This car was purchased from Ebay in 2006 and the blog entries show bringing the car back from being a bit rotten to being a clean, fun driving car back on the road in 2016.
As I have now gone for twin 40s the fuel supply, pump etc. will need upgrading. Here I will show you my installation build up.
This is some repair work I was not expecting to do. After some screwdriver proding revealed signs that not all was sound. So, relunctantly I decided it had to be done to make a good job, so it had to come off and a new underwing panel kit purchased. This page will show how I managed to carry this out.
A-post and chassis repairs need to be carried out. Both areas are a bit of a mess and need some serious head scratching on how this will be tackled.
The problem here is two layers again. Metal is cut out in small areas and rebuilding commences. The bluey colour you see is the inner layer covered in Kurust before being primed.
Inner side of A-Post painted to aid protection before outer layer welded in place.
New chassis repair sections from Ex-Pressed Steels. Work can now progress removing the old rusty ones. What is left anyway.
Inner wings sorted we turn the attention to the firewall area. All seemed ok but......
After all the pipes etc. removed we explored the pinky coloured painted area shown in the picture above.
Surprise, surprise more rust. Just when I thought is was over. Clean up process must begin and affected area cut out.
Engine bay stripped of front member, suspension, steering and all cables and pipes. You can just see the rusty area almost cut out on the firewall.
As the engine is almost complete I turn my attention to getting the engine bay ready. It looked a bit untidy and grubby which is not to my satisfaction. A few repairs need carrying out before sanding down ready for painting in a new colour!!!!
Offside inner wing looking for attention. The rust has gone through two layers which makes this repair a bit harder to tackle.
Rusty area cut out and the first (inner) layer filler piece welded in place. You can also see some POR Strip which has been sprayed on lifting the existing paint away. What a great product this is. Weld thru primer also applied before top layer is welded on.
Top layer sheet metal shaped and treated with Metal Ready prior to being welded in place.
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