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Not an easy piece


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Did it in two pieces in the end


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While cleaning up the arch I found another sodding hole








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Now with protective epoxy mastic applied.

I booked it into the body shop today - for October.

By then I’ve got to replace the front slam panel and check out some corrosion near the windscreen which I’m hoping is surface stuff - we’ll see!


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Nice to get an undamaged bonnet back on again


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Looking good Sladey

Thanks James

Love this....brilliant work.

Good to see the momentum’s still there Mark...

That’s not what Mrs Sladey says

Thanks guys. And you Thomas.

Re momentum, I think having a date for the respray helps planning the remaining jobs

Re mrs Sladey, I get no momentum complaints

OK a bit more of an update, and a new deadline!

Before I left the rear of the car it was niggling me that I could see what looked like some corrosion on the wing near the oil tank.




I thought I could get a wire brush in there on a stick and then paint it, but I soon realise I’d have to do it properly, so took the oil tank out

This is what it looked like inside




Yep - not nice.Ironically the bit I had been worried about was just surface rust. - the problem bit was around the rear light. - I hadn’t even spotted that.

And yes you can see daylight through that crack


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OK so welding up a hole onto thin metal isn’t the easiest thing to do so I used the old copper trick




Clamped onto the outside and then welded from the back (after taking off the flakey stuff inside. After a while that left me with a solid base on the inside and I was able to finish off from the outside and clean it up


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Came out quite well in the end





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Now inevitably while there oil tank was out of the car I decided to strip it and repaint it.

While stripping it down I found this



Not too clever I think you’ll agree - It wouldn’t be long before this snapped off


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