johnny7
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hey up
i made a bit of a start on mine today (weather was nice)
when i removed the back bumper, i was pleasantly surprised at how solid it was..
but the rear wing bottom was shot!
here i've cut away most of the crud with an angle grinder and cutting discs..
the boot floor to rear wing panel put in place (not yet welded in..)
getting the too short wing to fit!, it was around 1/4" short, i had to straighten out the lip at the back (bends round the base for the rear light cluster) then tap it around the edge when the front lip was in place at the pillar..
note, this wing appears to be for the earlier chrome bumpered midgets, i'll have to cut the rear off an make a new lip..
it ended up fitting quiet nicely but it was getting too dark to get the set out and start welding, oh well there's no rush
i can't make up my mind whether to loose fit the wing and mark across the top edge, cut at the line then butt weld it in or whether to get one of those tools that puts a step on fr an overlap joint
john
i made a bit of a start on mine today (weather was nice)
when i removed the back bumper, i was pleasantly surprised at how solid it was..
but the rear wing bottom was shot!
here i've cut away most of the crud with an angle grinder and cutting discs..
the boot floor to rear wing panel put in place (not yet welded in..)
getting the too short wing to fit!, it was around 1/4" short, i had to straighten out the lip at the back (bends round the base for the rear light cluster) then tap it around the edge when the front lip was in place at the pillar..
note, this wing appears to be for the earlier chrome bumpered midgets, i'll have to cut the rear off an make a new lip..
it ended up fitting quiet nicely but it was getting too dark to get the set out and start welding, oh well there's no rush
i can't make up my mind whether to loose fit the wing and mark across the top edge, cut at the line then butt weld it in or whether to get one of those tools that puts a step on fr an overlap joint
john