Outer sill clamped and welded in. Today was a good day.
Entries by Jim Ley
Another Epoxy Mastic session tonight to get the middle sill coated ready for the outer sill to go on tomorrow. I did the inside of the rear arches and a few other bits to justify getting the spray gear out.
jamesley: Finished up the main part of the C pillar tonight (I’ve also tacked in the repair for the section that sits under the sliding door seal channel but forgot to take a pic).
A good Sunday evening job giving the dash instruments a clean up.
N/S C Pillar – Prep
I’ve made a good start on the C pilar prep, starting with cutting the outer arch off; I need to repair the bottom of the sliding door seal channel and need to trial fit the new outer arch to make sure it fits properly. The inner arch isn’t in too bad condition, with the majority […]
N/S B Pillar – Finished
I finished the B pillar over the last couple of nights. Before I welded it in I wanted to check the fit of the front arch against it, so it needed to come off. Cut: Grind: Done. The wheel tub is in ok condition so I’m just going to repair that when I get round […]
Started accumulating panels for the front end restoration. Hoping I’ll be onto it next month.
Repairs to the inner B pillar finished ready for outer tomorrow morning (still not happy with the door fit but it’ll have to do).
N/S B pillar – part 1
I’ve been making a start on the nearside B pillar this week. I’d already removed the outer section and trimmed the repair for that to fit, so started by removing the rotten sections of inner B pillar and surrounding bulk-head (the inner B pillar was in relatively good nick so I just need to make […]
Finished up the middle sill tonight. Warning, this video has extremely high levels of production value and features one profanity (the large bang mid way through was my rear arch repairs falling over).
