Getting the next batch of repair panels fettled to fit the baja. Front arch inners are done. I’ll get the rear quarters fettled too before painting the insides of them all with epoxy and then welding them in.
Trial fitted the front wings to check the bolt holes. Can’t wait to test fit the rest of the baja kit now!
Floor pan day! Storming on with the welding at the moment.
Made myself some jumbo grips to help get a tight fit along the spine welds.
Both floor pans are now fully welded in, I just need to finish dressing the N/S pan welds.
Also got the pedal strengthener and hinge welded in.
Even this little dog seemed intrigued by the bug today!
Barnaby the spanner dog stripping a bug door in the garden for me. 2 more to go.
The O/S A pillar bottom wasn’t in a good state either so needed chopping out.
And another autocraft A pillar repair tacked into place for now.
Baja bug O/S A pillar in need of some attention! Looking very crusty once I peeled the surrounding metalwork away.
Bottom 10cm chopped out and a quality autocraft repair panel tacked into place for now.
Door fitment and gaps checked to make sure A pillar repair is in the right place. Looking good.
More fresh metal going into the baja project today.
Repairs to the outer panel of the front bulkhead finished.
N/S end of the napoleons hat refreshed with a cut from a LHD repair panel.
Next up, new A pillar bottoms.
Saturday Baja progress.
Bolted the new rear cross members to the floor pan.
Drilled out the spot welds and removed the original rear cross members.
Removed a little more of the heater channels. lots of bodges over the years so best to take it all out and start again.
Drivers floor pan fettled to fit the chassis and alignment checked against heater channel. Pinned in place for now.
It’s already looking miles better with some fresh metal mocked up.
N/S floor pan fettled to fit the chassis, and heater channels bolted on to check alignment. Pinned in place for now until I can check the fit against the shell.
Made an alignment tool for the pedal strengthening plate to make sure its installed in the correct place when I fit it to the new floor pan, and chopped out the O/S floor pan.
I finished chopping out the old N/S floor pan and prepping the surrounding metal for the new pan over the weekend.
The napoleons hat needs a new end grafting in but is otherwise rock solid:
The lip on the spine looks great and needs no repairs:
The rear support is also in good condition and just needs a bit more of a clean up:
Trial fitting the new floor pan. It still needs some further trimming along the front edge to get the back to fit flush.
I had to drill out two of the bolts for the drivers door hinge as someone had mashed the head of the bolt. The top mount will need replacing, and the bottom will be replaced as part of repairing the A pillar.
