All of the O/S rear fender captive nuts needed replacing as a previous owner had simply drilled new holes through the old plates and fitted another nut.
3 down, 2 to go!
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Some pretty tricky repairs today.
The gutter on a beetle has a slight curve to it so I borrowed a shrinker to form the correct profile.
And a small repair to the rear drip rail.
I’m just about done with the inner repairs this side now.
Further work on this corner repair.
One more patch repair on the quarter panel and I’ve welded in the pillar repair.
I should be able to get the gutter repair welded in tomorrow and the rest of the inner framework sorted.
It’s always nice when something turns up that you’re not expecting! I only ordered the front and rear tube bumpers on Monday expecting them to take weeks to get here as they were on back order. Here they are!
I’ve been furloughed from work for the next 4 weeks so time to get a jog on with this project! Hopefully I can get the rest of the welding finished and onto some of the baja conversion jobs.
I’ve made the repair pillar ready to weld in (the rusty mess on the right is all I had to go from!).
A few repairs to the rear quarter before I can weld in the pillar and start making up some guttering.
I’ll try and do a daily update on the project over the coming weeks.
Went digging into the N/S rear guttering. Ended up cutting a big chunk of the roof off to get access to the inside framework which had started to rust out. First job will be to make up a repair for the pillar.
Removing the remnants of the seal channel that the previous owner had just fillered over. The metal under is pretty solid but needs a few patches grafting in.
I’ve also started digging into the rear gutter which always rusted out on these. This should be a fun bit to fabricate!
Lots of fiddly little repairs needed on the drivers front arch with fresh metal going in along the seal channel, along the A pillar seam and replacement of two fender captive nuts.
Decided the baja needed a custom headliner. The old one was in ok condition so I made a nice template from it in hardboard.
And the new headliner all stitched up in the same fabric as the rest of the interior. Lovely stuff.
Swing out bracket back from the powder coaters this week and all installed. Works a treat!
And the swing out in action! Lovely stuff. Hopefully get the cooker and heater plumbed in soon so I can use them.
