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Old 24th September 2011, 14:52
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Got the sand blaster out between shifts at work today and decided to 'blast a couple of test patches on the chassis.

Pleased with the result, taking about ten minutes to go from this:



To this:



It's ripping through the rust and old paint no problem but struggles with the areas that are covered in old bitumen underseal. It'll strip it with persistence but it's easier and quicker to wire brush the rubbery crap off first.

I noticed an area on the backbone that had a suspiciously thick coating of underseal on it while I was moving around the chassis, and, after a bit of wire brushing and a quick once over with the 'blaster, this appeared...



Nightmare, structural corrosion in one of the main chassis rails.

The plan all along has been to do as much work as possible on this project myself, but I'm seriously considering calling in a pro' welder to fix this particular chassis chasm.

After all, this is fundamentally what holds the car together and if it's not done properly it'll be an accident waiting to happen...

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