Inner rear guard thingys?

Not sure of the correct term for this panel. It sits in between the inner guard and the outer guard to the rear of the front guard. Well whatever it is, it's had better days! This is the repair on the bottom corner.A piece of metal with a couple of snips to help it go around the corners and some random pop rivets.
After cleaning it all up. Below is all I was left with.


Now i need to get out the hammers and make a couple of decent rust repair sections. Will let you know when I've got them made.

Electricals

The sheds cold . . . . Works getting me home later at night. . . . We have a new ignition barrel. . . . Should sort out a few Gremlins!
And yes. . . . That's the beautiful paint job on the bonnet behind the keys!

More fun with the sandblaster

What lurks beneath the paint

I started sanding back the paint along the sharp edge of the guard because it had worn through and started to rust. After digging through the newly found bog I found a pretty serious piece of damage. Fortunately the person who used the 4 cans of bog didn't do much with the damaged sheet metal.
I sanded the bog off around the damage and got stuck into it with the hammers and dollies.
Below is the nearly finished guard. I just have to weld the split up now that the metals in the right place.

Now for something a little more serious

It's now time to get rid of some rust and the groovy paint job. The drivers side guard has a dent on the top edge that needs repairing and the passenger side needs some rust cut out where the electric aerial was fitted. This should keep me busy for a while. Will post pics as I go.

New drivers side glass!

When I got the car the drivers side window was missing. There was a replacement with the car. I went to put the glass in only to find that it wasn't the correct glass for the car. After some searching, I managed to find a new door glass. I was told that the glass is very rare in the VIP's as they didn't have 1/4 vent windows like the other models. Also, as it's an air conditioned car, the glass is tinted green, making it even more rarer.
I went to put the new glass in, this time to find out the reason why the original broke. The winder mechanism had cracked and opened up, allowing the winding cog to separate from the winding arm. As this is spring loaded to help with the winding, it probably flicked the glass and shattered it. The cog also had damaged teeth that wouldn't fit in the winder arm properly.
I found a winding mechanism for a back door, pulled out the winder and swapped it for the VIP one. I then manipulated the housing back into shape and welded the cracks to hold it in place. The threads on the face plate were also found to be stripped. I welded some nuts on the back of the plate to provide adequate fixing when put back in the car.
Now I have the correct glass in the door and it winds up and down straight without tipping forward. This needed a lot of adjustment to get it right.

A little bit of fun!

Valiant VIP

Valiant Pacer

A couple of things from Youtube to get me over my wiring woes!