Spent all day today on the hatch and got a fair few things done.

Ive put the bootlid and rear bumper off the xr4i donor car i bought on.

Welded up spoiler holes
Welded up rear wiper hole
Welding done on rear panel behind bumper
Both inner sills welded up
Small repairs done on the pas outer sill

Managed to undo all the bolts for the fuel tank on the 4i without breaking any, which gave me a nice fuel tank strap. This was the painted up black and i fitted the tank. No more need for the makshift milk bottle cable tied to the chassis rail fuel tank

Put some petrol in and she fired straight up.

Heres some pics



Welded rear panel, and fuel tank and strap fitted up.



Bootlid all welded up and de-wipered.



Fitted all the Lights etc back in to give and idea of what it would look like and give me some more motivation.









Hoping to get the doors swapped over and the rest on the welding finished in the next few weeks. Some more painting done inside and fitting some carpets.

Im well behind on the date i set for paint, its now looking like she wont be goin in untill mid september, gotta pull my finger out and put some more long days in like today.

Also must take the tape off the saphs lights from ford fair lol

Jim