With a fair wind behind me I ploughed on with making some repair patches and I've primed the bare steel that will be hidden once they're welded in. One of them has slipped in this image, but I do leave a good gap that can be filled with weld.
Then it was on to investigate what horrors lay beneath the base of the front wing.
A couple of years ago I did some emergency repairs to the floor under here. When I originally restored the base of the wing I know I could have done a better job. But beyond the area that this image covers, zinc-rich primer has kept the rust at bay.
I've since cleaned off most of the recoverable steel and applied a lot of phosphoric acid. I need to remake the lower part of the inner wheelarch and the sill end as well as its upward curve inside the door-pillar. I bought a bodge-repair panel that would just cover the mess if used as intended. But some surgery to this panel will give me the basis for constructing a proper repair.
Then it was on to investigate what horrors lay beneath the base of the front wing.
A couple of years ago I did some emergency repairs to the floor under here. When I originally restored the base of the wing I know I could have done a better job. But beyond the area that this image covers, zinc-rich primer has kept the rust at bay.
I've since cleaned off most of the recoverable steel and applied a lot of phosphoric acid. I need to remake the lower part of the inner wheelarch and the sill end as well as its upward curve inside the door-pillar. I bought a bodge-repair panel that would just cover the mess if used as intended. But some surgery to this panel will give me the basis for constructing a proper repair.