Hi all, found this great video series on youtube. The first video is the teardown, second is panel beating and in the third the guy makes his own body panels. They have been a great reference for a newbi like me to see how the car goes together.
I love my mechanics. He's certainly dedicated - some interesting choices though, welding up the front marker lights, non-standard mirrors etc. Also feel he's going to get some down the line surprises by not opening up more of the box sections.
Yeah those bits scare me, as an owner of a California car that looks in similar condition on the outside. He has opened up quite a few though, in those last 2 videos? Where else would you say should be opened?
All depends how thorough you want to get:
The fender ledges aka 'air tubes', especially at the front.
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Bottom of the A-pillars.
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between the fuel filler panel and the body
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Behind reinforcement panels - basically anywhere two bits of metal are sandwiched together!
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I'm just going to pretend that this is only a problem with the UK cars .. la la la
He has 2x YouTube channels, the 2nd channel he goes more in-depth with his processes on manufacturing the pieces of replacement metal.