Plan was to rebuild the front end over the winter and convert to covered headlights, will be replacing the lower panel, but didn't expect all this filler. Its nearly 20mm thick in places, clearly a front end shunt at some time, hope the neighbors won't mind all the hamering, as I re shape this lot, might actually get to use the TIG set too, which has been in its plastic wrappings since last Christmas,,,,,,,



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looks like a big jobbie - good luck

will be worth it in the end

Drooooooooooooooooooolllllll

I am VERY envous,

my fav car of all time, by far

With that rust I might be looking at new panels, a friend has had to do it twice due to collisions not his fault.

Thanks guys...

The metal isn't too bad, just crumpled under all that filler, its amazing as I tested it with a magnet before buying!!, new panels are so expensive, and poor quality now, I have got a new lower/hinge panel which is pressed using original tooling so should be somewhere near. But the fit on the non OE panels is not very good at all, I did the back wings and boot floor last winter and spent more time re working joints than anything else.....

Still think they are amazing, when I was an apprentice we went ot the factory to see them being built. The bare steel bodies came in from Fisher on the back of open lorries, if it was raining they were covered in rust, they were given what seemed to be a cursory rub down before they went into the paint shop. We couldn't beleive it and we were from Vauxhall in the late 60s! Suprised many of them survived so long.