Wednesday, 21 May 2025

DHC repairs #11: Picking apart the repair panel donor

A few weeks ago I dropped of the repair panel donor body at a friend’s work shop. And earlier this week I received a few pictures of the progress of picking apart this body. A lot of spot welds had to be drilled out to get to this stage. And this (again I dare say) highlighted a lack of quality awareness on part of the British Leyland work force. Some of the spot welds were at an almost 45° angle with the sheet metal they were supposed to hold together. Not good when you have to drill them out!
A few pictures of another TR7 that is now officially scrapped. Lets say it’s "For The Greater Good"!








Next now on the to-do-list is removing all panels that need repairs or replacing from the cars original body. To be continued!

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