My 109 is waiting for me to finish the chassis and rebuild her. Although she was always intended as a retirement project, and I'm busy porting and polishing a new cylinder head for my 300 TDI pick-up after the head gasket started to go. However...
Waiting on some floor fixings to fit the second row floor, but to do this I’ll need to drill the holes for the rear row of holes as the seat support panel doesn’t come with them. Must admit I’m not keen on drilling freshly painted panels but it...
Been busy in the background, doing the prep work on the second row floor, toe board, tunnel and miscellaneous bits….
Got the painted bits back started putting it all together 😊
I agree that filling with tig or gas would be better for this repair, but the situation I’m in with my garage means I don’t want to invest in new tools or materials and I’m time limited to get the Landy finished. I could buy new ones at over £80...
Back on bodywork today and moved onto the rear sill quarter panels. I started by sanding the paint back and uncovered some corrosion and minor holes on the front face. Obviously that can’t be filled as is, so I used some alloy plate and bonded it...
Got back onto the second row floor today. I primed and painted the crossmember to get it ready for fitting to the floor. While that was drying, I countersunk the 3 strengtheners to fit countersunk rivets. Once I was happy with that, I put some...
After dealing with rust it was nice to fit a painted panel! Ive had the tunnel reinforcement for ages, so I ordered some new screws and washers, installed the dum dum on the back and screwed it on. Very satisfying!