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[blacktulip]

Hi, What's the best course of action to restore this area?

[Daz1968]

I cut out the section completely, then fabricated repairs to each panel separately, worked out really well for my first attempt.
But on the windscreen surround I just purchased the full panel, wasn’t a lot more than a heritage scuttle for the peace of mind knowing everything had been replaced. It also comes with inner pillar panels.

This stage I had fitted a piece on upper frame, and cut out the rest
1B8018AE-68C9-47D6-BD2E-04BDDDB18499 by darren carr, on Flickr
9E1BB872-9E6D-48FF-9870-1F175191CA20 by darren carr, on Flickr

Then I repaired the roof and gutter
A043A1B4-9F16-4CFE-9EBA-38BE9DCC094B by darren carr, on Flickr

Then fitted new windscreen surround, just took my time and used templates and also blocks to help shape the material
CECBA862-6979-47E9-9B2F-EC2C47D363B1 by darren carr, on Flickr

[minidaves]

or get a roof corner from a scrap car and use what you need i still have some

[Ethel]

You might manage to scrub it up and soak it in rust eater/converter, but if the rust is inside the seam it's liable to resurface.

 

If you make your own patches do it before you cut out the old and you can shape then over the top.

 

Using copper (scrap pipe) to back your welds will help you bridge gaps and be tidier, especially where it'd be hard to get a grinder on 'em.

 

If the roof itself isn't penetrated to the inside, I think I'd cut out the back and side panel rot to expose the roof part of the seam treat that and patch back up - better than adding a join above the gutter to leak and there's less shaping and better opportunity to hide joins below. 

[SamG]

I cut out the section completely, then fabricated repairs to each panel separately, worked out really well for my first attempt.
But on the windscreen surround I just purchased the full panel, wasn’t a lot more than a heritage scuttle for the peace of mind knowing everything had been replaced. It also comes with inner pillar panels.

This stage I had fitted a piece on upper frame, and cut out the rest
1B8018AE-68C9-47D6-BD2E-04BDDDB18499 by darren carr, on Flickr
9E1BB872-9E6D-48FF-9870-1F175191CA20 by darren carr, on Flickr

Then I repaired the roof and gutter
A043A1B4-9F16-4CFE-9EBA-38BE9DCC094B by darren carr, on Flickr

Then fitted new windscreen surround, just took my time and used templates and also blocks to help shape the material
CECBA862-6979-47E9-9B2F-EC2C47D363B1 by darren carr, on Flickr

Fantastic work there! Im having to do the exact same repair on mine this week.

I also need to fit a windscreen surround panel, do you have any more pictures or a build thread detailing the process you used?

Sam

[Daz1968]

Thanks,

 

not sure if much more on my post, but the repairs start on this page

 

http://www.theminifo...-cooper/page-16

 

 

its pretty straightforward if you take your time and make templates if needed, I used a bent piece of 8mm bar shaped to roof corner to shape the corner piece and a block of wood cut to correct radius for the top corner of frame

Edited by Daz1968, 21 August 2018 - 12:11 PM.

[harrythehat]

Nice piece of work

[blacktulip]

Nice work, thanks for the advice.