Andrews Mancona hatch
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How it looked when it arrived
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Stripped and up onto spit
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Thats
better for access
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So
much easier to get at
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Blow torch out and underseal coming
off
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Floor down to bare metal
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Bilt hambers best onto the bare steel
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Chassis leg inner rebuilt
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Inner leg cut out
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New box section fabricated and welded
in
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Swan neck going in
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Fabricating
a new jacking point
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NS chassis rail coming
out
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New rear rail and jacking
point in
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Inner NS rail in and
treated
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NS swan neck on
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OS floorpan finished
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NS
floorpan finished
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The
decision was made to return the boot floor to original
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So out
comes the 9" grinder and a first rough cut
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The removed chassis rails are replaced
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Lower back panel chopped and redone,
then everything treated
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Replacement floor in and treated
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Chassis rails look like they were
never removed
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Fuel filler area was rusted out.
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Cut back the rot and made some room
for access
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Looking better now with some treatment
on
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How it looks from behind
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Couple more bits to clean then a layer
of paint, seam sealer, and stonechip next
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Rest
of floor cleaned down, painted, seam sealed and stonechiped
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Rotten section of Ns outer A pillar
removed and inner treated
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Replacement piece trimmed down and
ready to go on
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Welded and all
ground down
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Treated
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Engine bay rubbed down and etch primed
(the pink is the heat lamp on)
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Painted satin black
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