Been a Fair while, The Escort Bmw Hybrid got in the way for a while there, but a few days ago I decided to unbury the old girl and make a new start.

Bmw e36 compact sunroof going in here, what I might do is weld the Granny panel to the Bmw panel, that way I can still fit a vinyl, and the granny seal will still work.
 

started making me up some powered by ford rocker covers, need to make it again to make a better base plate

bonnet has a couple flat spots on the corners due to poor storage on my part over the years.

Spotted up

Ground Back

Back to bare metal all over, quite a few dings and dangs

And a Coat of Harpic and Pepsi Max to make sure all the rust is neutralised

Well took me the best part of a weeks worth of evenings, but I finally got the bonnet smooth.

I've never really been happy with the flanks, as the panels bowed in at the ends, so there is a dip between the quarter and the door, and again at the front of the door to the wing....so with gritted teeth I decided to address the situation

Straight edge across the situation

Because the door dipped in at the edge, I hammered the edge out, so that the straight edge touched the panel either end, and the door edge touched in the middle.

So now the quarter was too far back from where the panel dipped in,

So I cut along the edge to allow it to come out to meet the door.

Bringing the panel into line

AND THE STORY TAKES A NEW TURN


 

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