Day 31 - Monday 21^st January 2008

      De-rusted engine bay

      Began repairing nearside wheel arch

      Cut off nearside sill top and cleaned out

      Began repairing near side inner sill brace

Day 32 - Tuesday 22^nd January 2008

      Painted engine bay with undercoat

      Treated nearside inner wheel arch with phosphoric acid

      Painted offside front panel with Hammerite

      Started welding nearside inner wheel arch

      Fitted nearside top shock absorber bracket

Day 33 - Saturday 26^th January 2008

      Continued to weld inner wheel arch on near side

      Finished welding near side inner sill brace

Day 34 - Sunday 27^th January 2008

      Repaired front end of nearside sill (welded new metal)

      Finished welding nearside inner wheel arch

      Repaired nearside top scuttle panel by welding new metal in

      Trial fitted nearside front wing – slight adjustment needed

Day 35 - Tuesday 29^th January 2008

      Finished welding nearside inner wheel arch

      Fitted nearside A panels

      Cut new nearside sill top to fit in 2 new parts

      Trial fitted nearside front wing – slight adjustment needed

Day 36 - Thursday 31^st January 2008

      Welded nearside top sill panel

      Welded new metal into base of radiator cowl

      Painted nearside inner wing arch and engine bay with primer

Day 37 - Friday 1^st February 2008

      Repaired top of nearside front panel

      Welded 2^nd half of nearside top sill

      Reinforced engine steady bracket with fillets

Day 38 - Sunday 3^rd February 2008

      Painted inner wheel arches and engine bay in primer

      Repaired metal around gear lever hole

Day 39 - Monday 4^th February 2008

      Repaired front edge of door frame on drivers side

      Joined offside floor edge at front to inner wheel arch and painted with primer

Day 40 - Tuesday 5^th February 2008

      Fitted both front wings and started to weld into place

Day 41 - Wednesday 6^th February 2008

      Finished welding nearside front wing

Day 42 - Friday 8^th February 2008

      Started to cut away back panel under boot

      Removed supports for boot floor to expose corrosion

Day 43 - Saturday 16^th February 2008

      Supported car under the rear wheel arch so the rear body jig could be removed

      Cut off rest of back panel

Day 44 – Monday 18^th February 2008

      Blended off-side ‘A’ panel into sill step

      Cut out corroded metal from offside of boot bottom

      Blended in rear side panel into off-side sill panel

Day 45 – Tuesday 19^th February 2008

      Repaired off-side rear body panel at bottom

      Rebuilt corroded metal under off-side rear bumper

      Began repairing boot floor

o       WELDER BROKE DOWN

Friday 22^nd February 2008

      Collected welders from repairers – dry joints in printed circuit board

Day 46 – Sunday 24^th February 2008

      Continued repairing boot floor (cut out corroded metal and welded in new)

Day 47 – Monday 25^th February 2008

      Welded rear end of off-side wheel arch

      Started repairing near-side boot floor (cut out corroded metal and welded in new)

Day 48 – Tuesday 26^th February 2008

      Finished welding near-side boot floor and wheel arch

      Wire brushed complete rear-end prior to fitting new rear panel

      New rear panel adjusted to fit body

      Fitted off-side end to rear panel and welded to wheel arch

Day 49 – Friday 29^th February 2008

      Fitted near-side end to rear panel and welded to wheel arch

      Drilled holes in rear-end of body to spot weld rear panel onto it

      Refitted rear jig in preparation for tilting the car 90˚ to de-rust and paint underside of car

Day 50 – Sunday 2nd March 2008

      Tilted car 90˚ on jig to start working on the underside on Monday

Day 51 – Monday 3^rd March 2008

      Wire brushed nearside sill and floor area

      Treated with phosphoric acid

      Cut out corroded metal in rear nearside quarter panel

      Spot welded new metal to bottom and rear of nearside quarter panel

      Primed treated areas with hammerite

Day 52 – Tuesday 4^th march 2008

      Wire brushed nearside rear wheel arch

      Repaired rear shock absorber mounting

      Finished welding repair patches to nearside of boot floor

      Treated wheel arch with phosphoric acid

      Sprayed wheel arch with primer

Day 53 – Thursday 6^th March 2008

      Tilted car opposite way (offside up)

      Repaired shock absorber mounting

      Wire brushed floor and sill

      Cut out and repaired corroded metal

Day 54 – Monday 10^th March 2008

      Welded nearside front wind to front panel

      Wire brushed, de rusted and primed off-side rear wheel arch

      First coat of primer put on under floor area

Day 55 – Tuesday 11^th March 2008

      Repaired battery carrier, and offside rear seat panel

      Wire brushed and acid treated panel area under rear bumper

      Wire brushed and vacuumed out boot floor prior to acid treatment

      Acid treated boot floor

Day 56 – Thursday 13^th March 2008

      Wire brushed offside sill and under floor area

      Acid treated and repaired pin holes and sprayed with primer

Day 57 – Friday 14^th March 2008

      Sealed all welds on offside with seam sealer

      Repaired edge of front panel and joined to off-side of front wing

Day 58 – Monday 24^th March 2008

      Sprayed underside of car in red primer

      Seam sealed nearside

      Applied red primer to areas not previously sprayed

Day 59 – Tuesday 25^th March 2008

      Applied filler to repaired areas

      Sprayed underside with ‘stone-chip’

Day 60 – Thursday 27^th March 2008

      Painted boot floor with ‘chassis black

      Sprayed ‘chassis black’ on inside of the front wings and front panel

Day 61 – Wednesday 2^nd April 2008

      Applied second coat of ‘stone-chip’ to underside of car

      Started to reassemble rear subframe

Day 62 – Friday 4^th April 2008

      Pressed in new bushes to both radius arms

      Reamed plain bush in each arm to fit mounting spindle.

Day 63 – Monday 7^th April 2008

      Cleaned and painted rear suspension units and fitted to the rear sub-frame

      Fitted sub-frame Assembly to the car after treating sub-frame with “Di-nitrol”

      Fitted flexible brake hoses and rear shock absorber to nearside

Day 64 – Tuesday 8^th April 2008

      Fitted offside rear shock absorber and restored back plates

      Fitted hydraulic cylinders to back plates and brake shoes to the offside

      Sprayed steering rack in primer

Day 65 – Wednesday 9^th April 2008

      Made up and fitted copper brake pipe to rear brakes

Day 66 – Thursday 10^th April 2008

      Fitted steering rack

      Took gearbox to home workshop to dismantle

      Starting painting engine block

Day 67 – Friday 11^th April 2008

      Started to dismantle gearbox

      Took of differential unit and outer main shaft bearing

Thursday 17^th April 2008

      Collected riley elf cylinder head from being resurfaced (restored hornet cylinder head fitted to my Mum’s 69 Elf as this was distorted from overheating)

Day 68 – Friday 18^th April 2008

      Still working in home workshop

      Ground in valves

      Refitted Elf cylinder head to Hornet engine

      Finished painting engine block and cylinder head in white primer / orange undercoat / BMC engine green overcoat

 Day 69 – Saturday 19^th April 2008

      Finished stripping gearbox (centre main shaft bearing in very poor state)

      Pressure cleaned gearbox housing and bell housing

      Masked off gearbox housing and bell housing and painted

      Mounted rear brake drum in Lathe ready for skimming