Popped up the 'shop Sat avo to get some done on the car. Here's the results of an afternoon's work...

Removed: Bonnet + hinges, Passenger door, battery tray, front panel, fuel and brake lines from under car. Modded front bumper, plated passenger door lock and tailgate wiper hole. Lifted car off of the dolley and onto the ramp ready to have its sills done. Not bad for 4 hours work.

Car, as we got there:



Existing battery tray:



After removing the eleven rivets and sealer that was holding it in, we found this:



Then, i kinda slipped and fell with the grinder, and this happened....



Existing front bumper:



After 15 mins with a grinder and an air saw:



Innocent looking door:



Plated:



Wiper hole:



Gone:



How the car looked at 5pm:



Oh, and if anyone is doing an underbody resto and wants to remove the original sealer, i can't recommend one of these enough:



Bought off the Mac tools van it rips thru even really thick sealer to bare metal in no time. much better than a wire brush on a drill or grinder!

Note to all: Updates may be less regular as the missus is about to have our 1st baby so i'll be concentrating on this for a while...

Cheers for looking.
Col.