fx at maccas

pic i took when i was bringing home the bare shell.
only items still on the shell was the diff (not even bolted to the body properly) and the cowl vent.
ended up being a 9 hour drive

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i had quite a few spairs laying around., and had test fitted a lot to enshure the body was not twisted, etc

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this was supposably going to be a easy job, to cut off the rusted rear pan and weld in a good panel from a body i had sitting around

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The doner panel after being removed

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Didnt expect this rust hiding behind the pan. Bugger

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most of the rust cutout, and its almost ready to be painted in killrust

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Slowly getting it looking good again. Im so glad i decided to get a half cut instead of buying a repair panel. allows me to cut sections out where i want the weld to end up

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the only part of the job im not happy about. the join of the good panel was but welded, i wanted to overlap the join, but didnt have the correct tools to make a lip on the edges.

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trial fitting of the boot lid.
luckly it just fits, opening on the shell is going to require a light massage to give even clearance

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this is after the first weld grind. i will be re-welding the whole join, to build up the metal ready for panel beating. i absolutly hate using body filler, and intend to use as little as possable. im reading up on how to lead fill, but i probally wont be good enough for it.
I have plenty of car bodies to practice on

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test fitting different doors