And onto the next thrilling installment in the rebuild saga.
This week, we have moved onto the rear end.
The Full picture set of the story so far can be found here
The Body Rebuild Continues
First of all, we strip her back to the core structure. As you can see, not much original metal is staying
The excellent rear panel from AMD is then tacked in place.
To ensure alignment, the outer panels were temporarily refitted.
Then they were removed so the repair work could continue. The wheels tubs were also removed to be replaced by some nice reworked AMD tubs
The outer skin of the pillar support rib wasnt looking too great
so it was cut out
a repair section was fabbed
and welded back in good as new
New wheels tub fitted, after some minor rework to maximize clearance
more rot - before
during
and as after. You would never know it was there. Great repair skill from Stu @retropower
Starting to look like a car again, but still a long way to go. Again outer panels still temporarily fitted to test alignment.
Next installment, we start on the left hand side, and I should have some updates on the front struts