Welding complete - I just need to dress the welds and prep for paint now. The photo's not so good but you get the idea.

My wife's a star and arranged for the in-laws to come around this afternoon to buy me some garage time. I didn't waste a second. Used the cardbaord template made yesterday to outline the repair piece and then cut it from Zintec. Started marking up for spot weld drillings and sections to form. Drilled first... Continue Reading →

As predicted more chopping out was needed, making the hole bigger! This is going to make me think carefully when I have to fabricate a repair section: The boot floor on this side is in A1 condition. I chopped a couple of sections from the seam that had started to pit and started the repairs... Continue Reading →

With the passenger side repairs under two coats of POR15 it was time to crack on with the drivers side which I knew was worse. I'll let the pictures do the talking: Needs some tidying up and I need to take a closer look at a few bits to work out if a little more... Continue Reading →

Cut about 5cm width out of the boot floor and welded in a new piece yesterday and finished welding repair sections in tonight. Just need to dress the welds and get it under some paint now. Boot floor from yesterday Wheel arch side plate Seam welded it from the boot side too for a little... Continue Reading →

After a summer of (occasional) use the Rallye was SORNed in autumn and has been hiding out in the garage. As I'm selling this one on this year, it was time to do a few little jobs before putting it in for a new MOT and getting it on the market. First job to sort... Continue Reading →