Well there have been a few Spaniards thrown in the works recently, namely breaking up with my now ex Mrs and moving house.. BUT the Citroen marches on! all be it a very slow march. I shall post pictures soon!

You decided the car wasn't a gift then

Sorry to hear of your stresses Peter!

Well yes. It's ended up costing me a lot of time and money, plus a half built 2CV aint no use to a lass

The car or the lass?

Ok, update time. My focus of late has been sourcing decent panels, and getting them ready for primer. Sourced a decent N/S/F wing from Graeme AKA V5GDW off here. My old one was a bit past economical repair. A fix was doable, but I didn't want to do it!



Both front wings are now finished, with frenched indicators and underwiring..




Sourced a decent rear wing to replace mine that was very badly dented, and sorted them too..




I have also got the tailgate and lamp bar ready for primer, but no photos as they're shy.

Bulkhead is also sorted, this is the before shot, complete with stonechip underseal sound deadening stuff and a cracked battery box area



Bare metalled (I really enjoyed doing this)


Rusted and cracked battery box metal cut out and replaced


Wing mount and strengthening piece made and welded in


Etch primed


Scuttle/bonnet hinge area and drip rails for going on the A posts should be arriving tomorrow ready for fitting on Saturday.. To the eagle eyed amongst you, yes I am aware that the drip rails should go on before the A panels. They will just have to go on top, I figure it's a better idea, moisture-ingress-wise anyway, so I'll pretend I did it deliberately

The last burst on the bulkhead was inspired by this 2CV that I spotted parked in Edinburgh last weekend. Does it belong to anyone on here?

Ho do you do the bare-metalling?

with a drill attachment, its a wound wire circular tool thats really abrasive
they are easily available,
we use them on our 2cv,s
i might be wrong

A mixture of hot air gun and scraper for underseal and stonechip, then a DA sander with 80 grit and a wire wheel in the drill. Very time consuming, but I don't like nitromors.

Inspirational thread, Will be following this one closely as I love a bit of old school tin bashing

Micro update, just spent another Sunday getting sparks in my hair and rust in my boots, and we're 100% RUST FREE!!!

Last bit of rot was the Bonnet hinge/scuttle area. Seeing as this is an area most 2CV owners will need to fix at some point, I took detailed pics, hopefully will be of use to someone.

Started off with this


The first step was to drill out the spot welds on the lower lip


And remove the tabs at the ends, first by drilling out the spot welds


And then grinding the tab away, as it's brazed.


I bought the basic hinge repair section from ECAS, http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/repair-pa ... p-840.html
At £30 it's pretty good I reckon, much thicker gauge metal then standard Citroen and Galvanised, so it'll last for a few years.


I started by sitting it on the scuttle with the old hinge removed to mark the length


At this point I noticed the repair panel was higher than I wanted, so I cut it down silghtly to about 5mm down from the curve of the flap aperture


I then cut out the old panel, leaving a section at the top to be cut out later, this is so the repair panel can sit in the correct position before accurately marking the top for cutting.


I was glad to find out the inner scuttle was very sound. However the lip at the top of the bulkhead wasn't, so I chopped that bit out, and let in new metal.




I then lay the repair panel in place, marked, and cut the remaining metal out.


I also brushed thick hammerite inside the scuttle to keep it good for a while, and applied zinc primer to the underside of the new panel.


I then clamped the panel in place for welding. At this point I noticed that the curve of the area of above the hinge was too round, so I flattened it a bit in my folder. I could have fitted it as was, but it would have needed a bit more filler than I would have liked. I ground the galvanised coating off the edges of the new panel, as the fumes are bad for your elf, and it doesn't weld too well.


I started welding the panel in with tacks at intervals to keep the panel cool and avoid warpage, plug welding the bottom lip.


Carried on until it was welded solidly around.


And dressed with a flap wheel and 80 grit on the sander.


Followed by a skim of filler on any high or low sections, then a quick coat of primer to protect it from the elephants.




I also managed to get the drip rail completed on one side, I bought these sections from ECAS, http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/gutter-dr ... p-367.html they were much shorter than I expected, so I used them both on the one side.


Seeing as the rot was quite high up, I had to bend one of the sections, I think ECAS/SPOG assume that people will only be replacing the straight bit..



Before


And after



I shall order more for the other side, and once the N/S rail is done, that's all the welding on the body tub COMPLETE. Excitement all round.

Until next time folks..