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Body Shell Rebuild Winter 03 pt2

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 Part 2 of the body shell rebuild of my car during the winter period of December 2003 onwards into 2004,
The pictures can be viewed in larger format if clicked on

As you can see the passengers side A post is in a desperate case of rebuild,
The screen slam panel has already been repaired, this is when we found out the reason why the A post had rusted so bad, the drain hole fron the screen lets water run down a small channel to the engine bay, mine had a small rust hole in thus letting water down into the A post area
A second view of the excessive damage
A post starting to take shape again, after the rust had been cut out.

After the rust has been cut out i thought the car was on a course to the breakers yard, But Aston as always has proved me wrong
The rusted A post metal has been replaced with the same gauge steel to regain it's original strength.

'A' pillar fully restored and looking like new door hinge bolt holes redrilled to match old 'A' pillar.

Underneath of the 'A' pillar also restored including the swage grooves (not visible in primer),
These were done with slight heat and a ball pein hammer, It was done this way to groove the new metalwork to match original panel, (not immitation filler).
The front scuttle taking shape now after metal waork has been replaced  

                  

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