I’ happy with the progress and I’m also happy to have decided to have the body sandblasted because, as you’ll see, a lot of bad stuff was hidden.
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The windshield frame hides bad surprises…
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… something must be done
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Then comes the first pass of sandblasting (coarse grain)
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The calking is hard to remove, heat must be used
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It looks like rust under the original paint
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The firewall in place…
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… because new brackets are needed, some of them have disappeared
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Sandblasting of the rear compartment
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Bad news again, sandblasting is definitely the only good solution
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Each side requires attention…
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Some perforations underneath
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Then come the rear fenders, the new metal sheet looks fantastic…
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… but it goes on top of the original one. It ‘s a misunderstanding, I don’t want this kind of plaster solution
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Presentation of the rocker panel trims for alignment
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Top floor sheets were not trustable…
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… so let’s remove them…
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… and then attention is needed around them
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Still some work on the rear compartment, here the panel under the gas tank
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Then some repairs inside the rear wheel arches
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Here this is about rocker panels…
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… closure panels have to be replaced because bad work has been done previously…
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… these panels have been badly adjusted and welded
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