Touchdown! I got the shell back down on the chassis today. Both doors rehung and gapped, and rear fenders loosely bolted on so I don’t keep tripping over them.
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A mammoth paint day today! Got the inside of the shell painted as well as the doors and most of the baja kit. Just the rear wings and the outside of the shell to do next weekend.
Door inners topcoated this afternoon with Savannah Biege. Exciting to see some colour starting to go on.
We got all of the baja’s high impact areas raptored yesterday. Busy it at today sanding down the shell and then getting the door inners painted.
Got the roof, engine bay and passenger door into primer today. Nice to see the outside of the shell all in one colour again!
It’s always satisfying seeing things starting to go into primer. O/S, bonnet, engine cover and nose all epoxied and high build primed today.
Roof repair section made up today and welded in, I just need to hammer the guttering lip over and make one more repair for the lower edge.
Made my first few passes of filler over the rear quarter. I’ll probably shape the O/S front quarter and then get this entire side into epoxy and high build primer in the next few weeks.
Chasing what I hope are the final major rust repairs on the Baja shell.
The classic rusty beetle roof meant chopping out a section of the roof, guttering and rear quarter. I’ve rebuilt the rear quarter section, and now just need to fabricate the guttering and roof to close it all up.
While on this side of the bug I noticed some blistering of the paint along the window aperture so stripped the paint off to investigate.
Cue chopping out 75% of the window aperture and welding in fresh steel. Just a few more repairs to go in to close this area up.
Just a bit of welding on the Baja today. Engine bay front panel welded in and just need to grind the welds flush.
I’ve started bringing home the fibreglass bolt on panels to prep them for some primer.
Look what turned up just in time for the bank holiday weekend!
Enough cable to hopefully make a new wiring loom for the baja. That should keep me busy for a while.
