I have started work on the worst area of the car, that is the boot. I decided to run a wire wheel over the boot area. The results found a huge amount of seam sealer and newspaper filler. In the process finding that the boot is from another car and has large gaps filled with seam sealer. So it was no surprised that boot came out fairly quickly. The pictures below show that the outer panels are largely rust free and can be reused.
The picture below show the start of repair panel for this area, the spare wheel well is in the process of being cleaned so that it can be welded into the new panel.
Once this side is welded in place i will repair the other side. Then i can start on the other areas like the wheel well to boot floor repair panel and both lower quarters to the rear panel. the latter have been welded badly and will need to to redone. The next repairs will be the upper boot floor panel, which should be straight forward. Then onto the pig of a job which is the wheel well itself. In the process if doing these repairs i noticed that the rear parcel shelf is rusted out and the outside panel is in the same state. Another pig of a job to do right. I will however cut and flange 6x9 speaker holes in the parcel shelf when the window is out so i have some where to fit speakers without cutting trim panels about.
The repairs should speed up when the spitfire is safely in it's temporary home in Weymouth, at the moment dragging a dead car in and out of the garage is a pain. This will happen next weekend. Also some of the car bits will be put up in the garage loft, i have started this but need to finish. I have some new waterbased underbody stonechip to try out as well, busy then.
The waterleaks that fill up the footwells is not the fault of the sunroof, the water is dripping down the bulkhead from behind the dashboard. at some point i will remove it to find out if it's the windscreen or another spot.
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