Bodywork Gallery

Rear arches, sills, repaint, etc.

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Front end good so just cleaned up and painted/sealed. Tubing is for fresh air vents.	Sill front end exposed.	Rear tank cover removed
Sill being replaced and arch cut out	Sill front end	Front end undressed. Painted then waxoyled before refit
Under wraps	Building single skin wheel arch to avoid rust trap	Previous bodge - no hole for tank
New plate with hole for tank access	Sill rear. Note arch-edge underseal bodge up. Inner wing edge rusty.	Tumbledown garage-but a genius works there!
Rear sill 'During Surgery' Checkout 'Before Surgery'	Rear inner sill again. Was cut back further before rebuild.	Front of new sill
Rear lower panel had been replaced and was OK	This sill was new before last paint job but no protection inside!	Rebuilt inner sill. Silver coating is weld through primer.
Rebuilt inner rear sill end	Door frames painted then doors re-hung and main paint job	Rear sill 'Before Surgery'
Rear sill 'before' only small bubbles showing! If buying one of these cars, look out, there's worse behind	Front sill 'before'	Rear arch 'during'
Tank panel removed	A finely painted (tapering) coachline had been put on a body bodge up!