Bodywork prep Ongoing.

Throughout February and March, the rubbing down and filling and continued fibreglass working has been carried out to prepare for the priming stage of the rebuild, there has been a lot of setup of the doors so that the shut lines are kept as close as possible, the passenger side hasn't been too bad, the drivers side was more complex to resolve where the roofline was ever so slightly higher, even though the actual frames were used to calculate the height for the roof to be bonded in to the main body tub way back in 2016/17.

The Bonnet in the shots has been put on with an exacting temporary plastic tube mounting so that the shut lines can be appropriately calibrated for when the car is primed. 

Below are some of the remaining Fibreglass preparation photos. 

This view shows the leading edge of the body tub, the edges used to be badly chipped and generally untidy, these have now been recrafted in fresh glass fibre and profiled. 

After the initial positioning of the doors and their window frames, the original Ally guttering strips which attach to the aperture just above the window frames, were taken over to the car and attached so that a further adjustment could be done to allow a reasonable amount of clearance between the frames and the strips themselves, these strips are quite rare as apparently the original type of material doesn't get made now however, that didn't stop me looking for some more! and I soon enough found two suppliers who hold stock of the type required and at varying different sizes. At this points the bodywork is starting to look very much improved in texture and is very smooth to the touch a testament to a lot of work that Ross at BARC has done. 

I'm starting to look into all the metal work that has to be drawn up to fit when I get the car back. stainless steel side skirts, Pedal boxes, battery tray coverings lots to fit back on, together with existing metalwork that needs to be repaired and re-plated.