I spent an obscene amount of money getting some of my brightwork re-done back in June last year. There's more to do but I'm way too poor at the moment. Here's a before and after of the radiator cowl, I love it!!
Now, back to the task of getting it to a point where I start to stick chrome back on!
I had one final structural piece of timber to fit across the rear of the body, behind the back bumper and under the boot. I made up a couple of brackets to attach it with, cleaned and painted them up.
I was waiting to fit this until I could get a couple of cracks in the aluminium welded up. I also needed to fit a plate over the hole someone had cut to fit a tow bar!
You can see the black timber which I made up sitting on the chassis rails in the photo below
So, I got one of those Duraweld kits which turned out to be relatively successful. The cracks were welded, the timber fitted and the chassis re-united with the body for what will hopefully be the last time!
Attention has now turned to painting. It was way too cold to do it without added heat, so I decided I'll do whatever prep I can, beat out and fill the dents, prepare and prime everything. That way, when the weather gets a bit warmer, I won't have so much to do to get things ready for some colour! A few patches were welded into the wings, then I got stuck into stripping the doors back to bare metal as I figured these would be an easy way to start and pick up some skills before I move onto the complex curves!
That’s it, much more stripping, filling and priming to follow, then hopefully when the weather warms up a little, I can decide on a colour and go for it! This story is almost up to date now. I have primed 4 or 5 panels, and learning all the way!