Been at it again today...The sun was shining so i wanted to get stuck into putting the under guard dust cover/protector/thingys (i've no idea what they're called!)
Then my Brother in law turned up and wanted a hand with his KE25 Corolla, so we had a bit of a JNC day at my place.
Now i had done a little bit of it yesterday, cleaning them up, removing those god-awful staples holding the old rubber on (they were rusted completely !!). wire wheeling the panels, and treating / painting them.
Today i fitted them to the car, and attached the rubber to them (when i wasn't painting grill and head light surrounds for a certain Corolla)
I drilled out the old holes for the staples and use that most awesome invention, ZIP TIES!
I figure it's going to be significantly easier to replace these, and they're plenty strong enough to hold the rubber in place.
The old rubber was about 2 - 2.5mm thick but i went with 3mm as it was most readily available.
I then grabbed what was left of the car and bolted her together! TA DA!!!!
Remember she is a survivor, i'm trying to help her survive (with a little bit of me aka the grill). This is not a complete restoration....yet.
I just want to get her driving and enjoy her. I'll hopefully get her onto Historic Registration in a few days.
The long term plan is to do a complete paint strip, remove rust (internally is all good so it'll be a doors close job) and a complete respray in the factory colour.