Front offside wing repair pt4...

Spot, spot, spot... a day out of the garage with parts that needed spot welding. Over to Dick's garage to use his welder.

Started by marking out where I needed the swages at the ends. We then starting at the centre point on the edge down towards the ends removing cleco's and clamping on the way to ensure a good contact.

With the front section done we repeated the process towards the back. After a break to the let the welder cool down and give our arms a rest - (it's bloody heavy!) we flipped the wing to see the overlap and welded along the flange edge.

Even thou there's still a far amount the finishing to do - the results look good.

4hrs

Front offside wing repair pt2...

Change of plan from earlier post, after talking to a chap who's replace a few wheel arches on 7s I'm now cutting along the upper edge of the face.

Cutting off the swaged part of the panel and spot and welding it in place. Then finishing off the edge face by lead loading.

I started by using masking tape to give me a line along just past the return of the face. Using a angle girder with a cutting disk on remove the old arch.

I've used cleco pins to hold in place for welding. Both ends of the arch need extra work and cutting to help fit.

2hrs