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Total respect for this. I was busy today too on my 411. We'll have to meet up half way when you get it back on the road. Keep it up buddy. Almost there!
Kieron

im up for that dude im intreasted in learning more about the bmw brakes you have fitted

right its been nearly 2 weeks since i last did any thing on the car been busy with work and gardening

i have only been cuting out the crap today so its just holes and more holes lol


front light housing looking rather poorly and couldent make up my mind which way to repair it



so did this in the end to get to it all




then the front inner boot section needed looking at glad i cut this out as the top chassis rail top had rusted away so i can atleast get access to it now (yes thats the fuel tank in the pic)



the inner arch dont look as bad as first thought




and a pic thats says it all realy

well its been nearly 2 weeks since i last posted what with work geting in the way of thinks lol

i have had a good weekend on the car done quite a bit

done the chassis rail repair



and welded the original panel back in



rebuilt all the chassis section and welded new inner wings repair panels





inner wing and cill repair new floor been fitted as well



all the front sill and door post and inner wing completed



and the result of welding behind a panel without moving the heater pipe first having 12" flames inside the car is quite scary had to thro a bucket of water over it to put it out



hopefull as soon as i get the new front headlight section from volksfarmers i might finish the welding this week

right done a bit tonight

rear floor patched up



cut some crap out of the original sill and made the inner lip



and the new sill






should have the rear section done in the next few nights then its time to repair the front nose should have a front end coming tomorrow from volksfarmers so should be able to weld the light section back in

ohhh its all posh in here


right tonights bit had a late start tonight 9.30 and just finished about 12 ish


some pics

the middle sill ready to be finished and the bottom lip all joined front to back



and a peice welded in




just got the rear quarter to make up then i can start cleaning this up to weld in



once thats welded in i have done all the welding

I can't help but think of the Six Million Dollar Man...

plumcrazee412 a Volkswagen barely alive... Gentleman we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first bionic car. plumcrazee412 will be that car. Better, stronger, faster... [scene transitions to car driving the countryside of the U.K. free of rust]

Bill K. wrote:I can't help but think of the Six Million Dollar Man...

plumcrazee412 a Volkswagen barely alive... Gentleman we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first bionic car. plumcrazee412 will be that car. Better, stronger, faster... [scene transitions to car driving the countryside of the U.K. free of rust]

ha ha ha quality hope it will have the strenghts of steave austin and go a bit quicker lol

had a good day today but did not have time yesterday to work on it

the rear quarter all finished all ready for some por 15 and seamsealing



then cut out the light section and welded it in







chassis repair



then inner arch



and the last hole on the car to repair the wheel well and valance






and the removal of numberplate mount as its being moved so cut it out and welded to have a flat finish




so a few hours tomorow should have the welding complet then onto preping

well i havent posted much latley but have been busy on the 412


i striped all the new metal and gave it 2 coats of por15 nice messy job lol



and gave some bits a few coats as well



the i covererd the whole front and back inner arches with seam seal to stop any water geting anywhere and it acts as a good stone chip



its also been shultz thats been sprayed on but i aint got a pick of that

i then started to prep the rear arch with its first layer of filler



then rebuilt the rear suspension while the filler was going off



then the last few days have been getting to this






havent done much filler work befor quite happy how its turned out

i can see a mot in the next 2 weeks


not going to bother spraying it till next year so not to botherd about the preping work just yet will do that in the summer

What can I say, you've set bar for Type 4 resurrections! I feel bad about the cars I cut up now, because I'm not sure they were even as rusty as yours in some ways, though one was sagging in the middle and the doors wouldn't stay shut while I towed it home via tow bar, so maybe it was that one's time to go... Anyway, you tore into that thing like an animal- NO FEAR! I stand in awe of your dedication.

cheers mate

right been a bit since i last posted i have been working on the car just not taking any pics lol


right finaly managed to weld the front apron and wheel well up and chucked some filler at it while i was there






and got the front and back wings all fitted and bolted up and the doors back on and aligned and fitted the driver side lights just to see how they fit with the front





done the same to this gutter as i have with the other side and treated it to a wire brushing and some rust converter will fill and sand down tomorrow night




more very soon hopefully mot in the next week

right latest updates i have mainly just been filling and sanding so not much to look at realy but these are the latest pics from tonight

one fully preped side


mind i had some professional help tonight





but sprayed it all tonight in red oxide








lights seats and clean and a mot on sat

Congrads mate. Love the pro pink paint jumper. She looks confident in her work. Is she the one born out of the 412?