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N/S B Pillar – Finished

I finished the B pillar over the last couple of nights. Before I welded it in I wanted to check the fit of the front arch against it, so it needed to come off.

Cut:

Grind: 

Done. The wheel tub is in ok condition so I’m just going to repair that when I get round to it.

The A pillar has seen better days though and will need some work when I get onto the front end:

With the outer B pillar clamped in place I tested the fit of the arch and outer sill, all looks good to me:

And all welded in. I just need to dress the plug welds at the bottom and it’s done:

Next up the C pillar on the N/S. Thus far I’ve chopped out the strengthening plate to get access to the back of the C pillar, I’ll fabricate a new strengthener tomorrow night and crack on with the rest of it:

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Started accumulating panels for the front end restoration. Hoping I’ll be onto it next month.

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Repairs to the inner B pillar finished ready for outer tomorrow morning (still not happy with the door fit but it’ll have to do).

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N/S B pillar – part 1

I’ve been making a start on the nearside B pillar this week. I’d already removed the outer section and trimmed the repair for that to fit, so started by removing the rotten sections of inner B pillar and surrounding bulk-head (the inner B pillar was in relatively good nick so I just need to make up some small repair sections for that).

The rot extended all the way up to the wheel tubs:

With it all cut out it might look quite bare, but most of the inner is intact:

I’ve welded in repairs to the inner at the bottom, and now just need to make a long thin repair to the edge that meets the bulkhead as well as a section for the door seal:

I’ve been trial fitting the outer B pillar and outer sill as I go, the fit is looking good:

I also made up a strengthening piece for the rear of the middle sill to join it the cargo floor. It’s probably not needed but the other side is attached to the floor along its length so seemed like a good idea:

I’ve also finished stripping down the front end ready to start work on that in a few weeks hopefully:

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Finished up the middle sill tonight. Warning, this video has extremely high levels of production value and features one profanity (the large bang mid way through was my rear arch repairs falling over).

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Middle sill welded together and mostly ground down. Just need to plug weld to the inner sill and it’s done (I never want to do a middle sill repair again!). 

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Started the front end strip down while I slowly weld the middle sill in. A few bolts missing but mostly there!

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Etched outside and zinc primed inside of wheel tub repair. Fabricated and etched some closing panels for the three holes the Brazilian floor has which I’ve no use for.

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Next job; repair the sliding door track and middle sill. No room for error otherwise the door won’t open or will just fall off!

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Up at 6 today and down the workshop by 7 to finish the floor up. Finally all welded in and dressed the sill welds. Happy with it all apart from the minor bit of distortion on the O/S panel towards the middle (will know for next time 🙂 ). Sexy underside!

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