sidewalk

[katentel]

thought as i had no car in the garage id make a start on tarting up the sidewalk stripped all the fittings off of the front to see what i can save and thats not too bad, i need to do 1 a pannel and a repair to the front pannel as it was previously cut out for a front rad, need to think about the front bumper lip as that has blown in a couple of places, the skuttle, which i was quite worried about looks like it is probably saveable.. the rear, well i just dont believe it, the bumper was rust welded on!! only 1 bolt holding it on the rust had the rest, most of the lip joining the valence has gone and there are some tidy holes in the boot apart from that it doesnt seem toooooo bad it cant be that bad as katy and i are talking about colours :'(however that will probably be quit a way off yet

[monkeyjim]

I can sell you some nice rust free fibreglass bumpers you can colour code them easily and the fixings will not rust as they are stainless steel metric nuts and bolts .

[katentel]

all in good time dave. ive got quite a bit to do first lol

[katentel]

well cut the front pannel off today and the passenger a pannel and stripped everything off except the engine. got some welding to do in the drivers floor and the passenger cill/arch you all know the bit.passenges hinge pannel needs work, have a small hole in the skuttle but should be able to weld that, then it will be on a mission in the boot as the floor needs a repair pannel the hinge pannel and valence, more later

[katentel]

welded small patches in both footwells, cut up a new hinge panel welded that in, welded a panel,fitted door to make sure im happy, looks good just a bit of grinding then a bit of red oxide on the joints, already oxided the floors and a few other bits that ive taken to bare metal, also welded the holes in the skuttle happy with that.next aquire front panel and get that fitted then its onto the boot which looks grim... boot floor repair panel full boot hinge panel and valence

[katentel]

just cut out the boot floor, cut off the hinge panel and valence.... omg poor girl looking really sorry for herself hope ive not bitten off more than i can chew, would put pictures up but i cant do it coz im a div

[Miniböttcher]

Did you brace up the boot opening before you cut it, like I said, so you know everything will line up and the boot will fit right again. And won't distort when you weld it.

Get your kids to show you how to load up photos there be able to show you. You know what kids and computers are like these days.

[katentel]

no didnt brace it but it looks ok my kids cant be bothered to help!!! they just say they dont know how!

[Stephen]

It should be ok if the subframe stays in place

[katentel]

it feels solid enough