Das Autopanel hacken mitt dem angelgrinderen und ein big hammer cos es ist zu big und zu Klein or das wrongbloodyshapen.

The inner wings were on, but there was a lot more to do before they were finished. The trumpets, (or at arch reinforcers) and the inner wing extension pieces were still to be fitted. The extension pieces are simple holed rectangular panels which fit between the inner wing and the bulkhead, (the bit next to the pedal box, well it is on the offside at least!).

First I unqualified to repair an area I had left until now, the bottom of the offside A post windscreen pillar and the scuttle and windscreen frame. The bailiwick around the screen frame, A post and dash side, was a complete mess and it took a couple of full days to basically construct a new chunk of car to the original design and shape. Then I cut out the outer area of the scuttle, all the way back to the windscreen frame along with a fair bit of the bottom corner of the windscreen system, and much welding and panel beating as per the nearside had it pretty much done, ready to be lead loaded.


What an awful corroded miscellany of chaos. All the bad bits have been replaced with new steel, as you'd expect.
Then it was back to the inner wings, starting with the offside I welded in the inner wing widening piece to my new dash side, my new bulkhead and my new inner wing. Fortunately it fitted very well, so it was on to the reinforcer. I was not looking forward to this.
I tried my kindest to get hold of Heritage reinforcers, but no one would send me them and they just sent Steelcraft ones instead. I really did not longing to use Steelcraft reinforcers, whereas heritage ones fit, Steelcraft ones do not. They...

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