I had to remove the brake fluid reservoir mount to properly repair the arch. While it was off the car I shot blasted and epoxied it.
All welded back in now.
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The ends of the front engine bay panel had rusted through so I grafted in two new ends.
All removed from the car for a coat of epoxy.
A lot of fiddly repairs to make for the front arch.
Seal channel all repaired (made up from about 10 small panels).
Style line for the front wing had rusted through along a big section so used a rear arch repair panel to fix it.
I still need to repair the arch where it joins the front scuttle panel.
Lunchtime trip over to see @nosvw_vw_man to strip the IRS components from this knackered chassis. Came complete with vines, ants and woodlice 😎. Should clean up nicely for the baja.
About half way there with repairing the top lip of the N/S front arch now.
To avoid repairing more than I need to I’ve started trial fitting the baja nose and bonnet. A bit more trimming and fine fitting to get it looking good but it’s nice to see it start looking a bit more “baja-ry”.
Oh arse! Went digging in into some filler I found on the bonnet seal channel and discovered it’s completely rotten. The O/S might be salvageable if I clean it up a bit more, but the N/S needs chopping out. I’ll make up some repairs in small sections so I don’t loose the shape of the channel. First repair welded in today.
O/S boot now made of solid metal instead of rust and holes.
O/S chassis mount strengthener all welded in. Boot repair prepped ready to weld in tomorrow.
O/S rear wheel arch repair all welded in tonight. Hoping to get this side all finished up this week.
Finished up the N/S boot repair tonight and chopped out the O/S chassis mount strengthener and boot rot ready to start repairing them.
