9th October: (had a few busy days in work so unable to get near Christine)

The inner section has been finished getting welded and seam-sealed thoroughly.


The outside sill on the drivers side has been finished, welded, and skimmed VERY lightly.


As you can see, it is a VERY light skim, barely rubbed back.


The corrosion on the drivers arch @ the back has been dug out, de-rusted and leaded in, the filed back so it is as smooth as the surrounding area.


The dent in the rear panel has been tapped out, just needs some "finishing" then probably it'll get leaded as well.


The nearside sill section has been fully welded into place and a skim put over the top. This will need smoothing back in due course, just ran out of time.


The offending holes in the front wings where the front bumper locates. Replacement panels have been made to replace the current holes, will just need finishing where the triangular holes are before welding into place.

The front bumper has also had two new front mounting brackets put into place. The passenger side is plastic-welded and bonded into place, with just the drivers side to do when the correct one turns up in the morning. Pictures to follow, but after all the work above done today, just did not get time today.

11th October:
Well, panelwork is finally finished :banan:

All the dents that have been found are now no longer, the mouldings have been removed (holes left in the doors as although it will be getting stuck-on mouldings this time round, I may want to put it back to screw-on ones in the future).




New locating points have been made in the front wings and spot-welded in place then sealed over


Drivers front door




Bootlid dents and imperfections


Dent in the drivers front wing that the previous owner admits he did when testing the front suspension when he owned it..... he now remembers to lean on the stronger part of the wing further in :bigcry:


Dent under the passenger rear light and the pin-dent on the quarter panel removed


Big crease in the passenger quarter panel panel-beaten flat and the original swage line remade before being filed down and skimmed. Would have preferred to tap it back better but lack of access put paid to that idea

And finally, some overview shots of the work done





And some of the company that Christine has been keeping:



That is a 1 week old Fiat Bravo 150T (Fiat equivalent of Focus ST or similar). Other side is a '07 Audi A6 Avant (out of sight unfortunately, picture didn't come out).

All in all, not bad for 6 lunchtimes and a hour and half this evening after work.