Right, finally managed to get a little bit stuck in to taking the panels off today, despite some problems finding tools. Upto now the interior and front arches have been stripped and some lovely 12" steelies donned in place of the ultralights.
Before:
First off it took back the paintwork and *rubbish* with a wire brush so i could clearly see the welds. This took ages because i couldnt find the one i usually use (my dads) thats knotted and you put on an angle grinder, so i had to make do with a rubbish one stuck on the end of a drill. Needless to say it was *rubbish*, but i pressed on.
After taking off the headlight bowls, indicators and ariel, i felt ready to tackle the first wing. I borrowed my dads brand new spot weld drill bit to do this. I mustve been doing something wrong because of all the spot welds along the wing-inner wing, only 2 popped, the then bloody thing broke. So naturally, i thought 'screw this' and got out the angle grinder. Progress from that point on was much quicker and before long i had the wing removed.
I then was about to move on to the other wing until i realised why grinding had been getting so much harder to do.
Ill be getting some more discs and a wire disc tomorrow.
I also realised at this point i was hadnt eaten all day and was sodding hungry, so i packed up. But i decided to have a closer look at the inner wing; couple of pokes around and i find this little surprise...and this is the good wing.
So thats all for today, not much unfortunately. More to follow most likely saturday.
