Rusty Justy

[Paul Baldwin]

Very probably. Just looked on how many left for the turbo version. There's 1 left on the road and 1 sorned. Such a shame :-(

Anyway, onto the last part of the resurrection.

Take one monster vice that would make any farmer jealous (including Mr Lobb I am sure) two bits of scrap angle, a block of wood and a hammer and you have a make-shift sheet metal folder. Getting the marks to line up is a right arse because the metal moves both ends even when you are adjusting the other, the bits of angle move independently of each other but it can be done. I did have to scrap my second attempt and start again but hey ho I got the first one spot on



Hole in the floor done. That's welded from above by the way. Most of the weld you can see is just penetration. Couldn't get the welder to work any lower with the 0.8mm wire. I think 0.6mm would have helped but it wasn't in the budget so I had to use what I had. I matched the ribs in the re-placement part match the floor-pan so it can be ground off flush if they want, instead of bashing the floor flat to match the flat sheet and simply welding it in. I also made the return on the sill panel match the existing one so it looks original from underneath, not just 3 panels flushed together.



Part way thru being linished up. I made the sill up in two. Partly because to do a panel any longer with the kit I had would be very difficult but mostly so I could get the vertical line/indent by the door shut to match the other side. I hit one side in, filled it with weld and then ground out a line so it should look originalish when it has a bit of under-seal applied.





Bit of primer and that's that