Next on my list of things to do was look at the door alignment as the bottom was not right.  I took the door off and reshaped the holes that the hinge mount to and took a slight amount off the edge of the hinge to allow much greater movement.  I refitted the door and wing and the fit was much better.

I am happy with the fit at the front but the rear of the door protruded slightly so I tried to give the door a little bit of a twist to see if there is any movement only to find that the A post and surrounding area flexed massively.  I realised that I needed to completely weld the area; so far I have only tack welded the inner body in case I needed to undo it.  After a few moments I got the mig out and welded the whole area.  I feel a little reckless now.  So now I need to refit the wing and door then turn my attention to the rear wing and B post which will be exciting.

So, back in and determined to make the most of the New Year buzz.  I started looking at the wing in more detail and became convinced that the new repair section that I added had a larger return than the original wing so I cut off 1cm and welded it back together.

This photo shows the underside of the wing with the holes I added earlier to allow for drainage when the car eventually runs.

Today I got the wing back on to  see if I had taken enough off the return before I fully welded it up.

I'm feeling a little happier with things as the swage line meets reasonably well and the shape of the top of the wing, door and rear wing looks surprisingly well.

This is the door to the rear wing swage area, looking promising.

However, the front wing is still sitting proud of the door so I starting looking into that in more detail.

With the door open and from under the wing I can see that there is a little room to get the wing in further.

However, when I fit the sil section I see that the door is set too far in at the bottom so I think I need to work on that next.  Not sure where I'm going to get the adjustment from but I'm sure it'll come.

Happy New Year.

I have been in the garage a few times and had fun but just never got round to updating the post.

The first time in early December I fitted the wing repair having spent some time getting it lined up.  I'm happy with the profile of the wing now even though it is sporting a fair sized hollow as I think it will be perfectly feasible to sort that out when I get onto bodywork.  Incidentally I did get a lead kit for Christmas along with some Snap-On mole grips, yippee.  However, the rear edge isn't quite right so that needs some work before I'm done.  However, the wing is flexible and how I mount it plays a large part in how much the rear edge needs to be reshaped, oh such fun.

I then got into the garage again mid-December and moved the A post one more time.  I'm happy with it now, phew

Next time I was in the garage was over the Christmas holidays, do I love the holidays.  I was actually unloading the bikes and stuff to start work when it started raining and boy did it rain.  This was followed by a shower in the garage.  Before I knew it the roof was leaking here, there and everywhere.  So a quick trip to Wickes for four rolls of roofing felt and I was on the garage rather than in to for the next two days.  All sorted now, thankfully.

The car under wraps to avoid the water.

The puddle that formed during the rainy season.