No introduction required...

Try not to wet yourselves when you watch this clip.... It's the funky giibbon in one of his many finest hours on the dance floor.

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69 Rebirth

Garts new 68 door...............its got more patina than Darrens....its also got a bent hinge which has really pissed him off!! Fits nice thought!!

A good days work. Just a B pillar and outer and inner front wheel arch repair!!!

Compared with the first picture of the day, wow!!!

Door slide lovely with grinding the welds.

Good burn through on the mig.

Notice the inner sill repair plate.

All welded.

Cleaned and zinked and notice that the c post is repaired

What a rude sight for a saturday morning!!!

Ben was busy shaping the new repair section, cut from a new wheel arch. I was cleaning up the underside and getting it covered in zinc primer.....

Offering up the new section looked good, and with sum gentle tapping here and there, it fitted a treat...

Door back on for the first time in a couple of years ;)

Inside it was a bit tricky welding through the inner arch to the bumper mounts, but it was good and strong - welder on max!

Bit of fiber glass filler to flatten the step to make it drain properly and look like an original...

Garry was busy getting his bushes replace on the rear and using a slide hammer to try and straigten the A piller and front clip... Bit of welding and grinding to make up for the bitch work ;)

So next week, Ben will be doing the sill and B pillar repair, then it's just the rear lower arch repair and the sliding door can be put back on!

This time next year........

Free Holidays....

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A just little fun

Just a few seconds fun in Bawsey.

Any comparison?

Just found these pictures as a reference!!!!

Blood, sweat but no tears.

An old volkswagen tradition.

Battery tray welded in and all those welds ground down.

Tailgate widow sill treated, upper surface of rear valance treated.

Windscreen lower rebuilt with fiberfiller, still need loads of tlc but I only need to worry about the outer curve to set it correctly.

Original screen back in on old cut rubber....the leading edge of rubber needs to just sit over most of the repair work.

Just fiberfiller and primer.......starting to look convincing.

All welded, ground and sanded, then primered. Patina looking strong.......still yet to panel beat.

Wow shes had a real, rear whack at some time! Original stock replacement rear valance after crash I think.....still has original red paint.

All in all, very solid , if a little rippled!! It wouldnt take much filler to look "Bling"