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.
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Outstanding customer service from @kartek_off_road. California to Dorset in under 4 days!
I’ve a transaxle adapter for the baja so I can run the stronger bus gearbox, and the big bolts to fit as part of my IRS conversion. Next months job I think.
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.
N/S Boot repair prepped and part welded in today. Pretty toasty in my welding gear in this heat!
N/S chassis mount strengthener removed to see if I could salvage any of the metal underneath. It was all rotten so chopped it all out as well as the edge of the boot panel:
Decided to separate the repair panel so I can get some paint protection between the two panels:
and have welded in the repair panel for the wheel arch:
