Some
more progress on the bodywork. If everything goes to plan all the welding should
be ready somewhere next week.
The
right hand front wing was in a really bad state. The filler that was left after
stripping the paint was actually almost an inch thick and the sheet metal
around the “pull” holes was very thin indeed. So some new metal was welded in
combined with pulling out the dent as much as possible.
The
right hand rear wing was slightly better;
Also
found a very shallow dent on the front, probably caused by the headlamp pod
hitting the sheet metal in one of the many accidents in which this cars has been, in its
former life;
Alignment
of the doors is pretty good on both sides.
The right hand side with the
original door;
And
the left hand side with a new door skin, which actually fitted very good;
For
good measure a boot-stay-bracket nicked
from an early FHC body shell lying around was welded in. So no future problems
with inadequate gas dampers!
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