Door pillar repair - upper

Both top pillars on each side, the lower posts both being replaced, have cracks in them. I guess a quick weld will return the strength to this area. This is the main area that allows doors to droop.

New petrol tank?

Due to cost of a new wing, with a petrol flap, I thought I'd replace the wing and petrol tank. The tank I bought new for £77 from heritage but it need a new cap which was out of stock at the time. So I've got bored with waiting some 5 months now and I got this one from ebay, with a cap. Just needs a bit of a clean.

One last bit of filling to seal the body

Bonnet not looking so good

Need to clean up the bonnet a bit!

Captive nuts - the last one

There was a large hole in the drivers side rear quarter, that should have a captive nut in. It helps to hold one of the wings on.



Welded in place. The surrounding metal was a little thin in places.


After grinding.





The finished captive nut.


I also filled the area around 2 earlier repaired captive nuts.

Door post - filling the last holes

At the bottom of both door post are these little holes that need filling in and sealing to make weather proof.

Passenger side.




I roughly marked out a piece and welded it at one end. Then used the grinder to shape.


Then continued to weld all the edges necessary.



Then a bit of grinding was needed. As you can imagine it is difficult to reach right into the corner.


The I did the same with the drivers side.







To completely seal it I used a little filler.




And sanded the filler.





It wasn't as smooth as I would have like but it is pretty inaccessible, so I did a second round of filler later on.