Went surveying with the screwdriver last night to figure out the extent of what needs to be done. Rusty picture heavy warning!
Starting from the front.
Bulkhead/windscreen area I know about. Not too terrible.
Wheel arch corners need finishing off
Made a small hole by the front at the battery area
Drivers side headlight mounting has gone at the back. Passenger side looks fine though but need to clean back the dirt to check.
Drivers side lower wing needs finishing off. I have a panel for this. Made a hole in a rust bubble on the bottom of the door. Straight through so will be a bit of a job.
Rear driver's door isn't as bad. Will be interesting to see how thin this is.
Rear wheel arch ...
Unfortunately it looks like someone has welded a repair panel over the top of the body. Dirt has sprayed up in the arch and has got between the two.
I'm going to run over the top of the area and take the paint off. Hopefully I can cut the repair panel and fix it up as I know they're hard to get hold off. I suspect this one may not be salvageable.
Boot floor isn't terrible.
Boot lid is crusty but not holed. Hopefully clean up and fresh paint will be all that is needed.
Rear arch on passenger side is not too bad. You can tell the same problem where it's welded on top. Not decided what to do with this yet. Probably should cut it out and reweld it in properly. I'll figure it out once I've been through everything else.
Bottom of the arch is bad too.
Door jams have had a bodge repair previously.
Found fibreglass and lumps of filler. More cleaning up needed.
Front isn't as bad but still needs cleaning up and new pieces welded in.
Finally the bubbles along the front eyebrows aren't that bad. Only one hole poked through.
Then the bonnet catch needs a quick few welds to reattach the mount.
At least the roof opens fine though!
So all in the bodywork is not as bad as I feared! A lot of work but it's not insurmountable. Rough list:
- Windscreen/bulkhead area. No real pics in this post as dash is in but there's pics earlier in this thread.
- Offside Wheel arch corner
- Front light surround
- Lower Drivers side wing
- Both offside door bottoms
- Rear offside wing
- Boot floor
- Nearside wing
- Nearside door jams/posts
- Nearside wheel arch corners
- General small patches and cleanup
Main parts I need to find now is the rear wheel arch panels. Hoping the rest will be possible to fabricate up. Interior will need plenty of bits, but I'll come to that after the bodywork is done.
If anyone sees any for sale, please let me know!