Right time for another update but im affraid its all bad news....!!!

Time to attack the ROT.... so as you all know most of the rot was at the a pillar so it was going to be screen out (it was cracked anyway) door off and rubbers off to see the damage....





last time car was taxed....!!!



Screen out....







Then it was time for the door to come off....



This what was behind the rubber and door....after attacking it with the nail gun...







After having a bit of a discussion with the bodyshop owner it was time to cut out the bad rust on the pillar and weld in some new metal...





The affending piece of metal flattened to make a template from...







after maiking the template up i thought it would be good ideal to take the side skirt off to to make sure everything is ok under there... (im glad i did)





Lets say its not the 1st time this side skirt has come off... It looks like the car has had some reapair work before and not really the best of jobs done... Anyway back to the A pillar

Plate been welded back in....







Sanded alot of the welds down for a neater finish then sprayed in welding paint ready for the next bit to be tacked on top....



also was a slight small hole at top of pillar but that was easy enough just to braize up...



After that it was time to look to possibly prepping the window surround ready for the new window.... BUT at the top lip of the window was starting to got a bit manky the boss said just to get a better finish might as well get rid of that and paint the roof at the same time.





So after that more attention turnt to getting the sill preped





After alot of sanding down from the old repair job the boss decided it would be a better job if if was just to put a new sill on the car so thats what the next thing to do is going to be....

So nearing the end of the 2nd day it was time to take the car back to the garage as no room down the bodyshop...





And finally before i put her back in the garage....



Thanks for reading please feel free to comment and sugguestions

Cheers

Tiller

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Doing a grand job there mate, good to see your getting on top of the rust before it spreads

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Looks like a good job, what kind of welding is that for the patch on the A pillar?
Also, are you going to have to remove the wing to get to that rust at the base of the pillar too?

Not really much to update on this week as the bodyshop was only open for the morning so just helped out tidying up ect.... But i did have a bit of a result sourcing a new panel here are a few pics.....









So now hopefully can get all the rust sorted on the drivers side door now...

Cheers

Tiller

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Nice one mate

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nice work with the rust

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Right another weekend pasted and time for another update....

I have been a bit busy trying to source a few different parts

Well as i have recieved the panel it was time to do a bit of measuring up... from where the good metal is and bad rotten metal was...

The boss too the decision that it was a good idea to un bolt the wing and peel away the seal seeler so we could do a better job of the sill..

So up the car went on the hoist.. Wheel off.. Arch liner out... heat gun, to soften up the sealer... and pick it off.. so i could get to the bolts.. then took them out... headed up the rest of the sealer and wiggled the wing and then she moved enough...

So then we got the length of the new sill and marked it out and cut away the old nasty bit.. if anyone has tried this before its not as easy as you think... Had to beltsand all the spot welds and peel them off so one set on top and 2 on bottom.. then out come the hammer and chisel to knock the welds off....

Then its time to beltsand all the spot welds off flat and clean up all the surface behind ready for the new panel to be spot welded back on

here are a few pics....

















So another part to the project i wasnt expecting to do for a long while was wheels... but i just couldnt miss this chance and i think the wheels will suit the car down to the ground...
They will need a refurb.. and 2 have cracks but have been told they look repairable..

Here are a few pics...





and a mock up with the car lol....



Cheers

Tiller

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I've replaced 6 sills in the past mate so know exactly what you've been through! Done a good job

Wheels will look lush too

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nice work

a few people would have just broken it..................

nice to see a ford saved

Seconded

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how good does it feel though when you see the fresh new sills all welded on, it put a smile on my face!!

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FEED ME MORE!!!!

Put a smile on my face 6 times now!

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would have been nice to see how this turned out

just had a read through hi thread and its great, what a bargain and also he fact your saving a ford from rusting away, its looks great especially after the tlc you gave it.

looking good, the wheels will set it off nicely

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Will

Looks good, glad your doing it properly too!

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have you guys not realised meilack is digging up f~**~ing old threads and commenting on them?

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chris: i'm not digging just would have been nice to see it done sorry mr fucking perfect

I wasn't insulting you, was just amusing me that people were commenting as if it was a new thread, when its over a year old No need for irrational typing.

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true, blind beggars but i won't just dig up any old thread

would be a bit weird bumping a thread from 4 years ago asking for updates