seat frames well on the way to completion. One thing in my favour, with cool days (under 10 degrees Centigrade) it is ideal for welding. Far more healthy than stuffy air conditioning or central heating. Anyway with the garage front door wide open all the heat would escape.

Bj.

8-16-2015

Tricky things these Renault individual folding front seats. The frames are progressing but far more slowly than I would like. Quite unbelievably the two seat frames have consumed 6 metres of 22 mmm square thube for the bases and another 6 metres of 16mm square tube for the back rests. Don't even ask how many 100mm cut-off blades for my angle grinder or how many lengths of welding wire. I am sufficiently stuck in the mud to still be using oxy- acetelyne for all my light gauge welding. One day I will start with a car that has absolutely everything, No impossible parts to find and all the body, trim etc, etc existing. But then how boring would that be? No fun at all!

All good things however must come to an end. I believe that I can see a faint glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. That is the tunnel with the seat frames at the end. There are still months if not years of things that are not yet even on the horizon.

I have just placed the order for two huge (1200 X 3600 X 1.6mm)  sheets of aluminium for the body panels. Don't go away, I may need your help!

Bj.