And on we go with the restoration. Some nice rust pictures will show up further, I know we all love to see those massive rusty bits
For the first time my son in law, who's a plasterer, gives a hand on metalworks.
Cutting out the rear safety belt floor stiffener plate.
This is how it looks from the inside.
Stiffener plate part as seen from the undersite.
Preparing to plug weld the new bottom piece onto the stiffener plate.
This kind of plug weld is different as the bottom part is 1 mm thick and the stiffener plate measures 3 mm thickness. For a good weld penetration power settings on the MIG welder were put to high.
After this it's time to tack the restored piece in place
And finishing it off with a nice butt weld round and around and don't forget the zincspray.
The outer supports rear end gets their modification,first I drill a hole so the ends cavity are accessible for the Mike Sander's grease.
Tacking.
And finishing all the way round.
It's time to flip and turn the half restored chassis. Good to see the nice weld penetration on the visible rear parts.
For moving and turning the chassis I use a simple hand craft tool aka the old famous wheelbarrow.
And there she is ready to get started on the front chassis repairs.
As promised the nice detailed rusty bits.
Here we see a former "repair" job on the front left outer support beam... a real botch and bungling job to get a car pass it's MOT...
Revealing the real problem...some nice hole in the beam...the original material (beam and stiffener plate) has vanished into thin air...
And how about the front right side?
Hmmm... even more layers of former bungling work...
Again revealing the real problem and damage...
In my opinion those kind of "repair" "craftsman" should be hung, drawn and quartered....