I have been doing a bit but I seem to work so slowly compared with others. I was out in the garage most nights this week - cold early in the week but today quite mild!
Thanks again for the replies - Chris, Mel and Neil. Chris - always an encourager. Thanks again for advice, Neil, I will move the loom before welding the new windscreen surround. Thank you Mel, give welding a go - for me it is starting to become more pleasant than wire brushing! But who likes wire brushing! However the welds down below are not very nice.
I've moved from the windscreen surround to doing the drivers side flitch panel. I have to take more metal away from the windscreen - having got the new panel to compare with. The flitch panels have to be repaired anyway, before the the scuttle and surround can be fitted.

I had to do a wee repair to the doorstep before the repair panel can be fitted.



Cut out the shape of the repair panel

And did a very ugly repair to the back of the lower dash-panel

Trial fit of the flitch repair panel - I tried to be so careful but there is quite a gap in some places where I have to butt weld. I'll put my hammered bit of copper pipe behind it when I do it. I've also drilled holes for plug welding.

The door on this side has always been a poor fit and drops as its opened. I hope this is due to the lip on the scuttle panel having rusted away (where the A-panel is folded round it). I hope when all welded up it will be fine. I did try the door in a couple of times but it still sags when just held with a couple of bolts and clamps.
And surfaces cleaned with flap wheel and primed with weld through primer where metal meets metal.

So next week I will hopefully weld in my first panel, instead of just wee patches. I have seen this repair on other members topics but could not conceive of the work involved to get here.
Grind on
Hugh
Edited by hughJ, 15 January 2011 - 07:35 PM.