Carlton Diamond

[Seadog]

Here you are

 

[Blobber]

Here you are

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Great! When can he start?

 

[Blobber]

Rear wheel arch panels landed, as with most pattern part repair panels they are vaguely the right right shape with a big emphasis on the vague!
Once 50% is trimmed off there may be something to work with!

 

[chris y]

I've put quite a few of those arches in.
The thing to note is that it's obviously one panel where the original was two, a lot of carltons have the overlap in the door shut just blend away with filler which I think looks awful. With your skills replicating the original should be easy enough and very worthwhile.

 

[Blobber]

I've put quite a few of those arches in.
The thing to note is that it's obviously one panel where the original was two, a lot of carltons have the overlap in the door shut just blend away with filler which I think looks awful. With your skills replicating the original should be easy enough and very worthwhile.

Thats always one of the things to look for, open the back door to see if the factory joint is still present it will be when ive finished
Ive been offered a full rear quarter so that may be the preferred route rather than try to make the repair section work

 

[Farside]

but there is not a lot about

Im not having much luck finding the other panels to help with the repairs

Do you think that's down to the various scrappage schemes causing many of these to get ended prematurely?

 

[Blobber]

Do you think that's down to the various scrappage schemes causing many of these to get ended prematurely?

I think its pretty standard for most manufacturers panel wise, the cars are old and worth very little, the supplies dry up as they don't press any more so its only what new old stock is floating around,
Wings, sills and wheel arch repair panels are all generally available aftermarket but anything deeper is always hard work

Scrappage was a crime, I know of many mint low mileage cars of all makes that went

 

[Blobber]

Slow going but a bit more done, this is still part of the rear lower corner made up of the inner sill with strengthener and 2 of the axle fixing brackets so it needs to be good and strong
Wasnt sure if I was going to be able to do much with it as its 3mm but managed to knock the lump and dimple in to it, it vaguely matches the origional so that'll do, happy with that
Im hoping to save the brackets off the old part if they will clen up