barrie's project

[westy24]

the door could go back a little . It's fairly tight but even with the quarter panel I think a mm or so will make a lot of difference !!

I'm a little worried about seat belts for the front . Are they a must have? And do they have to be 3 point or lap belts . I'm asking this because looking at the b piller , there's not much room to put an anchor point ?

[kevin s]

The 3 point belts usually go to a top mounting below the rear side window not in the b pillar, ours is a late one and they look like they came from the factory like this.

[westy24]

The 3 point belts usually go to a top mounting below the rear side window not in the b pillar, ours is a late one and they look like they came from the factory like this.

Hello thanks for the reply. Is there any chance you could supply me with a photo and measurements regarding the position of the top mounting point ? It would be a great help

[westy24]

Yesterday was a complete nightmare, I tackled the rear inner arch, if you look back on this project , I had to cut the new inner arch in two to get the back half to fit . So yesterday I fitted the front section , these pics are of the rear chassis repair.

[westy24]

Now, these pics are of the front rear inner arch and shows it doesn't fit in a few places.

[westy24]

The first pic was taken inside the car , you can see the gap between the top of the chassis leg . The second pic , you can see the shape is all wrong to. I had to make a decision where to cut it to make it fit. First I cut the flange in a few places to see if I could ease it to fit .

[westy24]

It kind of helped , it made it easier to push it under the quarter panel lip.but it didn't make the gap on the chassis any smaller, and the lower section seemed to not sit right , as you can see yesterday was not my favourite day!

[westy24]

So what I needed to do ,was to clamp up what I could then cut a slit at the bottom upwards so the lower section sits behind the quarter lip .

[westy24]

After doing that the chassis gap stayed the same so I throw a few tools around to make me feel better and cut 6 inches off the bottom of the panel clamped it on the chassis rail and started welding

[westy24]

The top section took a bit of a beating to get it flush with the lower section , luckily I remembered my panel hammer and dollies , I when welded it in places while planishing it up

[westy24]

I was hoping that this wouldn't take long , as I wanted to get the other front chassis leg in , any way , I sanded down the welds and used a da to remove the black stuff they insist on painting these new panels with ! And underneath the car too , then etched , primed , and sealed and stone chipped it all

[westy24]

Sealed and stone chipped

[westy24]

The hole you see in the second pic, is where the rear wing (front lower) bolts to , but I havent had a chance to fit it yet

[westy24]

I'm hoping to finish the front chassis leg next week, fit the rear wing and fit the boot lid , ready for me to cut the boot floor out and the slam panel and fit new, I'm starting to get exited as iv nearly completed half the body, ! It only took a few years mind !

[Smithy1961]

Thats looking like an excellent job

[westy24]

Il be doing a bit tomorrow , but iv been thinking about the rear bumper brackets, how are they fitted? Iv started to worry about them as I don't remember removing them ( it did have a tow bar ) I found these and painted it,and I'm kind of hoping they are the rear brackets, do they bolt thought the chassis or something ?

[westy24]

Ok , so today iv finally fitted the other engine bay floor panel and front flitch panel , also the other chassis leg

[westy24]

Floor

[westy24]

Chassis

[westy24]

Slowly but surely