[EarlySport]

Managed to get some work done over the weekend. One of my 'issues' with this car was the fact that the rear flares are the later G50 style, with the large removable torsion bar access panel. As I'm not running rockers for the IROC look I needed to modify these to better resemble the early access hole.

This required hole sawing the access hole in the correct spot, and then flattenning the shape and welding the edges back together.


Then the panel is further cut, spot welded then final welded into the car, then filled and coated with POR15.







I had the unfortunate experience of finding more rust too - this time in the front pillars where paint cracking was evident. Luckily the metal was still relatively sound. So it was grind the paint and filler off until clean metal is visible, treat with rust converter, and then coat with POR15. I think when the previous bodywork was done for accident repairs there has been little attention paid to moisture being trapped under filler or the rubber undercoat in the wheelwells, which leads to this rust building up over time. I am confident now though that I've found all of it and the POR should ensure it never comes back.








Currently I'm almost ready for primer, and also fitting up the fibreglass parts.