DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Result indeed!
I found some wiring just in the curve of the windscreen rebate for the interior lights, just where I needed to weld...
Just a heads-up.

Nothing this side. Maybe the other? Can’t remember how bad the other side is so that might be staying.

Nice work there Gary...

I’ve now welded it in and reminded myself how hard butt welding thin flat sheet is.
Not making the weld as such, just keeping it flat is impossible, even going slowly, cooling it between spots etc.



This picture is deceiving!
I put so much work into forming, sanding and getting a perfect fit of this panel it’s annoying when it doesn’t look spot on afterwards! The small section around the pillar came out really well as that’s stiff enough not to distort.

Still, it’s a chance to learn lead loading

You can see it the primer painted picture I remade the twisted 3D inner flange at the end of the dash as it was a bit flaky. That took longer than it should

The observant will also spot the hole that has appeared at the end of the dash. It was a bit pitted so I cleaned it up with the wire brush and put a hole through it... simple enough repair so that won’t take to long to finish.

And I get to do it all again on the other side...

OK, but it looks great from where I'm looking!
Steel is very thin around those areas on min, and why I didn't take the whole corner out, BUT I wish I had in the end.
You are doing the right thing.
Leading is easy with the right solder.

Nice work Gary. It's a tricky area, just think yourself lucky repair panels are available. I didn't have that luxury with mine. Until after I finished of course when repair panels became available.

Love this thread and in awe of your skills Gary

Cheers guys, I’ve finished that area today including the hole in the dash.

Stupidly I binned the bit I cut out so I don’t have a physical reference for the hole for the dash fixing. Thanks to a fellow DDKer I’ve a decent photo I can scale from and put the hole where it should be.



I’ve gathered what I need for lead loading (other than the lead which is in the post ) and watched a Gene Winfield video, so what can possibly go wrong...

Gary, continue to be humbled by your level of bodywork skill - it's all slowly coming together so well done and keep going.

I can imagine your conversation with the postman - "Your parcels really heavy - what have you got in there - lead"

Cheers Andrew, Appreciate that comment. Problem is as I get more practice my self imposed standards go up so stuff I did before gets cut out again...

Got to stop doing that or it will be like the Forth Road Bridge.

You will end up like Barry yet!

911hillclimber wrote:You will end up like Barry yet!

Never going to happen. That’s why I’m paying him to do all the hard bits

Spoke to Barry and he told me to try harder to get it flat without lead. Consider myself told
It’s OK on the radii, but too high risk on the flat bit.

So today I made this top quality bullseye pick Half an hour well spent, works a treat, you can even pull up a grinding mark.



Still needs filler of course, but so much closer now.

Quick front end dry build just to check for anything stupid. All within the scope of normal adjustment and a bit of fettling



Le Mans flies still burnt onto the bonnet

Slowly moving around to the other side.
Lower A Pillar done:


Then moving onto sort this mess:


But first the inner wing needs another coat of looking at. I was going to leave this bit, but my rust guilt kicked in so started on making this repair panel this afternoon: