73T Resto - Back to Tangerine

[DarthMJH]

Window edges and apron

[DarthMJH]

Inner and outer sills and working on the door gaps. Not finished yet









Initial fit













Checking engine, rear quarter panel gap

[Gary71]

Lovely stuff, good to see those tricky areas getting closed up and one step closer to paint!

[Bootsy]

Great update, looking fine

[sladey]

Nice work

[Darren65]

Great progress Mike

Will all the welding be done when on a jig?

Cheers,

[DarthMJH]

Hi Darren, no the car is not on a jig.

[DarthMJH]

Outer sills and kidney bowls

[DarthMJH]

I asked Paul to spray the underseal on the inner rear quarters and quarters before fitting as I think it would be more difficult to spray the higher parts with them attached. Trying to get the texture is not easy.

This is the original pattern, which was taken from an original panel that was removed and not sand blasted.



This is Pauls version, and I am very happy with this finish.



To get the grey colour the original panel was taken down to the paint shop with the top coat of paint removed showing just the original grey underseal. The paint shop scanned the colour and mixed the paint. Paul applied the underseal and then did a top coat in the grey. As it's a 73 the body colour will be sprayed over the top.

And a new tube for the bonnet pull was welded in.

[DarthMJH]

Engine Lid tube painted



Offside rear 1/4 welded in



Getting the gaps right between the 1/4 and engine lid



Nearside rear 1/4 welded



Rear view





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Paul noticed a floor in rear 1/4 at the bottom where it kicks out a little. Other side is fine



Work in progress

[stretch]

Good progress Mike.

[DarthMJH]

Front end in progress

Out with the old



In with the new











I have asked Paul to replace the bonnet rubber fixing strip from my old panel as it has the correct holes, as they are missing on this repro panel.







Paul needs to weld captive nuts in where battery straps screw into, the panels for some reason only come with holes.

We also need to work out about other holes on this panel, that I have posted in another thread. Not sure if 1 is missing or another one needs adding.

[DarthMJH]

Finishing the front



Hole drilled. (Thanks to Gary and Gitesh)









Battery Box on







Wing Mounts





The wings needed some work to get the gaps right





The manual aerial was drilled in the wrong place, so I decided to treat myself to an early Hirshmann electric aerial. My dad had one on a old 70's Humber Septre and I was fascinated by it.
On the ESR forum I found this picture



And Paul Made up a mounting bracket and fitted it





Door Gaps now

[DarthMJH]

At the rear, on my incorrect engine lid the badges were in the wrong place. Paul had to drill the holes so I found online a stencil so you could drill them in the correct place. Which saved a lot of time.





The front and rear indicator lights and front grills didn't line up that well. This is what Paul is working on now.

Fronts in progress











He is also working on the bonnet gaps. These are before.





and in progress



Its looking like a car now, it the fettling and prep for paint, which takes the time.

[jb]

Great progress Mike