Fabricating some sections to repair the roof on the N/S.
First up the section which sits inside the guttering, this needed a fair bit of work to get a nice fit.
Followed by a small repair piece for the window aperture which needed a few runs through the shrinker to get the right curve.
I just need to finish welding in the window repair tomorrow and give the inside of everything a coat of paint before I can weld the roof back on.
Some pretty tricky repairs today.
The gutter on a beetle has a slight curve to it so I borrowed a shrinker to form the correct profile.
And a small repair to the rear drip rail.
I’m just about done with the inner repairs this side now.
Further work on this corner repair.
One more patch repair on the quarter panel and I’ve welded in the pillar repair.
I should be able to get the gutter repair welded in tomorrow and the rest of the inner framework sorted.
I’ve been furloughed from work for the next 4 weeks so time to get a jog on with this project! Hopefully I can get the rest of the welding finished and onto some of the baja conversion jobs.
I’ve made the repair pillar ready to weld in (the rusty mess on the right is all I had to go from!).
A few repairs to the rear quarter before I can weld in the pillar and start making up some guttering.
I’ll try and do a daily update on the project over the coming weeks.
Went digging into the N/S rear guttering. Ended up cutting a big chunk of the roof off to get access to the inside framework which had started to rust out. First job will be to make up a repair for the pillar.
Removing the remnants of the seal channel that the previous owner had just fillered over. The metal under is pretty solid but needs a few patches grafting in.
I’ve also started digging into the rear gutter which always rusted out on these. This should be a fun bit to fabricate!
Lots of fiddly little repairs needed on the drivers front arch with fresh metal going in along the seal channel, along the A pillar seam and replacement of two fender captive nuts.
A very wet day yesterday cycling to and from the workshop.
I did manage to pretty much finish up all the last little repairs to the N/S front arch though. The O/S isn’t as bad as this so shouldn’t take quite as long!
The metal behind the washer bottle panel cleaned up quite nicely and only needed a small repair in the end. Rust treated with bilthamber deoxgel and hydrate80.
New washer bottle panel clamped, welded and ground flush just as my grinder died (new brushes I think).
I stupidly drilled holes in the wrong panel so had to weld the fuel filler recess from inside the boot. About as comfy as it looks!
