Its a dull grey day here in what is usually a sunny day in Herne Bay, Kent.
Well its only dull & grey in terms of the D is back from the blasters and looking wonderful now all the rust has gone and its all covered in a weld through primer.
I have loaded plenty of photos for all you 500 restoration lovers. Now its clean and grey you can really start to see some of the differences in the structural differences between the D & the later models.
Unfortunately they also show how bad the rust had taken hold of the bottom end of the car.
I'm surprised this thing stayed together even before I started cutting panels off. You can even see how peppered some of the panels are. These weren't too bad before being blasted. It just goes to show that rust can look quite solid, but its actually disguising just how weak the panels are.
But lets not dwell on the rusty bits. They are the fun bits in terms of rebuilding them and then fitting the new panels and rebuilding the shell to its former glory.:slayer:
The inner osr 1/4 panel now shows all the areas that have been affected by the impact damage and this will make it far easier to see what needs straightening.
All the other parts have come back looking really good. The rear swinging arms look like new.
And the best part, all this cost me £350
Im off to Egypt for 2 weeks this Friday, so no more 500 fun for a while.
Well its only dull & grey in terms of the D is back from the blasters and looking wonderful now all the rust has gone and its all covered in a weld through primer.
I have loaded plenty of photos for all you 500 restoration lovers. Now its clean and grey you can really start to see some of the differences in the structural differences between the D & the later models.
Unfortunately they also show how bad the rust had taken hold of the bottom end of the car.
I'm surprised this thing stayed together even before I started cutting panels off. You can even see how peppered some of the panels are. These weren't too bad before being blasted. It just goes to show that rust can look quite solid, but its actually disguising just how weak the panels are.
But lets not dwell on the rusty bits. They are the fun bits in terms of rebuilding them and then fitting the new panels and rebuilding the shell to its former glory.:slayer:
The inner osr 1/4 panel now shows all the areas that have been affected by the impact damage and this will make it far easier to see what needs straightening.
All the other parts have come back looking really good. The rear swinging arms look like new.
And the best part, all this cost me £350
Im off to Egypt for 2 weeks this Friday, so no more 500 fun for a while.
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