Started doing some of the welding under the car, and the lights being all on the roof leaves a very big shadow under the car. No time like now to fit the lights back onto the hoist legs, so that I can see.

With those mounted, I finished off some of the welding under the car at the rear.

I am happy with how the rear is progressing, still needs some finish welding but it’s all lined up and I’m happy with it. So it was time to tackle the lower A-pillar area that also took a hit, as it needs to be pulled back out. First order of business was to find my chassis jig that I made back in 2016 and fish it out of the bush where it’s been laying since we moved.

I re-assembled the jig, but all the threaded holes were full of sand and rust and cleaning up the threads was only partially sucessful, so with a few bolts in place I just added some welds to back up the missing bolts.

After a few hours of pulling, hammering and measuring it was time to put a door on to see how things are lining up. It needed a little more pulling at the top of the door hinge area for the door to line up.

Next up is to fit a standard front guard to check its alignment, but I need to go and find it in the bush once its light outside. If this fits well, and if the windscreen fits, then it will be onto fitting the new outer skin back into place.

Spent the last hour of the day with the grinder cleaning up the areas where the outer skins will be re-atttached.

Got a few hours in today, have the rear panel trimmed up and tacked into place.

Fitted a stock boot and bumper to make sure things are all still lined up as it should be.

The gaps around the boot look good, it fits squarely and is even with the rear window.

With the boot in place it lines up properly with the rear bumper.

Rear bumper fits nice and square to the rear panel, so things are lining up very nicely.

Next step is a few hours of welding to lock it all into place, then I can start roughing in the bodywork.