A good start to the New Year on the Baja. Seam sealed and Raptor coated the underside, framehead and framehorns. Colour coded in Savannah Biege, or as Max always calls it “Bundy Biege” 😳
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Finished trimming the front for the nose piece and added some rivnuts to hold it on. The nose fits really nicely now.
Full mockup of the baja front panels this afternoon. I’ve a bit of trimming left to do but it’s just about where I want it.
Pretty much finished up the O/S rear quarter and front arch today before running out of welding wire!
So chopped out the rotten washer bottle panel and lowered the shell back onto the chassis so I can start replacing the rear chassis mount panels.
A bucket load of welding completed on the bug over the weekend, and a ton of strength put back into the shell.
N/S door gaps checked and heater channel welded in:
Front bulkhead and rear cross members completely welded in too.
I’ve a bit of weld tidy up to do around the B pillars then I’ll be onto to fully welding in both floorpans.
The weather over the last few weeks has finally dried out the track down to the workshop,so I got an evening in on the Baja and took the bus so I could bring the rear seat home to reupholster.
I’ve done a final mockup of the lower framework now with everything pinned in place and tacked together.
I removed the lower framework to weld it all together and have started welding in the heater channels. I ended up cutting out my O/S A pillar repair which I’d previously tacked in as it sat too low for the B pillar to sit nicely on the heater channel. Happy with the fitment of the drivers door, so just need to repeat this on the other side and then get everything welded in properly. This should give some much needed strength back into the baja.
A little preview of the door cards for the baja. Absolutely love how this looks! Went for a bold white top stitch to compliment the colours of the fabric.
Both heater channels cut out, these were completely rotten through:
Heater channels, front bulkhead and rear cross members all bolted to the chassis ready for me to lower the shell back down and align it all before welding it in:
Back on the bug!
I decided to separate the closing panels from the heater channels to get some paint in there. It’s a bit more work but worth doing I think. The joins already had some rust starting to creep in:
Bare metalled and epoxied the lot:
And the front bulkhead while I had the paint gear out:
And all welded back up:
