I finally found the pictures from where my friend Jim and I (and Ally, of course, couldn't have done it without her) hammered the fender back into shape...ok, roughly into shape, but he did far better than I would have done...and then the hole we had to cut out. The metal in that spot was just far too gone; it had previously been folded over and not prepared well, thus it was way too rusty as well as being creased and stretched. I'm still waiting to shape the replacement sheetmetal, but I have the cardboard pattern cut and waiting...
The black is from both Eastwood Rust Converter and POR-15...I'm using the POR on the inside panels and the Rust Converter (which is friendly to delayed top coating) on external panels.
It's interesting to look at these pictures today; as you can tell it was warm -- on the other hand, we had about 6 inches of snow last night through noon today. I've also attached a picture of Ally today in the snow just 'cause I felt like it... :-)
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Hi Jamie,
I hope it's going well, i thought i'd say hello, i look forward to the next installment of the restoration, she's looking good so far.
I'm still really happy with my estate, she's done over 150 miles in a week and a half, and i've taken her to my first triumph meeting in 10 years. I'm looking forward to many more years of happy motoring!
Anyway, take care,
Heather.
(from the 2000 register forum)
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