Since the last post I have successfully blasted all the rust of the underside of the rear of the body. Everything behind the rear suspension basically.....well I still have some to do at the LHS wheelarch but its all done and the cleaned areas have had a brushed coat of Eastwood's Rust Encapsulating paint. This looks like a basic Red Oxide primer (I'm only saying that because it is red) but it is advertised as being suitable for use over rust that can't be removed so I reckon it should be even better over rust that has been removed. I hope so anyway. As you can see from the pics there are large areas of the original underseal intact so I may just leave those areas as they are but it would also be relatively easy to scrape it all off to put new stuff on. I don't know exactly how one could replicate the stippled effect. I wonder how it was applied at the factory? The large expanse of red painted metal - which is the rear of the spare wheel well -didn't have any underseal on it but has survived remarkably well hidden behind the valance with its thin coat of black paint!
spare wheel well in surprisingly sound condition but will need some repairs before new valance can be attached to it
LHS exhaust tunnel will need repair to vertical face
this area has so many joins. would be nightmare to repair properly if badly corroded
RHS exhaust tunnel slightly less corroded than LHS
3 panels join here. square bracket is spot welded to rear valance which is spot welded to inner valance. not decided yet how to tackle this area
this is inside RHS wheelarch at rear. fuel tank sender opening taped up to keep sandblasting grit out
upper area of RHS wheelarch. both inner and outer repair sections have been purchased
repair needed to reinforcing strip to which fuel tank valance fits. rear wing above it still quite
sound
enough of wheelarch lip existing to provide valuable reference points for fitting repair sections
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