Good progress today. Got the rear deck filling finished. The large rivets I used to attach the rear deck to my ali rear body mount pulled down a bit more than I wanted in places. I originally was going to leave the rivets exposed as a features but that's not an option now so some fiberglass filler last time left it like this:
10 minutes with some 180 grit on the DA saw it knocked back and looking ready for final filler.
Before I filled it I decided to tackle the rear corner panelling behind the passenger. I have used 2mm ali for all of the flat panels but 2mm isn't very easy to curve unless you have the right kit so just for the corners I have gone down to 1mm sheet. I forgot to tack pictures of the bottom support which was made of ali angle slit on the back edge so it will form a curve. I left the top over long so I could fill against it.
One mistake I had made previously was riveting the rear edge of the side panel, had to drill them all out so I could now rivet through both the corner panel and the side panel as one.
I riveting the edge to the rear of the side panel first then found that just by pressing in the middle of the panel it formed a really nice curve so quickly riveted the other side in and job done! much easier than I was expecting.
The gap between the top of the panel and the side of the body was to say the least not a tight fit but I never expected it to be.
Out with the trusty fibreglass filler again.
obviously in between I had trimmed the top back a bit.
a bit of sanding work and it looked much better.
Its still a little green but next time I'm up I will pilot drill and fix the top of the ali corner panel into the fibreglass using some stainless screws.
My original plan was to crack on and get the other corner panel done but I decided to stay in the area I was and tackle the hump.
Stay tuned for part 2....
TTFN
Mac