Hours spent on the Datsfun today.
The rear floor was looking a bit tired so I knew underneath the layers would be worse, I was right.
Chopped out the floor layer and the front of the rear seat area to get to the reinforcing panel.
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That was then removed to get to the rear chassis leg end. After I cleaned it up I had to replace the end of it.
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The reinforcing plate was put back and the front of the rear seat area followed.
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Then the floor was laid, the corner of this area was guess work as there is nothing original to work on :/.
I can now replace the last piece of inner sill and rebuild the front of the inner arch ready for the outer sill.
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From underneath shows the plug weld penetration.
Crickey that looks well bad ! The rear floor section around the base of the rear seat is a weak point on this model. On competition cars, I understand that they were seam welded and braced to avoid them parting ! Thus far you have been on the passenger side, is the drivers side equally as bad ! Hope not
ReplyDeleteHaven't got there yet but I wouldn't be surprised.
ReplyDeleteDo you want me to run a seam round it while it is clean?
might not be such a bad idea to seam it, given they are a weak spot ( in competition use)
ReplyDeletehave you seen this?
http://www.retropower.co.uk/projects_datsun_violet.htm
lots of pics of the shell........