Well it's definitely more crumple zone than anything else right now so I guess objective achieved... and I thought I needed brave pills
It looks a worse job than it is really, its far easier fitting complete panels rather than patching/repairing plus the body cuts I have are a factory assembled leg and inner wing which saves me a lot of alignment issues, if I were to use a new wing and leg there would be a bit more scope for error and new panels arent exactly east to find!
Unfortunately I lost me old dad a month ago so its been a bit chaotic and ive definitely been lacking in enthusiasm but today I achieved! The drivers side wheel arch area, chop chop
Thats definitely past it!
Got some nice repair panels from the body cuts I got, while not perfect its a good start
Which kind of fits here, I need to add more metal to the top where they all rot out, its for the wiring harness grommet but its a good start
This flangy bit covers the joint once its all welded but thats a ways off yet
Thanks for all the kind words, he was 98 so had a jolly good innings!
Bit more bashing today, needed to try and sort the repair section for the top of the panel where the harness comes through, its not just a hole as it has a raised edge, a little bit of a practice using a piece of scrap, some MDF off cuts and hole saws of various sizes using one for a punch got me this
Which actually came out perfect and there is enough metal to use it as the patch, a bit more bashing and its getting somewhere near, all the edges need tidying/cutting to size
Still struggling to get the time on this but a bit more done, the body cut had lost the very end of the chassis leg so measure, cut, grind, weld and grind!
and a bit of rattle can primer to see how it looks
The leg/wing assembly needs a lot of tidying, stated to scrape some of the underseal and other goop off and it looks like moisture has got underneath, that means I really need to strip the lot off now
Done! other side as well while im in the mood and the cross member wanted tidying up
Okay so I cheated! I couldnt face all the work scraping/sanding/cleaning so dropped them off for dipping! really pleased and I can see what repairs need doing now, even the inside of the leg is sparkly clean!
A question for Chris, can I used Hydrate 80 straight on the clean panels and then use epoxy primer over the Hydrate 80??