Evening folks
Well, like the title says - why did I poke that rust hole ? DOH!!!
From being unhappy with the cosmetic appearance of the car (UAS874, White HA) to now being fully embroiled in a major bodywork resto.....
Photos to follow, but due to the complete impossibility of locating a new front panel, I am having to fabricate from stratch the front panel top to bottom where it joins the offside wing (Read replacement wing, the old one is now removed and the front has ended up in a pile on the floor) and new top rails, repairs for the slam panel and parts of the inner wing.
So far the only good news is the door came off without buggering the hinges or pins, and the wing came off without damage to the car, and of significance, there are no holes in the passenger compartment/A post/fuse box corners.
So, hopefully I will get some time to piece together a repair story here with piccys. Just hope I can get it done and sorted for Billing. 8 weeks and counting.......
Tony (HA21)
Oh Crud - or at least thats all that was left....
Front wing leading edge - not much holding it on.....
Seems to be a few bits missing, and a few bits badly attached in the wrong place by previous work
Stage one of front panel rebuild well underway - new leading edge matched to wing profile
Happy with this - started as a 1 inch strip of steel 22 inches long (sorry, 2.5cm x 41cm)
More will follow when I get time to continue....