I received some more update pictures from the repairs of the DHC’s body shell. To be more specific the left hand sill. Starting with some photo’s I received a few weeks ago during my holidays, showing how they looked like before the repairs started. And after removal of the outer sill panel, revealing what horrors were lurking inside:
The photos above will likely look familiar for those who follow my blog. That’s because I thought it best to remove them from an earlier post and add them here.
And after adding some additional bracing to prevent distortion of the shell the work could begin. Starting with drilling the spot welds of the outer sill out, to remove the sill's remains and cutting away the lower front section of the LH rear wing for better access:
Followed by some repairs to the inner sill and the, DHC specific,
B-post strengthening inside the sill:
And the final job for the time being was preparing the
replacement sill, that originates from the donor body shell:
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