RossP

Hi Sydney Desoto CF8, we did use that guard for its tail section (with the pressing details) and married it up to a new front section we fabricated. Those guards were butchered by someone previously, with a series of pie cuts taken out and poorly welded back together (no idea why) and a lot of rust around where they bolt up to the body so weren't of any use in the state they were in. Are you looking for a guard for a CF or a DC? They are quite different looking, the DC has a lot more pressing details in it and would look out of place on a CF. Also what body style (as the width varies)? Stewart may know someone who would have one, we don't have any spares that I'm aware of but he knows many of the people in Aus who have these cars. I'll ask him to get in touch with you as I'm sure he'd be happy to chat. More generally we're still working on this, just very slowly! Still haven't finished with the bodywork but there is light at the end of the tunnel. I've been very slack on the photos lately, but here is a couple of quick snaps from the last few months - the first one is of replacing the back of the front guard where it was rusty. The second one is once the front guards were first fitted up with the headlight tie bar and support brackets in place, and adjusted (by bending brackets etc) to be square to the rest of the car. You can see the plumb bob hanging in the middle, when we started this was off by 20mm or so. The engine rebuild has also started, with the block being crack tested, bored and sleeved due to heavy rust pitting, and we're also busy sourcing parts.

Not sure that we know that car Ken? It'd be good to get some more details if you can, Stewart knows most people but that one doesn't ring a bell to me at least, I'll have to ask him. Yes Peter's work (and working with Peter) is really good, we never would have got such a good result trying to make our own way through the extent of repairs necessary, and I have no idea what we would've done about new rear guards or the like! Anyway, here are a few more pics for everyone, this time of replacing the tub corners. Cheers, Ross

Hi all, Another photo update for you! This time it's putting the new back in the tub. Cheers, Ross

Hi all, some more picture updates, this time the other side, and then the back of the tub cut out. Cheers, Ross

Hi all, Stewart's brother Ross here, thought you might be interested in some of the pics I have snapped along the way. This first lot are from early in the process, I'll dig through and pick out some more recent ones when I get a chance. First up is a shot showing gapping up the panels roughly to get it all sitting right before we started cutting: Then onto bootlid repairs, which you've already seen some photos of: And then replacement of the lower body on the RHS. Astute observers will note that some of the pictures of fabbing the panel are actually for the LHS; I neglected to take enough photos of the process in doing the RHS: Hope you enjoy them! Cheers, Ross