Spent the weekend emptying out all the old 200sx bits out of the shed and taking them to the tip. Apparently car parts are "restricted" I successfully argued that it was only 1 cars worth, but I think when i took a whole dashboard out of the boot he may have thought I was taking the piss.
Any way here it is:
Most of the rear end is stripped but I made the mistake of trying to do it bit by bit, the plan now is to strip it all down properly. Put it on a spit and do all the welding in one go.
The rusty areas are the trailing edge of the boot floor, the OSR arch (done), the NSR arch, and some little bits around the front of the sills + whatever the strip-down reveals.
Filler dust everywhere. Some of the filler on the rear of the car was over 10mm thick, god knows my panel beating and welding isn't perfect but I've never welded anything in so far out it needed more than a 2mm skim :/ Not to mention bits of chicken wire, brazing, fibreglass and all sorts over other crap that I dug out from under it.
Yup, 2002 tax disc. Scary.
My Ashley hard top (Yes I know its a different colour to the rest of the car) in a half empty shed, plenty of space now to stack panels.
And that's how it stood by mid day Saturday.
Since then I have stripped off the doors (Which required drilling off I bolt head), removed the bonnet, emptied the coolant, removed the exhaust & carbs, and begun to remove the dash. Pics to follow.
I should be able to spend the evenings cleaning up and repairing the little parts and work on the shell at the weekends.
And with a thread on here, perhaps I'll be too embarrassed to leave it for another 12 years.
