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I then carefully pulled the glass outwards as you can see from above pics. I then removed the 3 bolts of the supporting frame panel and then the 2 bolts the base panel that bolts into it. Pics of parts below. Fabrice, I am going to have to read some of your posts about derusting, cleaning and...

thanks David, i was erring on side of caution by asking, a constant theme of mine is fear of damaging any original parts so I like to see from anyone's previous experience what they did. ok so i had already removed the rear seats, quarter panel trim etc. First thing i did was to remove the 3...

thanks for sharing this, even though i went old skool and yanked out the trim clips and luckily didn't damage any, this is the right way to do it. Duly bookmarked.

hi all, in order to move forward on my the interior restoration i need to wirebrush roof to remove the rust.. I'd like to remove all glass and interior trim to avoid any damage plus when I get to the respray these all need to be taken off. Can someone advise if there are any step by step...

Today, I finished off the driver side panel. Painted and primed top and bottom sides. I then discovered some pinholes which were due to me grinding the underside and exposing weld gaps due to lack of penetration. I wanted to get the primer on to avoid rust returning, and will weld in later. I...

Yes, will be butt welding the floor pans, in fact its really the only welding i do when joining panels. Thanks, yes i noted from an earlier post the snake camera for the cowl will definitely get one, also want to get into the torque boxes to see what's lurking there. Tonight i did very little...

Great work Fabrice, I will also be attempting grille repairs so really good to see how you have approached it and with great success. You cannot be defeated !

On the piece i just welded there is a small strip of metal to join up at the top where it was spot welded, plus the hole. I'll try to do that tomorrow evening. Then onto the passenger side I will need to fabricate and weld a similar panel. As my welding gets back up to speed I should pick...

ground down the welds on upper side this evening. Next i will fill the hole to the right which i drilled out to extend onto good metal, using copper backing hopefully it will work. Then grind down underside and finally patch strip metal and then fill and prime.....

Agreed thanks, i do sometimes think I've got too deep into this, but to be honest, i can see the end of the welding, my bigger concern will be putting everything back together correctly, that will take time and involve a lot of posting on this forum for help!

thanks. The roof, its keeping me up at night lol part of me is thinking i need to remove all the support panels, they are only thinly welded. this will then give me full access to the roof. So, I was planning on wirewheeling it, then treating it with Kurust, then using POR15 or FE123 Rust...

things are progressing slower than i would like so i will stop putting timescales on effort and just keep moving along, we call it plodding over here :) ok so I've welded in the patch. next steps, patch in the top lip section that I cut to cure the rust underneath, will need to mock spot welds...

price was in the link and the hobby kit is $139, the other kits are more industrial usage and around $300.  Hobby kit includes   2 oz Easy Chrome   2 oz Easy Chrome Basecoat   2 Speed Shapes (with basecoat)   2 Speed Shapes (w/o basecoat)   1 Polish Cloth

thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going to have a go at this at some point in the future for my bits that need phosphating, either someone in the UK stocks Manganese Phosphate or I will have to brush up on my Chemistry and cooking skills and make it myself from Manganese dioxide and phosphoric...

looks good, what's the price of both options ?

ok fair points. I have found the brazing on my rear panel seams but no evidence of any other bondo repairs, though I am no expert. Could have been small repairs to fill holes i guess.

I like what you're doing with replating as a base rust-protecting layer to paint over, that's somethring i may consider doing for certain parts in the future. I also want to learn about phosphating for the parts that have the phosphate look.....

There are some old posts on this, do a search. I think most folks favour chrome vinyl tape to touch up chrome bits. In the factory the whole panel was sprayed chrome and then the inner bits sprayed black, so you would need to replicate this if you want to go original. I know there are repro...

I've been working on restoring my fold down seat this past week in the evenings when I'm not in the garage.... using metal polish (autosol) and fingernails to remove ingrained rust on my chrome bit as well as stripping the panels of paint and glue, removing and recolouring carpet (sunfade) and...

I couldnt find the stamping but here's a pic of the brazing around the panel joins. So IMO these were done at the factory.... Unless proved otherwise.