Shed Build Part 3

I spent monday and today building the shed with dad, we have put up five perlins and also put the cross beams that support the plastic sheeting. Today we put two of the plastic sheets in place, which means using a lot of the specially branded fixing screws which are really expensive, so now i'm off to search for some cheaper screws on the internet. So here are some pictures of the shed so far. Also got very wet doing this as it rained all day, but overall i'm quite happy with the work as we have put up about half of the perlins.

Parts for MG

Just purchased the sills for both sides of the MG and thought I would update as to what I have spent so far on the panels for the car:
Sills- (Both sides) - £240
offside rear wing(full)- £52
nearside rear wing(half) -£36
both doors - £125

So in total I have spent about £500, just on panels, and have not even bought all of them. Probably going to have to get a job.
Sills-

More shed build

Cemented the fence posts in that hold up the other side of the shed. We had a bit of a problem though because we put the post about 15cm in the wrong place, so we had to adjust where other things go slightly. Once the fence posts were in we put the cross beam on that will support the rafters that will hold the corrugated plastic roof. Finally we put the two end rafters in to see the size of the shed. Its huge! Dimensions are roughly 5m by 2.6m.

Shed Build

Spent most of friday figuring out how to build a lean-to shed to house the MG during the restoration, so put the wall plate up on the house and started digging a 60cm deep hole for the posts to support the other side on. The main problem with the space, where the shed is going is that it is by no means square, so its going to be a difficult build. So almost dug one hole, but then realised I would have to move about 1500 roof tiles to dig the second hole

MG pre-rust (2004)

MG pre-rust (2002)

Welder came today and checked it out, no indication of price, but said we need to strip everything back to the shell(which I was going to do anyway). So now somethings happening, I'm going to have to build a shed and figure out where to put all the mechanicals.

I'm going to London on thursday, so have had to cancel with the welder, which is a bit annoying, but anyway.

Welding

Got a welder coming on thursday to check out the MG, and hopefully give a quote, then we can seriously get going. I think I just want the sills doing but may get the rear arches and wings done and the rear vallence, and i think that is most of the rust sorted out, except a bit on the top of the scuttle pannel and the tailgate at the top, but might get a new one.

Photos of the MG

Attached are several photos showing the state of the MG.

Finally Started

Finally did something. I de-greased the second hand bonnet I bought from ebay a while ago (using engine de-greaser), then sanded the underside down and removed some of the dents in the frame, using a hammer and some wood. While doing this some filler came of the front, i staretd to remove the filler, only to find a huge dent at the front, that cant be removed, because the frame is in the way, so I'll just have to re-filler it.
Next I'm going to have to de-bump the bonnet skin. Need to get the sill's welded, but as the MG has been sat for 8 years they are very rusty!
Pictures to follow!!!!!!!!!