Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Rear screen pillar rust repair

Rusted holes in several places due to the padding behind it getting wet.
Awkward shape in that it curves in several dimensions. 
Started by making a mould of the shape with body filler 
using masking tape to stop it sticking to the metal
Cut the sheet metal and folded an edge on it then
started to shape it with a shrinker/stretcher 
First of many trial fits
Nearly there!
Butt welded after cutting out the exact matching shape
Fully welded ready for grinding smooth
Ground flat and ready for lead loading

Leaded and filed ready for primer
Finished and trying to decide on a colour






Front Wings

 I picked up a new old stock nearside wing from Northern Jaguar and a used offside wing from Worcester Classic Spares. Had them both dipped ...