Been a bit of a busy week, this week on the classics..
On the Suffix A, got all the rot cut out of the front end, the tinworm had got into the bulkhead where the wheelarch meets the footwell...
A and B pillars all welded up, new footwells in, rest of the body mounts removed, along with engine bay wiring, brake pipes, may well remove the bodyshell tomorrow, .. may do the rear cross member before hoisting the body off first though. rather than wresting with corroded bolts around the front wheel arches, i just ran the angle grinder through them, they'll be replaced anyway
The fuel tank was so rotten it had unzipped with rust along the full length by the cross member.. the rear chassis section which was rusted to dead basically fell away when the rear body mounts were removed..
here's how rotten the rear chassis was.. just ran the angle grinder across the top to cut it away..
Pulled the fua tank out of the CSK as well.. how often do you buy a car with a half a tank of fuel.. the only time a range rover has too much fuel in it is when it's on fire... or you need to drain the tank.
The chassis on the CSK was waxoiled previously, so steadily removing all the old waxy coating to refinish the chassis. once the body if off the A, i'll start cutting out the sills and rotten A and Pillars of the CSK. joy !
