So i finally finished the support /wheel arch part man that is almost imposible to make freehand. The other side better not be as bad because its insanely time consuming. I also put a patch in the rear of the panel that seals the rear quarter panel underneath the trunk floor. Then i put sealer on all the welded area's (both sides) and then sprayed epoxy 2pac primer on those area's so when they're sealed up they're water proof.(Ill do all the 3m schultz at once) - during / after the bodywork stage when its all assembled.
Also my assistant finished sanding the boot (finally lol) so i treated the metal. sanded it and sprayed the rear drivers door and the boot with epoxy aswell. those will be ready to go into storage tomorow morning. When all the rust repairs are done and the whole lot is epoxy'd the car will get re-assembled and then FINALLY the body work begins in ernest.
The pics are all mixed up and im too damn tired to sort them out so view them 1 at a time.
first up we have a picture of the rear quarter internal area after being repaired and sealed and epoxy'd
Here is a picture of the boot and rear drivers door. you can see the dents protrouding through the epoxy. To be fixed during the bodywork stage.
Da'ing the boot panel with 80 grit after treating the metal. before cleaning and painting.
OH GOODy more rust. i spoted a tiny spot protrouding on the front of the wheel arch between it and the door. upon closer inspection <--- THERES A GOD ALLMIGHTY HOLE!. So now i have even more damn rust to fix. awesome.
Here is a view from the back of the car looking at the repaired section with sealer over the welds/joins before being epoxy'd.
A view from the side of the support / sealing panel after the welds have been finished and the area's sealed.
A view from the wheel of the area after its been sealed before being epoxy I still have to mount the bottom of the rear quarter too the repaired area.
The rear section after being repaired before being sealed or epoxy'd
The damage on the bottom of the rear left quarter hard to see from that angle but there is a 3-4inch hole lengthwise down the body thatll have to be repaired the rust here isnt as bad as the drivers side.
The rust at the front of the rear left quarter was just as bad as the drivers side which probably means the support and wheel arch area's will also be fried - awesome...
The front support after being 'rebuilt' with about 1/3 of the original to go from as a sample. The original litterally fell apart in my hands as i removed it. totally rotted out.
Thats it for today another 10 or so hours to do tomorow we'll see how it plays out hopefullly I get all the rust repairs on the drivers side finished and then i can start on the passengers side. In 1 week I will have had the car for roughly a month and its taken that long just to do the huge number of rust repairs and also to strip the old paint (10 layers thick including 10-20mm of bog) so i can start the bodywork from scratch and fix ALL the rust i find. (Which when you remove the cover-up paint job is a lot.
