Well Christmas is past but the holiday period is not, a lovely time of year for a teacher.  I am a little disturbed by my lack of access to the garage during the last term, not a single visit, must try harder, must try harder, must....... you get the gist.  I was lucky enough to get some Di2 components for my bike from Santa so I need to fit some time in for the bikes as well, think I need to be more disciplined.

Anyway, yesterday I had an uninterrupted day in the garage and having cleared the bikes out and moved the car over to one side I spent a few minutes deciding what was next to do.

I decided to finish the wing off properly and then work backwards.  By finish the wing off I meant get it ready for final filling / lead loading.  There are some issues which I tried to capture in the photos.

The lower rear edge is shocking (as is the door gap at this point)
The wheel arch has two shocking repairs
The wing in badly bowed in the central area above and below the aperture for the flash trim

I decided to start with the lower rear edge and cut off a section of steel from an un wanted sill, cleaned it up and folded it into shape but lost my nerve before cutting the original off.

Then I turned my attention to the bowed area which is not that visible in the photos but stands out like a sore thumb to me when I look down the line.  I decided that to reduce the bow I should cut into the wing and weld it up again.  Simple plan.

Sure enough, it got rid of the bow, well, more precisely it changed it from bowing outwards to bowing inwards (convex to concave?) which feels better but certainly not finished, umm.

Having cut and welded below the aperture it made the bow above it more pronounced so I cut in to the top section as well.  So now that area is bowed in as well.  When I look down the line of the car it is better than it was but it is not right.   Also, it makes the area around the wheel arch look really bowed out now.  So basically I have just shifted the problem, such is life.

I'm about to walk the dog, have breakfast and then get back in to the garage for the next stint. Looking forward to it already.