LT89 Project starts........about time too

If not, cutty cut cut.

Yeah, I know, design trauma.

Edit: The bender worked on half a bend, though the radii were a bit big. The bench, to which the vice is fixed too did not survive. Back to the think-tank.

Not much chance over the winter due to being outside, so after realising that the more I removed the more I would need to remove, I bit the proverbial bullet and ordered a bunch of bits from Brickwerks. It is remarkable what is still available from VW. Nothing you really need, just big bits no-one else has wanted.

The short version is that I am renewing everything below the floorline from rear wheel to rear wheel, and 50mm above the floorline, body ribs included.

I needed to modify one of the panels, from the internal rear corner of the chassis to the wheelarch. The only one available was the OS with a dint for the fuel filler, so a bit of cutting and bending in the opposite direction gave me the NS panel. 

The whole of the rear member was done earlier in the year, but I had not realised that the fixing holes in it were for a single rear door closure. I cannot see how I could have spotted this before ordering, but it is in now and I will need to cut a piece out in order to recify the situation.

Areks' panels will be covering everything up. I have had these for over a year, but the quality difference is obvious against the OEM VW parts. I know AndyVan has mentioned that they need a bit of 'fettling, just like any others' so it just means more practise with the grinder. It does make it difficult to visualise what you need to cut away when they are not trimmed.

No camera, no pictures.

Tomorrow looks like it will be nice until 5pm, so I will get some more done.

The back chassis cross member is all in and the other side under the floor is just as bad, or it would be if there was anything there. 

The bit which appears to be floating in mid-air is the outer bumper bracket mount. Absolutely sod all use that then.

I am saving the fuel filler shroud so I can move the fuel filler hose up from below the floor. It gives all sorts of difficulties filling at some stations.

I will probably get some more done soon, just not Friday.....a bit wet allegedly.