Outlaw Anglia - took it racing & lifted the wheels!

Posting to add i like the progress, but not clicking on the like button for the last post as no one likes to find that

Is the gutter going to require chopping out and replacing as a lump or stitching strips back together in situ?

Thanks for sharing

Thanks all.

Cleaned it up as best I could on the inside, but access is pretty restricted If it was not for the grey rubber 5hit sprayed all over it it would be basic finger sanding.

Passenger side not quite as bad, but its not too good.



Drivers side cleaned a bit;



as was passenger side;



Passenger side outside;





To console myself I stripped the whole of the passenger side of the car;





That's the whole car stripped now apart from door returns, door inner edges, bootlid gutters & roof gutters.

Then had another look at the roof. I pondered drilling out the spotwelds and removing the gutter, but I've heard that this often destroys the gutters.

Then I though about maybe spotwelding a shaped bit of steel behind it after chopping out the worst of the rust. This still would be really difficult to weld though and there is a lot of lead loading right by it.

I think I'm going to take the easy route and do a modern 'bodge' on it. I think with a lot of cleaning up and very careful removal of the top layers of rotten metal and a intensive dose of Hydrate 80 that using modern epoxy panel bonding adhesive I can bond new steel inside the roof to make it solid again. This avoids the welding and lack of access to grind welds back - not to mention any distortion and the fact that the metal is paper thin.

The gutters themselves are in really good condition, its the bodywork behind them that has rotted so although it's not a perfect solution it should be good enough to last another 20 years if I do it properly.

45.5 hours

Thanks Peter. I think we have one of those at work - I can borrow it

^^ yep, got a box of various ones of those that can fit the angle grinder. They can also fit my polishing mop which I can run slower as 14,000 rpm makes nice missiles from those bristles!!

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Golly indeed Robert.

Been doing research and 3M do a nice structural bonding adhesive that will be total overkill to do the roof repairs. Will need to get some ordered.

I also got a little box of electrical components today for the wiper delay - did not realise it was a self assembly circuit board kit, still - it will be fun to make.

Robert, its the stuff they glue cars together with nowadays rather than welding, so I reckon a couple of little steel strips won't challenge it very much!

Hi thomge, not really no.

De guttered pops (to me, & I expect Phil as well) look awful, it makes the rear of the roof look humpbacked as there is no gutter line to break up the profile. Also the gutters are there for a good reason, the doors are not watertight (well mine are, lol) so de guttering means a very wet inside of the car.

Tonight I'm having a break as the ecxzema on my hands is driving me nuts (caused by cold/over washing & wearing nitrile gloves)and I'm playing electronic lego

The wiper delay kit arrived and it's in self assembly form, so soldering iron is out!