Day 8

Ok well day off yesterday to relax because girlfriends parents came down from broome. that also affected time spent in the shed today (only 3 hours). But some pictures none the less to give you an idea of whats involved and what steps im taking actually 'installing' these boot panels.


Full day on it tomorow though and hopefully my assistant will be assisting for the first time in 2 weeks



Here is the panel inverted so you can see the marks from underneath denoting the location of the braces, you can see at this point i've also drilled the holes to do the 'spotwelds' to connect the braces too the new trunk floor. I also outlined the edge of the old trunk so i could finalise the trim on the piece before installing.




Here is the brackets after beaing cleaned and before having the weld through cold galv applied (as original paint is damaged in area's etc to help prevent any future rust (even though it will all be sealed).










This is post weld through cold galv.












The panel has been 'pop rivited down' into its location ready to be welded in












With the remaining time I had today i did 3/4 of the 'spotwelds' and began the seam welding on the leading and aft edges just to see how it would go(it went well).