Baja bug O/S A pillar in need of some attention! Looking very crusty once I peeled the surrounding metalwork away.
Bottom 10cm chopped out and a quality autocraft repair panel tacked into place for now.
Door fitment and gaps checked to make sure A pillar repair is in the right place. Looking good.
More fresh metal going into the baja project today.
Repairs to the outer panel of the front bulkhead finished.
N/S end of the napoleons hat refreshed with a cut from a LHD repair panel.
Next up, new A pillar bottoms.
Tackling the double skinned front bulkhead on the baja next. The outer wasn’t too bad so i chopped out the inner to allow me to clean up the inside.
Inner chopped out.
Trail fit of the new inner. They’re an ok fit but nowhere near as good as the originals.
Glad I separated the inner and outer on the replacement panel as the inner was already going rusty! I’ll clean up and paint this.
Started repairing the outer, good to be getting some metal in.
I decided to sew the two fabrics I like the most to the leather. I think I’ve changed my mind now and will go with the second white and orange geometric pattern instead. Thoughts?
The baja project came with a new set of door card blanks that someone had started to upholster in this vile fabric.
As a nod to the origins of the Baja bug, and for some fun, I want to go with a bright Navajo style print with a tan leather.
Which, if any, do you like?
Final haul of bits from the seller we bought the baja off. 3 doors that are all pretty much scrap, but will be raided for the glass and fixings to go into the decent set I have.
Finished up the dolly for the shell today so I can manoeuvre it around the workshop. Mounted to the chassis mounting points on the shell. I can start getting some bits welded in now.
The first of two road trips this week to collect parts for the baja project. This evenings journey, a 150 mile round trip up to Membury Services to meet Graham from fbivw to get the baja kit. A lovely chap, and he had this corker in tow too!
