The other side has seen some grinder action too.
Viewed: 3939 times.
|
Another culprit and often overlooked area - bottom of the A-post.
Viewed: 3858 times.
|
The fuel tank has been dropped and the floor cleaned up...
Viewed: 5497 times.
|
...with the boot floor section left to sort out.
Viewed: 4824 times.
|
Meanwhile, I decided to take a look at my very low mileage XU9J4Z 405 Mi16 engine I bought back in 2007...
Viewed: 5235 times.
|
...that has been removed out of an 405 Mi16x4, crashed 10 years earlier, in 1997, with only 35 thousand kilometers on the clock!
Viewed: 4142 times.
|
Back at the panel beater's, the car has had most of the major body work done.
Viewed: 3699 times.
|
Facial reconstruction surgery complete. The red arrows are there to sway your attention towards removable lower section, for ease of maneuvering the engine in at a later date.
Viewed: 3710 times.
|
The Automatic bonnet has seen better days, but I'm very happy to see it on the car none-the-less!
Viewed: 4195 times.
|
Some crude work has been done on the exterior too.
Viewed: 3553 times.
|
The doors are rather rippled, but it will all be sorted out, when the time comes.
Viewed: 3584 times.
|
The hole in the floor patched, along with a few more in the front arches.
Viewed: 3551 times.
|
The car stayed at the bodyshop for some finishing touches while I was on a tour around Bosnia - filling the car up with various 205 parts, including another (and hopefully better) Auto bonnet!
Viewed: 3544 times.
|
Also, I dug these wheels out, that I had purchased a while ago...
Viewed: 3779 times.
|
...with an intention of making a transportation device for a bare 205 shell, heavy parts such as engines and apparently cyclists too :-).
Viewed: 3705 times.
|
On the last day of 2013, I got the car back, fully rust-free and ready to go to the painters. I've even had to rent out yet another garage, as the old one got filled with all sorts of parts in the mean time!
Viewed: 3867 times.
|
5
