And so it goes on

Not had as much time as i'd hoped down the workshop recently, i blame the world cup.

There really isn't much rust on this car at all compared to others that are 40 or even 20 years old, but the more you dig the more you find. I knew the trailing edge of the front wing was dodgy as it was covered in filler but as is always the case it wasn't just that bit that had been eaten away by the tin worm.

I heat gunned the filler off and started investigating.

The dremmel and a cutting disc are ace for this stuff.
After cutting off the first bit it was obvious that the end of the sill was a bitt flakey too so more of the wing had to go.

I can hopefully clean and straighten this bit up and weld it back on again afterwards.

more layers are revealed. It all looks a bit daunting but cutting bits off makes it easier to see how it all goes together again. Is that logical?? Works for me.

more cut off revealing the end of the sill.

and, oh what is this, more filler and wire mesh, the bodgers favourite, all covered up by a splodge of underseal.

attacked with a wire brush in the angle grinder. Gives this. It needs to come off too so i can see what it's like behind.

So, drill out the spot welds, all 4 bzillion of them, cut the rest with the dremmel and, more rust.

And here is where i left it, stripped back to clean metal, no rust. Just got the small matter of putting it all back together now.