Rear Wing - Offside - Part 3

Well, it has been a little while since my last post but I have been pretty busy. Last time we were here I had cut out the rear wing front lower area, so now the new repair panel has been welded in place. The fit was excellent. If you replace one of these panels, don't forget to weld it to the outer sill inside the box section. The welds were ground down and the area sprayed in zinc rich primer.

 

The far left/lower area of the inner wheel arch was very rotten, so this too was cut out. Unfortunately this is not available as a stand-alone repair panel, so I had to cut up my lovely new inner wing repair section (sob!) just to get this part. Once again the Portamig did a fine job.

 

 

Next job was to weld up the rotten area at the rear lower of the wing, using a panel I made myself. It went in pretty well.

 

Once the new outer arch lip repair panel was trimmed to fit (with a swage joggled into it for an overlap at the point of welding) I carefully tacked it in place, then seam welded it all the way round. Afterwards a thin skim of filler was added, and rubbed down. I don't have it quite right yet as there are still many high & low areas.