Engine lid hinge panel welded in. Just need to convert my new later style engine lid to fit
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Outer valance and rear hinge panel
I’ve dressed all the welds on the outer valance now, much better than the klokker panel someone had previously fitted which wasn’t even welded along the top.
Chopped out the engine lid hinge panel as I had to remove the ends to get the new corner panels in, and autocraft do a good panel so it seemed silly not to. Not too bad underneath , just some surface rust.
A quick trial fit of the new panel to make sure the door gaps are still good. The new panel fits perfectly between the corner panels so all my measurements paid off!
And then rust treatment and epoxy mastic applied:
While the paint dried I got the air filter pedestal welded back in too.
Today saw the new rear outer valance going on the van.
New valance all prepped:
and inner valance prepped too (note the small tabs welded either end for the returns on the outer valance to fold around):
Lots of clamps:
And all welded in. An easy panel to fit for once! I just need to dress the welds and fold the returns around either end.
A fairly long, but productive day today saw the corner pretty much welded in. I just need to weld the battery tray to the corner and dress the welds. Really happy with the door gaps and alignment to the rear quarter panel. The only downside to painting the inside of the corner is that the other corner now looks filthy in comparison.
Possibly more effort than it’s worth, but got some pastel white top coat on to the inside of the rear corner as I’ll never have as good access to it as I do now. Should have it all welded up tomorrow.
O/S battery tray and engine skirt welded in.
N/s corner repair finished tonight. This side is now done from front to back!
I’ve made some great progress over the last 3 days, starting to run out of panels to replace now!
I finished up the rear arch first, so everything up to the rear corners is done both sides now:
Battery tray and engine skirt clamped into place on the N/S. No such thing as too many clamps:
I then trial fitted the corner to make sure everything still lined up, then welded in the engine skirt:
and battery tray:
I’ve got the rear corner repair partially welded in and just need to finish it up tomorrow before I can turn my attention to the other corner:
Fitted the rear arch and started welding it in. Looking good!
A nice couple of coats of Epoxy Mastic on the inside of the rear panels. Shiny shiny!
