Patch welded in the passenger side rear wheel arch and painted with zinc paint, this is right next to the rear seat belt mounting so would have been a MOT failure for sure.
Next stage is to cut out the bottom lip of the arch.

forgot to add photos !

Hi there, well how's things going with the Uno? if you need any doors, bonnets, tailgate, lights, I have both new and second hand Uno bits here.

Regards Trevor.

Hi,Trevor, many thanks for the offer,I guess in time I am going to need lots of parts,the only good part of this car is the bonnet and the roof ! I would not have bought the car if I knew it was this bad,however I have it now and I am going to give it my best shot in rebuilding it , I'm neither a mechanic or a welder but I have seen plenty of TV programmes on car Restoration so I am taking one step at a time and have started seemingly on the worst end of the car, do you have any outer rear wheel arch panels as this will be the next job ?

Hi, i'll get a look and get back to you

Well , making some steady progress, boot floor strengthening bar welded in , also boot floor welded up and repair patch made for strut top, all bits now welded in, painted with zinc paint and seam sealed, when the boot carpets down you wont even know bits have been welded in.

How's the Uno going?

I'm on the third bottle of mig gas at the moment and some more photos to update the thread but just been a bit busy at work so not just got round to the update yet,I am lucky as a few yards down the road from me is a welding /fabrication workshop so I can get cheap gas and parts made up that I can't bend into shape.

That's good to hear. I'm glad things are going well.

Finally got round to posting more photos !

still working on the back end.

more photos !

coming on ?

looks a bit rough at the moment ,still more tidying up to do but remember none of this will be seen when the rear bumper and back light is fitted.

Very impressive!!

More rear end photos for Christmas !

Before and after photos, rear end nearly finished.

Next job on Sunday to do the drivers side rear strut, bits cut out ready to make the new panels.

You're doing a grand job! Have you thought about sending pictures of the restoration process and the finished car to Practical Classics?

Michael Dranfield said:

Next job on Sunday to do the drivers side rear strut, bits cut out ready to make the new panels.

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Hi there

I am really impressed! I mean, I have no technical abilities to judge the work, but to my uneducated eye this looks like a mega transformation. Plus, good job on saving these now very rare Unos.

Let's see if I get it finished first ! I have not looked over the car in too much detail I just waded in and got started,if I find it needs welding where I can't get at something or it needs a part I can't get it's game over.

nunesaf said:

Hi there

I am really impressed! I mean, I have no technical abilities to judge the work, but to my uneducated eye this looks like a mega transformation. Plus, good job on saving these now very rare Unos.

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Don't worry I'm not a mechanic either,just seen how to do these things on wheeler dealers, it's pretty easy repairing parts of the car that won't be seen,the acid test of my abilities will be how well I can repair parts of the body on show.