was the blasting worth while in your opinion?

 

Yes the blasting is a great process it removes all the rust and paint, I had little pin holes in the front bulk head after the blasting that I would not have seen and once its back on the road rain would of got in and started the damp again.

 

 

I've been back again for a few hours tonight and have welded all floors to sills and then decided to remove the N/S rear floor pan

 

 

When I exposed the chassis I could see that there is a 6-8 inch area that needs repair so I have decided that I will replace the N/S centre chassis section

 

 

sorry about the quality of picture it was taken with my phone. so now the rear floor is tacked all round ready for welding, also on this pic you can see the sills have been connected, I'm just loving the tunnel so easy to fit, the next pic shows it from the front.

 

 

I hope you are enjoying the progress as much as I am enjoying doing it.

 

I have been busy at work and am sorry for the lack of update. I have been down a few hours over the last week and got the car on the spit ready to replace the chassis etc. I have trimmed the metal around gearbox tunnel and welded the lip all round, I have also welded most of the floor welds on the under side shall get some pics next time there. I have bought a new camera

 

great progress mate

 

Good to see another one being saved. Keep at it fella

 

Ok bit quiet on here for a while as nothing has been done. I will be going down tomorrow (Thursday) to carry on with the task. I don't want to just leave it there and sell as a non finished project so a good hard kick up me own bum to get it closer to fitting all the new bits

 

Been down today and cut the rotten bit out around bulkhead heater bowl and replace with a new section and primed it prior to welding the bowl back down

 

 

After getting the bulkhead ready for the second fix I cut out the old diff tunnel and fitted the new one to allow the atlas axle to be fitted

 

 

 

These have been very easy parts to fit, I am going back down tomorrow to try and get the chassis area repaired

 

 

 

 

Here you can see the 3 new floor pans and gearbox tunnel fitted and chassis centre section, I have the other side still to do but want to get the front leg repaired before cutting and pulling the old chassis centre section as it may go out of line.

 

looking good mate

 

Thanks Punter, I have been back down to the car today and welded the Heater bowl back into position and cut out all the rot on the inside of the chassis leg and welded new steel plates flush and they are looking good. There are few more bits to do. Patch on boot floor, o/s outer sill lower area where it welds to the floor, and 2 bits on the top of inner wings where they weld onto the bulk head. Once these areas have been done I will be fitting the rear alloy arches.

 

ploughing through it mate

 

Nice job so far keep at it

Going to be a few quality Mk2s around here soon

 

Looks like gonna be a nice car.

LIFE'S SHORT SO FLOOR IT.

 

Looking good mate. Keep up te good work and keep the updates coming

 

I haven't been down for a few weeks but I have been collecting some goodies for it, I have the rear bilstein suspension for the turreted mounts, pair of bilstein coil overs with 300/70 inserts, cossie rear calipers and princess 4 pots for the front, 2.4 quick rack with all new track rod ends, New fully adjustable tca's, capri rear axle and the panard rod kit. The only thing I need to get now is the compression struts for the front and that will be every thing I need to get this little baby rolling after the re-spray. Still a long way to go before that though so I will get back into it in the next week.

 

Top work matey.