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No, the panels aren't welded over the originals, they were cut out. He had to cut them out as he had to cut out the inner arch as that had started to go too. The inner arch has been welded to the inside of the arch skin. The guy left a few mm over lap of the clean skin and on the drivers side rear arch left the bottom part of the arch to line it up, from what I understood.
Ahh right :)
Went out to try source some new nuts and bolts for the rear ARB and gearbox spacer and also copper fuel pipe. The copper pipe only came in rolls of 10m which cost £24. Couldn't find the exact nut and bolt sizes. Will probably have to source the copper pipe online.
After coming home somewhat disappointed, I decided to go have a closer look at the existing nuts and bolts. Got out the manual wire brush and it seemed to clean it up ok. Thought I'd try it with my good friend the drill and wire attachment.
The bolts cleaned up well, and after applying some 3in1 oil, I was able to do them all up at least 3/4 which is ample enough for them to fasten.
Update
Paid another visit to the lads at the bodyshop. Caught one of the guys at the right time as he was grinding down the drivers side panels which were fiberglassed to prepare them for some filler.
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Once he did that he started rubbing down the drivers door to prepare that for a skim of filler. As I mentioned previously, a few panels had a ripple effect on the paint. The dude reckons that it was most probably resprayed by the last owner (some 17+ years ago) and either the paint was done badly or the filler wasn't rubbed down properly leading to a ripped look. So a good few panels (mainly rear wings and doors) will need skim filler to get them straight and unrippled.
Tomorrow, I will be going to Vauxhall, a couple motorfactors, halfords etc to get a few bits n pieces for the car. Was hoping to go today but, as always, the unexpected seems to crop up, which threw the plans out the window.
its getting there, will all the glass be coming out before its sprayed?
Yeah, 'tis what we discussed.
uhoh. Patina'd/rat'd bus FTL.
She's coming along though.
lol yeah exactly what I thought. Was quietly laughing away when I saw it in the pic I took, knew it'd get commented on. The guy must've thought I was smoking some serious shizzle :)
looks good so far will keep an eye on this one
Good to see some progress ' Tek
will you be having interior or will it be stripped?