Eye and bumpers

Well, the old blacksmith used a little fire to shape his metal. Neighbour Piet has sold me an old gasburner for 5 euro's, some years ago in his garage. Now I used it to reshape the towing eye on my subframe bar. I think it has become rather edgy, but the shape is right. Only the eye isn't still fully operational. It has to be welded on the backside of the bar. A fact that my neighbour Mike also noticed, when he first saw the subframe bar, last week. Now I want to ask him to weld me some points on the eye to fix it on the bar. I don't have a welding machine, neither a grinder.

Contemplative German prune pastry

Since this is a low budget project I started sanding the bar with my bare hands this afternoon. A work that goes with some contemplating and thinking. So after grinding and doing some shopping and drinking coffee in Karken (Germany), I decided to get up the rear bumper of the QV, which was still in my cellar during some odd 6 years. At home I tried it on the bleu lord, and wonder, it fits, even tough the QV was a hatchback and the bleu lord is a stationwagon. I always thought the bumper of the sportwagon was longer in the sides. Happy me. Even more, because the QV-bumper is black with an unpainted lower rim. So I won't be needing the plastic primer to treat the bumpers surface before painting. Only a little sanding and some cleaning will suffice, spraying it in the right colour: Bleu Lord 438 and ready is Kees. The front bumper, it lay beside the rear bumper in my cellar, is also partially painted, so that's a simple job.

Now the funds for some paint and work can be started.

After sanding the subframe bar, tomorrow, a little flask of Brunox is to be sold and the job is practically done (just adding a layer of primer, some clear varnish, maybe). Oh, when I treat the arms of the suspension the same way (sanding, brunox primer, varnish) the very underside of  the Sportwagon will be practical new! Oh dear!

Blacksmith Thei working his way to the eye

Still a little edgy

slowly some progress is made

The end result, before welding it thight to the bar.

See how it was here.