Ivan's coupe: bodywork is done

[Ivan141]

Another day in the garage passed.. I took up the challenge of the rear inner wheeltubs. What I feared for turned out to be very true: previous welding made working on this neatly damn near impossible.
It was worth doing though since I found tons of rust between the welded sections, and I needed to get the spring perch out anyway to be able to fix the hole in the framerail. Just getting it cleaned up took me a whole day and Im not done yet...

Here's how it began:



Panhard support opened:


The offending springperch:



Tools of the trade:




Peepwhole:


Bathed it in acid:





I'm afraid it's never going back to stock ae86 rear suspension.. too much work to get things back in shape and probably too much cost since I will need the spring perches new (if they are at all available).
Will be on the lookout for some escort weld in turrets or just build some myself.