I'm getting a bit desperate to get this little car back together as I have another pressing project to get on with.
So I managed to squeeze a 5 hour burst in today.
The doors I got from our mate turbo-pib are probably the last major work before I can really start bolting the Panda back together.
The progress on one of the doors was a bit of an experiment and only involved the lower half of the outer panel. I need to colour change and swop the glass. I really needed to get both doors fully fixed and painted quickly. Can't afford the time for the project to stall.
So strip the second door of 'SEAT' plastic, production paper (60 grit) the mounting holes and bash the edges of them in a bit so that the filler has something to get a hold of. Fortunately both the doors are in excellent condition so physical repairs are only small and cosmetic.
Although the 'Marbella' doors are virtually MK1 Panda items, there are a couple of differences i.ie the 'fixed' quarterlight.
On the Marbella the quarter glass sits on a couple of rubber stop on a bracket welded into the door frame. Of course the MK1 doesn't have this and it get's in the way of the original opening item.
So Mr Grinder saw to that. Unfortunately now there isn't anything directly connecting the inner and outer door frames at the top. I will address this in the future, but for now I have to get on.
I also had to drill an extra hole for the quarter frame to fix through.
That is the hole on the right if you wondered. It takes an extra fixing screw
For the rest of the time there was no chance to take any pics.
I got both doors done (not the glass changed yet) and at six oclock found myself with two doors hanging (where the car parks) both of which have very, very soft paint. Where is that sunshine when you need it.
So one door moved to dangle safely elsewhere and the other....?
And yeah check out the handle. I am soooooo chuffed.
