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[Mito]

The rear end of the boot has been cut out and a repair panel welded in place. I learnt from the last time I did this and cut out as little of the wheel well as possible, as the repair panel really doesn't line up too well.

 

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There were a couple of big gaps remaining after the repair section had been lined up and welded in, so I added in a couple of pieces of metal to fill in the holes.

 

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I then reattached the rear subframe to the car to mark the holes for the rear subframe mounts and then drilled the new panel.

 

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After applying some weld through primer to the underneath, I then got started cutting out what remains of the left hand inner wing.

 

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[Mito]

Cat inspection

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[blueovalcraig]

Great work.  

[Mito]

Loosely fitted the inner wing.

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[Mito]

Carried on some welding on the rear corner.


And then started grinding back...



Oops!

[Mito]

Starting to replace the nearside rear arch.

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I've been grinding the spot welds off rather than drilling them out as I find it easier. I kept seeing smoke being given off from the old seam sealer behind so decided to remove it rather than risk a fire.

I wish I'd done this before I'd welded in the rear repair panel as there are holes and rust everywhere!

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So, fine you can have a new boot floor as well!

Edited by Mito, 21 October 2018 - 01:06 PM.

[Mito]

I've not got the old arch out and just need to tidy up the rear seat panel a little before welding in the new arch.

New arch offered up. It doesn't seem to be too far out.

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[Mito]

Bought a new toy. A sealey metal hole punch.

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It's much quicker than drilling all of the holes for plug welding and it makes quite a nice hole.

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So good so far.

Edited by Mito, 10 November 2018 - 02:54 PM.

[Mito]

Theres only the odd bit of surface rust left so Detox gel applied to all the seams which I'll leave overnight to do its thing.

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Almost ready to start welding the new wheel arch in.?

[Mito]

Today I cleaned out the deox gel and zinc primed. It's now ready for welding but as I'm having to wait for paint to dry I decide to crack on with cutting out the other wheel arch.

I waved the grinder near to the seam with the rear quarter panel and it quickly became clear that the only part still connected to the car was the front quarter. The rest had completely rusted away!

It's almost out now but there's a seam weld behind the rear seat panel which has been put the as part of a bodged repair. The patch at the other side was three layers thick and the tac welds hadn't penetrated so it pretty much pulled off with a small amount of leverage

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[jomaoliveira79]

Very rusty shell for it's age, many people would just simply scrap it. Very glad to see you are boldly saving this car.
Keep up the good work!

[Mito]

I started today removing the offside wheel arch out.

Not much remains and there were a number of previous patch repairs which made taking this side out more difficult than the other side.

Here's the remains...

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[johnR]

When you said you wanted it finished by May you failed to mention which year?!!

[Mito]

Yeah, I think that was deliberate! Lol

[Jamez26]

That's some set of arches  , good luck with the build. looking good so far.  Doing similar work on my own at the rear at the moment.