hello anyone who is watching this thread, I have been quiet for the past month but I have been very busy aquiring some very trick bits, the engine spec has ben revised yet again, I have been working hard on getting the engine bay right, I think there is not enough room with the current battery tray location so I have decided to relocate it to the boot. I have got my junior hacksaw and grinder and set about removing the existing battery tray which was totally rotten. I have also begun removing all rust and treating the left over metal. After removing the splash guards from the wheen arched I descovered a certain amount of surface rust, this came off easily with some grinding and a bit of elbow grease, here are some before and after shots.
The wheer arche before rust removeal

The wheel arch after grinding & painting


The battery tray before


where the battery tray used to be, now it has been ground smooth, had the rust removed and repainted



I know this doesnt look like much but the weather has been bad, but it has taken me an age to just do one wheel arch and the battery tray, I think the results are pretty good though, it may not be concourse but the price for this work is still under a tenner, just mostly hard graft.

More to come soon

Cheers