I had said i wasn't going to update this till i got an inner fender in. So, here we go.
Since my last post I have completely disassembled my brakes at all 4 corners and rebuilt them. What a task this was... I had zero trouble doing the rear brakes. One of my front calipers had a stuck piston though. The amount of pressure and work i put into removing it was astounding. BUT, i got it out. I cleaned the calipers very well, coated them, and put them back together. Brakes are ready to go on the car.
inner fender waiting to be installed. Both sides came from Mr. Fiat. It came to me with a white coating of some form.... I sanded that down a bit and hit it with primer. Before installing i coated the whole thing with truck bed coating.
rear inner rockers, and one new outer rocker came from wolf body panels. I'm happy with what I got, but I had to cut up about 50% of the rear panels to fit them to the car while the rear quarter panel was also installed. If i had it to do over again, I'd save the money and make these panels myself. The rocker, however, is great.
rear panel and the new rocker... with an old rocker laying in it to show the fit. they are VERY similar and it will be easy to work with.
The inner rocker on the passenger side is a real issue on my car.
Replacement from wolf was only $45.
drivers side rear panel and rear inner fender mostly installed. Still some work to do on them. I filled the whole inner fender margin with seam sealer, pressed and clamped the inner fender in place, then spot welded it to hold it in while the seam sealer hardened. I'll go back in and finish weld parts of it, and seal off the rest.
btw, fresh quality seam sealer burns Great. just an fyi for future reference...
This will give you an idea of where the inner fenders attach on the inside. The new ones eliminate the body seam that appeared to be a major corrosion source
Also finally got some doors!
I rebuilt the other door card also, so now they are ready to go in the car when its done.
Oh, and remember my door issue? They just brazed the skin on and filled it with primer that cracked and made it look terrible
I cleaned all that crap out, spot and stitch welded the whole thing into one single unit.
then rubbed seam sealer into it (with the surface will be brushed clean later) to seal any small openings i missed
I then backcoated the whole inside of this with a good anti-rust primer, then truck bed coating. Should be good to go now, but I will also be hitting it with Eastwood internal frame coat once the car is totally together.
