Last nite I made a small filler piece at the front of the arch to be welded in over the weekend

The turret pieces lined up ready to be traced and to be cut out

Today I fitted the fuel tank just to make sure the panel I made is going to be correct as possible without being a problem later when it gets reassembled

This is the view from the back, it seems ok there..


And this is the tank support plate from the old panel, it's still quite solid apart from the side which will get new metal and a sandblasting before installing

I've been test fitting the back panel to check gaps etc during the rear side panels reconstruction to make sure nothing's out of place . I'll keep working on this thru the week

mate, Fitzee has nothing on your skills. I think it's time to start up a Marty You Tube series.
We happened to be in Tassie a few years ago when the Targa was going through some of the stages (great planning on my part). Even when they were only doing the recce, it was good to see behind the scenes.
We leapfrogged them during the day, then got to the hotel and the carpark was full of pit cars and crew.
If you find a wrecked roof vent by the side of the road I'll bags it.
 
Nice to see a few patches of cream panels in your photos, its as close as i'd get to being an organ donor (no good bits left worth donating)...
PS .I'm keeping quiet on mine for a while to give everyone a break from seeing photos of arches, but there is good progress underway.

Hey Robbie, yeah the sights n sounds of these supercars was something to remember, just hearing them changing gears and crackling off into the distance of the hillside, really gets the hairs up on the back neck.
Watching the rally gave me a lift in enthusiasm, as was seeing my orange Mex being the sweep car , now owned by taff.

Ok now back to project coup mk1
I placed the back panel on to see where things might need tweaking, obviously it will because I've totally reshaped the lower back quarters, funny enough only 1 side was out by 15mm which was easy fixt


Still working on the tank panel and reckon I've got it right now so decided to weld it in home along with the thin filler piece


Fitment is pretty good here now, the tank fits in there and is a little tight, as normal for these tanks
All sealed with Sika

There's still some patches to connect up to totally seal the arches , this might get done thru the week.
Next on the car will be the turrets and the rear windscreen vent scuttle panel..

Yes Deano, I sold it to him minus the engine, box, exhaust and ECU. Most of the panels are fibreglass and most of the interior parts. If I can build this one as good I'll be happy !!

Doing a little more to the coup this rvo, I stripped all the filler and paint off the rear panel to show the join if two panels to make one. One side is from the original 72 model and the other is a 75 with the number plate raised boss. I also removed the striker post so I can clean up the mess on the inside, the cut outs are cause the metal there was so frail it's best to let in new pieces


Here's the welded joint, I'll try to smooth it out at best as possible

Some adjusting of the return edge

A quick test fit, as the other side is already in I made sure the measurements were the same, within 5mm anyway..

Here it is all welded in it's place. Yes I know it's the wrong side turret, it's because the guy in UK sent 2x Rh side ones, it's not much of a problem as most gets trimmed off at chassis level
And there we have it, rear turrets fitted and sealed, they are inclined at a few degs neg ( top inwards)

Bit of a slack week, had a few other things to get done so didn't do too much on the car. Bought a 4lt jar of acrylic primer and thinners and got spraying over some bare areas recently repaired, decided I needed to buy some cans of stone chip since the arches are done now ..

And

These areas


Today I cut the rear vent cowl off, if you ever wonder where the water gets in its these places..

Here's the vent panel


The inside panel looks to scary to remove so I'll just wire wheel it and treat it to stop rust continuing then will paint the area so it's going to reduce any further rusting.
I did buy some classy furniture for the car last week, I'll show these in a future episode.

Deano, your PM inbox is full again !!

Yeah, trying to keep the ball rolling with this resto. Did you see those guys on Odd Autos doing that mk1... It would've been easier to buy all parts and build a new car !!

I'm contemplating making a fibreglass bonnet and boot for this car when the time comes to start the bodywork prep for painting.
Some things still to do to the body/frame
1, tramp brackets
2, panhard rod bracket
3, widen the gearbox tunnel
4, possible larger diff tunnel
5, sunroof roof skin
6, gutter rails on 1 side
7, modify the seat mounts for new seats