Cheers chaps,
Terry, the boy has just fetched home a rather (actually VERY) decrepit 2 door Range Rover so I'm afraid I may be busy with the welder a while longer, else I'd have been straight on the moggy for you.. Honest
Anyway, last post of 2013, got round there bloody quick................the world doesn't seem to have ended with the passing of that Mayan calender thingymugig or whatever it was, though it does seem rather dark, wet and windy, hang on, thats just December in Caithness
Not an awful lot to see again but progress is being made, any slim hopes of a trial run have been put back a few months but hopefully not too long now.
So although it seems slow going at the moment, I've been fettling the decrepit doors and rear wings, pictures below, forgive the quality as it is barely getting light here at the moment, and forgive the layers of dirt that have built up again
So, passenger side doors on, the back one has been trimmed up with glass etc, the front will have to wait until I can order up weather strips etc.
Rear drivers side door is also repaired and fitted, again it needs trimming up with glass etc, ignore the poor looking fit in the photo, the catch isn't on yet and its just pushed to.
I got the wings and boot lid back from the chap who was shotblasting them, deciding it was easier to store the drivers door than the wings I diverted onto wings and boot lid.
Ive repaired the ravaged edges of the rear wings, and after much sanding, filling, sanding, painting, sanding (you get the whole soul destroying, mind numbing idea) I have the passenger rear wing and bootlid on.
Offside rear wing is now in paint and ready for fitting
so the front wings and rear spats are awaiting attention, here they are, lots more welding, sanding, filling etc to go.
Rear wing spat
The better of the two front wings needing only minimal welding, but has a lot of old dents and plenty of rust pitting to sort
The offside front wing, this has a lot of ragged edge to deal with along with a lot of small corrosion holes along its joint seams to be dealt with as well as the pitting and dings
So plenty still to go at, but looking back to this time last year "rusty" has come along and is now looking like a car that can see the road again. It's been a bit of a frustrating year with one thing or another diverting my attention from the car, but most nights I've managed to find an hour or at least half an hour, so if I only keep that up there should be light at the end of the tunnel soon.
Its that time of year, so all I have to say now is Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to you all
