Slow going.

Ok so spent another 7-8 hours on her today. time vs progress is rediculously slow when you have to custom shape all the panels. I finished welding in a new plate for the wheel arch then cut out the very complex jigsaw puzzle (of which half is missing) piece that is the support for the bottom of the rear right fender. I've got to custom shape this part and fix the inside runner area before i can make and attach the new bottom (costmetic) rear fender piece. My target is by wednesday to have the whole bottom right area "done"

As I told Craig, If i can get all the rust repairs done within the next month ill be happy. its extreamly time consuming and theres a lot of it.


Anyway...

Here is a picture of the new plate in the rear right wheel arch area. as you can see there is a 2mm gap between it and the brace (the boot panel on its way from america has a lip that goes in there and gets 'spot' welded too the wheel arch and the trunk floor brace.

Here is a picture of the area after the rusted fender brace has been cut out. it also extends the quarter forwards and seals from behind so its quite a complex piece.

Here is a new piece tac-welded in being shaped to suit. After this piece is done i'll tac weld in the two parts which will make up the angled area which gives the wheel arch edge its shape. (and they're just the supports

When all that is done i'll have to cut and replace a little rust on the inside of the rear quarter sealing panel before i then finally make the cosmetic piece and weld that in. When thats done i'll spray it all with epoxy primer, seal it with sealer and then spray the back and inside of the panels with the 3m schultz. Then finally i can move onto other rust area's and do other repairs.

We also are planing to epoxy primer the 2 drivers side doors and boot panel tomorow so we can put them into storage until we're ready to start the bodywork when all the damn rust repairs are finally finished.