Workshop/Project car thread. Maestro rust repairs.

[JMotor]

Time to put some work into this strut tower area.

Chopped more out. As can be seen that old patch was getting quite the coating of rust.

Removed the upper seat catch bracket and cut back to gain a better idea of what needed fixed.

Not pretty is it? 

Ach well. Let's make a start. Cleaned up a small area and started to weld fresh steel in. What I needed was a point to build from.

I've been researching by looking at photos of other cars to see what this area originally looked like. I think, BL also mirrored the pressings for both sides. So maybe the drivers side might give me the references I need?

My attempt at remaking this section won't be fully accurate. If it's close enough, that will do. 

[grogee]

18 hours ago, JMotor said:

Time to put some work into this strut tower area.

Chopped more out. As can be seen that old patch was getting quite the coating of rust.

Removed the upper seat catch bracket and cut back to gain a better idea of what needed fixed.

Not pretty is it? 

Ach well. Let's make a start. Cleaned up a small area and started to weld fresh steel in. What I needed was a point to build from.

I've been researching by looking at photos of other cars to see what this area originally looked like. I think, BL also mirrored the pressings for both sides. So maybe the drivers side might give me the references I need?

My attempt at remaking this section won't be fully accurate. If it's close enough, that will do. 

Probably no help but I can take pics of mine when I get it back from storage on the Spring 

[JMotor]

Cheers for the offer. 

Think I'll have the bulk of it done soon. Well I hope so! 

[JMotor]

Apologies this is a "stuff happened, but doesn't look like much has" post with the Maestro. With a small rant towards the end. 

Dived in with making the first new piece for the strut tower. 

Chopped even more out. The rust had crept in further. Resisting the temptation to chop it all out. Can't rebuild it from fresh air.

So this is what I went with. The easier to form strip at the top. Shall build from and too this, might be a patchwork to redo the shapes. 

Want the inside of car stuff done first. Then rebuild the inner arch strut tower reinforcement thingy. As I'll have something to build on. 

Will it be neat. Nah! No chance. 

Scored a bargain radiator too!

Another Monstro anomaly. These go for silly money! One sat on eBay for £145, plus postage! For a bastard 1300!! 

This one was £45 delivered. 

Why mention this. Well the cooling system when I first got the car was a fucking mess! 

Wrong radiator, bypassed matrix with the pipes to it rusted out and then crafted from epoxy (by me).

This was the last major part which returns this system back to how it should be. I still have to dick about with a bypassed cooling fan switch, which is nothing in the grand scheme of things.

It'll get there. 

Hopefully 😆.