The areas that he pointed out have since been panel beaten to perfection. I like the painter / Arshad conflict as Irfan the painter does not have any sympathy for the panel beater Arshad. he would like to receive the body shell in as near to perfect condition as possible so he has to use the minimum amount of filler to achieve the mirror surface. If the two (painter / denter) are buddies then they look after each other and the quality of finished product suffers.
I may have mentioned that the restoration on this car started a long while ago by the previous owner. The body shell was separated from the pan and the pan was restored. However the pan served as a pond and a romantic getaway for a number of frogs in the rainy season and a whole generation of tadpoles was proof of the interludes in there. However i was more concerned about the effects of water that collected in there and would have gotten in the nooks and crannies. Normally i would attend to the chassis first but in this case I made an exception due to a number of reasons. Anyways, now that the body work is almost done we separated the pan and body so the chassis can be looked at.
The pan is not in too bad a shape with only surface rust and small pin holes where the welding was done. These would be looked at on priority before the front beam and the original split case transmission is removed. The pan is then going to be sanded clean and POR 15 applied before it is painted a glossy black. This would also be the time when the mechanical brakes would be taken apart and restored using new parts. I will be sharing the progress on the brake system overhaul when we start that as the sanding, spraying of POR 15 etc is nothing very exciting to merit dedication of pages on this thread. Another interesting DIY would be the overhauling of the original steering box. Stand-by for exciting times ahead
