My initial plans were to do a spot of welding just to get her back on the road but what with having a baby daughter I realise my priorities have changed - this is not going to be a quick job, so therefore want to do a 'proper job'. So my first thoughts turned to the floor pan. With what look like hand made rear pans and repair panels in the front the structural integrity seems compromised and I want to replace the full floor pan, sills, heelboard, the lot.
This weekend I've stripped the interior, lifted the engine, removed the fuel tank, dropped the rear subframe and chopped out the rear bins and part seat base (wife and daughter been away!)
The boot floor looks like it's on the way out, and the wheel arches are either very patched or rusting badly.
So, looking at the heelboard repairs, It'd be messy trying to mate that with a new floorpan assmembly. That and the other holes in the boot and I'm thinking I should replace that too. And maybe the arches too...
Anyone have a preferred order to do things in? Thinking boot first, with wheelarches, then floorpan? Either way it'll probably be ages 'till I get some more free time so no hurry.
As you can see, this was an 'every expense spared' when it came to its previous rebuild by the last owner. I've not shown pictures of the floor pan yet but it's pretty shocking, as is some of the welding (but not all, intererestingly)
Cheers
Mike