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When the body finally was back in the garage after 15 years in storage in had to continue rustrepairing that....

Also thought that the original firewall was salvageable...
This as it was when I saved the molested split body back in 1996...



But had to fabricate a repairpanel from scratch as it was cut too short by previous owner...

As my skills have evolved I could not live with my old rustrepairs on the rear luggage shelf front corners so I ended up cutting out the old and fabricate new patches..





These were a bit if a challenge to weld in as I had already welded the Hebmuller rearseat frame to the body...

At this point I'm fabricating the firewall supports and other details in and around the enginebay.









This was the short version of what have happened the past year. Now I'm busy with some other stuff for a week so no progress until February for now...

"As my skills have evolved I could not live with my old rustrepairs"
was as much fun to read as it is to see the impressive fab work.

Wow! That is quite the update! The car is looking great! The little details are definitely going to set this one apart. Keep up the great work!

Amazing skill..

Was going to weld some today. Almost finished welding the 20y old tackwelded seams over the cowl. But ran out of welding gas before I could finish the cowl....





Just a few inches more....



Oh well... Starts to look so much better when the seams starts to vanish!

Looks so cool!

Love your resiliance (spelling?), the development of skill and like how its looking already!
But why is it outside? Cleaning garage?

Simple. I don't own a big shop to work in.
Just a small garage where I make all the parts and preparations. Then roll the body out when I need to weld the parts. I don't want to do the welding inside.

Yesterday I started fixing my old hackjob to delete/hide the square support tube with more hebmuller like box support. First welded in the backplate so i could cut the top of the square tube and angle it down so it fits inside the boxes.





Now I all I need to do is to adjust the panels before welding!



Also got the last welds finished on the top of the cowl





Also spent a few evenings to adjust the shapes of the top boxes for perfect fitment. Now they are done so I primed the insides ready for welding.

Major progress now closer to factory look when I got these assembled and fully welded!

Hebster wrote: ↑Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:43 am Major progress now closer to factory look when I got these assembled and fully welded!

I love the detail here! Especially considering that a large amount of that work will be hidden behind upholstery later. Thanks for the updates!

The past weeks I've been working on mounts for hoodhinges.



After tacking the mounts I needed to check the fitment to hinges and body.
Looks like the lots of measuring and eyeballing have paid out!