Pulled a ridiculously long day today getting the N/S front arch in. Miles better than what was there, it did put up quite a fight though!
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N/S bulkhead repairs all finished. I can start looking at fitting the front arch that side now.
Not much to show this week but progressing still. I’ve started closing up the bulkhead and B pillar on the N/S, working my way down the area.
I’ve only repaired the bits that sit above the wheel tub and then a small bit beneath it thus far:
The cab floor repair pieces arrived this week so I decided to get some zinc primer on the underside/inside of all the little bits that are sitting around the workshop at the minute (I’ll epoxy them at the weekend and then hopefully finish the bulkhead and wheel tub repairs):
Cab floors:
Cab floor middle piece, outer rear valance and outer sliding door repair:
Bulkhead bulge piece (only the ends properly painted as I won’t need the centre), closing panels for the front arches, seatbelt mounts and repair for the O/S bulkhead.
I have a bit of a sore throat at the moment so to avoid chucking up loads of dust I prepped both inner and outer front arches for welding. Plug weld holes punched and weld-through primer along the weld points.
Removed the windscreen after the trial fit and removed the sliding door window to avoid getting grinding sparks embedded in it.
Spent some time getting the door gaps for the sliding door and cab door to the point where I’m happy with them. This should do nicely for us:
Making a start on the bulkhead and wheel tub. The wheel tub isn’t in too bad nick, it’s had some awful repairs in the past which will need to be chopped out and repaired properly. Hoping to get the bulkhead all welded up this week.
Driver’s door skin welded up and trial fitted to the van; a much better fit than the passenger side. Now onto the front arches and wheel tubs!
Support braces bonded to the door skin and first door fully welded up! Just need to dress the welds and it’s done. All the hours on the door finally paid off.
I’ve made a big push this week to get the door frame on the O/S complete.
My repair piece for the door bottom tacked in:
And ground flush. It came out pretty well.
Style line curve closed up at last:
Repairs made to the bottom corner:
And more repairs to the seal channel:
Started stripping the bottom half to bare metal:
And a little while later, the bottom half all zinc primed.
Hoping to get everything prepped and epoxied over the next few days so I can get the skins on and have the doors done.
Made up another big repair panel for my door. Hoping to get the frame finished this weekend.
Final repair for the door card style line and curved corner section welded in. Started making up a template for the previously badly repaired door bottom.
