In the workshop at present

[Grumpy Northener]

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Maserati V8 Spyder in last week for paintwork detailing

[Grumpy Northener]

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1973 VW Camper for full two tone paint job - several panels + welding / making good prior to paint - currently on with the worst panel - side loading door - bottom of the door and lower of the outer skin is dead and been the subject of several pervious failed repairs

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I get really pi**ed off when I find filler in excess of an inch thick piled over the top of a dent / scrape because they can not be bothered to remove the inner door card and dress the damage out

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[Grumpy Northener]

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Just lazy bodgers ! - needless to say I have now dressed the scrape out now - took all of a few mins

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old door bottom & skin removed

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lower skin & door bottom tacked / trial fitted

[Grumpy Northener]

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Now fully welded and dressed back - ready to rehang tomorrow in order to recheck alignment - it then has to come back off so that it can be prepared for paint

[kevin]

superb work Chris

Kev

[vulgalour]

I'll have to share some of the pictures of the Lancia we started working on, that Camper repair you found is really professional in comparison and has barely a smidge of filler.

Always good to read a new update from yourself, whatever it's on.

[Grumpy Northener]

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- sliding door remounted, sill / wheelarch closing panels welded in and sealed, sill panel under the door is past its best so that has been removed to expose hideous amounts of rust

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The van has seen lots of previous work (if you can really call it work) the lower floor pans look like they have been held in place with a couple of self tappers prior to application of elephant dung applied by a sawn off shotgun at close range - others may call it welding but not in my book - it's a matter of where do I stop - the camper has come in for a paint job and a few outer panels and my client has a budget so I will just have do the best that I can - I will have to make up a inner sill panel to attach the new outer sill to first.

[Grumpy Northener]

Bottom of the B post on the nearside was a bodged previous repair which had perforated so this was cut out

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new section made up in 3 pieces / welded in & cleaned up - had to run a solid weld down the panel join / swage line which I then cleaned back then cut back into with a thin disc on the angle grinder prior to gently opening up with a flap wheel to reinstate the panel join

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front edge of the step has rotted out on both sides so these have been rebuilt

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Although appealing there is no way I would own one of these vans - everything is a box section and every time I open up one of the numerous box sections a kilogram of rust flakes fall out

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With the majority of the van being the subject of previous rust repairs everything has just been plated over leaving the rust just to continue to fester

[Grumpy Northener]

I commenced repairing the front panel but the more bare metal I exposed the more perforated metal I found - next to nothing of the windscreen aperture lip left

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Given the amount of work / making good required I have cut to the chase and ordered a new front panel which should be here tomorrow - it's £170 but I would spend four times that amount trying to repair the existing panel

[vulgalour]

These old things really do like to rust, don't they?