This weekend I have been mostly prepping and painting panels.
First up the repair to the front of the rear wheel tub. The wheel tub isn’t in too bad condition, and I even found some fresh paint.
Repair cut to size and trial fitted. Nice not to have to replace the whole thing for once.
Trial fit of the N/S floor panel, starting to look more van shaped in the cargo area:
And out with the spray gear:
Epoxymasticated the wheel tub repair:
and the floor:
Trial fit of the N/S floor half. Things are getting exciting!
Welds dressed on the O/S panel tonight. It’ll need a light application of filler to get it perfect, but for my first large panel I’m pretty happy.
O/S side panel welded shut tonight. Took the best part of 2.5 hrs to avoid distorting the panel. I’ve started dressing the weld but it was 8:45 when I left so it’ll have to wait for tomorrow.
Today’s row of sexy plug welds for the outer sill (I’ll grind these down once I’ve finished the join to the middle panel), followed by workshop pasta cooked by Max (she came down to start prepping the N/S floor pan plug weld holes for me).
Max on Seam sealing duties today.
All of the O/S bits are now finished, ready for the O/S panel and outer sill.
Some more repairs this week on the O/S.
Inner repairs on C pillar completed, and small repair to outer ready to weld in:
Outer ready to go on. I’ve put some paint on the inside so will get this welded in tonight. Doesn’t look too bad to me.
Closing panel for O/S zinc primed. Will epoxy tonight.
I finished the outer B pillar repair today.
Repair piece trimmed down and holes punched for when I fit the middle panel:
Clamped in place:
All welded in and welds ground flush:
And finished with a light coat of etch primer. I’m really happy with this repair.
Next up the C pillar, thus far I’ve cut back to fresh metal and started fabbing repair pieces.
Welded in the B pillar repairs today.
And checked against the outer B pillar. I’ll get that welded in tomorrow.
Made a filler piece to raise the inner sill to the same level as the middle sill. Once I finish the B and C pillars I should be able to get the side panel fitted.
