It's looking good. So nice to be reassembling.

No, it's a sort of white semi gloss. Possibly a UN vehicle?

Not much happening of late. I need to top up Noels piggy bank. I did get round to giving the new bulkhead a t wash and etch prime today, so there has been some progress. I must get on with prepping the bodywork, as 1) its all in bits and 2) it should be relatively cheap. However, there is a...

Afternoon everyone. Hope you are all well and enjoying your oil leaking money pits just as much as I am. Im just about at the point of a rope around ones neck regarding paint removal on Noel, my 1975 S3. Unfortunately, at some point it looks like he was enlisted into the forces and has...

Looks really good. You feel you are actually getting somewhere once things are being bolted back on!

Brilliant, really enjoying this thread.

Fine for an experienced professional fabricator to repair, then galvanise. For me, I'll order a new one! By the time I buy a welder and perfect using it, I could have bought a new one:)

I wish. Still got to order the new bulkhead!

Whoop whoop. New chassis painted and fitted. Started at 6 this morning and finished at 3,30 this afternoon.

Sounds suspiciously like the module in the roof is on its way out.

I now have a hatred of suspension bushes and I have broken my vice trying to press them out. This week will involve overhauling the rear springs and associated components. Saturday is the big day. Lift the engine and gearbox and swap on to the nice new galvanised chassis:)

Morning crew. I work up in a cold sweat pondering what have I done. Will putting on a like for like new chassis mean I loose tax exempt status? Then I thought, what about the other things I wish to do? Power steering? Led lights? Disc brakes? Will this affect the tax exempt status? The engine...

That's what I said about my d2 and regretted it ever since.

Bloody brilliant. For the effort, a complete chassis makes more sense.

Evening all. Just trying to get together the final bits before next weekends chassis swap. I have overlooked the rubber engine and gearbox mounts. First off, cheap copies or expensive original version? I only want to be doing it once! Second, I'm finding there are different types. Eg front and...

I lost my old D2 "Jerry" to terminal chassis rot. Back then I was skint and didnt have the confidence to do a chassis swap. What a fool I was.

New complete chassis. I regret letting mine go and not just fitting a new chassis.

I'll stick it up for sale then. I'm no fabricator and the thought of un galvanised steel on the sea front does not appeal to me. Especially on something like a bulkhead.

Great write up so far. Really enjoying reading it. Humm chassis rot on a D2, who would have thought it! I don't think that there is a decent temporary fix to the sun roof. Better off striping them out and overhauling them.

Good luck. 1st job is to thoroughly check the chassis for rot. 2nd is to order a new chassis because of the rot!