Sounds good Gareth. I'm hoping to get to the primer stage soonish. It all depends how the arch fitting goes. Any pics?

Welded in the new rear scuttle this arvo. Took a lot less time than i thought it would.

Step 1. Find every vice grip that i own and test fit the new scuttle panel.



Corners are the hardest part to align.



Drilled a couple of holes to plug weld the centre of the scuttle as the corner alignment is spot on and this will help hold the scuttle in place.



Welded one corner.



Then the other.



Marked out a heap of spots to drill for plug welds.





Rear scuttle installation done. Plug welds finished and ground back. I have a couple more small spots around the boot opening to do then it's on to the rear wheel wells.

Finished the couple of small patches. No pics as i'm running late for work.

Great work Steve...

Progress is really moving along..

Shaun

This arrived today from the UK.



Another piece of the jigsaw done.

Today's work. Cleaned, removed and replaced the bottom of the spare wheel well. Wasn't as bad as I thought the rust would be.

I cleaned the internals with the wire brush on the grinder.



Then cut out the dodgy area plus a little bit for good luck.



Then cut the patch from the rust repair panel and welded it in.





The fuel tank side had more rust so it needed a bigger hole cut out. Repair process will be the same.



Then on to the C pillar.

loving this progress mate, your a very thorough man steve.

I can't wait til i've finished the rust repairs and I move on to some of the more interesting bits.

Hi Steve

I'm looking at the same "C" pillar repairs - would you mind posting some pics of the panels behind the pillar that require replacement? Are you going to fabricate the internals also or just plate the outside?

It looks like we're going to have some fun here!

I'll take some photos as I go along Paul. I'm hoping to only replace the outer skin as the inner strengtheners look okay from what i've seen of them so far. I've got a complete rear quarter spare, including the internals if required.

The rust is mainly where the foam seals are. They're the big problem.