Rusty bits

I have already started on the tub for my Zetec powered Spitfire. The bulkhead is sorted, and now it is on to the more conventional areas. Please note, when I bought this car it had a fresh MoT. I drove it home and it has been under a car port since, so it hasn't got any worse. All I have done is attacked it with an angle grinder fitted with a wire brush (excellent, but full face protection and a few layers of clothing essential, the wires REALLY fly when they break off) And sprayed the bare metal with Frosts metal ready. Hopefully it was worth buying, time will tell.

 

Drivers side seatbelt mount!

 Drivers side heelboard. The repairs were done by a Triumph specialist (apparently)

 

  

And finally the repairs started on the passenger side heelboard. It has had a quick cote of Upol aerosol etch primer, to help keep the rust off the new welds.

Probably not quite as original, but all boxed in and strong. I may well but the radius arm brackets out, and use it in the rotoflex position. I am too tight to spend £100+ on a pair of these, seems rather a lot for a couple of brackets!

I have also cut away the flange at the bottom of the inner wheel arch. This one was held together with braze, and was not very clever. I hope the removal will eradicate one of the many mud traps on the car. The area needs to be ground back, that'll happen once the wheel arch is cleaned off and I discover the next batch of welding