With the repairs to the sills and the rear structural areas finished, the attention could be switched to the front of the body shell. Starting with the removal of the left hand front inner and outer wing and a detailed inspection of the previously hidden area. And it shouldn’t come as a surprise that here again were some hidden horrors. As the pictures below clearly illustrate:
We had hoped that the left hand inner wing would be salvageable as I didn’t have a spare one. Sadly it wasn’t! Some bodge repairs early in the car’s life meant the outer edges were very badly damaged and rough. But there was also a lot of rust all over the top of the arch. As a result of which large areas were rather thin!
Long story short; I had to go in search of a replacement arch. Luckily there are enough other jobs left, so at least the work will not come to a standstill!
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