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With the suspension now back off and the car back on a trolley it was time to start welding in the boot floor.
The metal is a bugger to weld, some goes okay another patch will blow through.
A side view which is a bit better. Everything after the rear window was all I kept.
This is all I want now and only really the boot floor but I didn't want to distort things to much.
Here is all thats left of it!
Now onto the chassis rail. The offside didn't connect to the rear so I decided where I want to cut it.
This included making the cut outs for the floor section. I used a cardboard template for this.
I had also braced the chassis rails together with a steel rod.
After a coat of primer I welded it into postion. If this is wrong it's going to be a bugger to correct.
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These three pictures show the first section which needs to go in first. The rest of the floor will butt up to this, he says full of confidence.
Not a good picture but this was just after I cut 'shorty' in half again. I feel like Paul Daniels, not a lot!
To make it easier to move about I chopped it into smaller bits. Note a bit of floor missing.
It gives me more room in the garage as well.
I got the rear parcel shelf out in one by removing all the spot welds.
Before I cut I made a box section to fit inside the original leg.
Next I cut the leg off after making exactly where the insert needed to go. Please note I also put ku-rust then Hammerite as far as I could reach.
I then checked and double checked to make sure the insert was in the right place.
I then drilled a hole just above the insert as the lip could trap water. It was drilled at the lowest point on the rail.
