With everything having a generous, dry coat of paint, I put seam sealer along all the edges that needed it, similar to how the factory had it.I also cut out the rust on the door frame just under the scuttle, then set about replacing it with fresh steel, after having cleaned it up and given it a coat of paint to slow down any future rust.

With the rust cut out and surrounding metal treated, I got to work welding in ptches of metal.I learnt my lesson on the previous side, where I had tried to create one large piece and weld it in in one go. Not having the necessary tools meant it took me ages to get it to fit right.

Spurred on by the feeling of accomplishment of finishing up the left hand side door frame I moved to the right hand side, starting with the scuttle.From the outset I could tell there would be more rust, taking away the paint and really thick filler exposed a number of holes.

With the scuttle welded back in place I could proceed with closing up all the last of the places where I had cut rust out around the door frame.First a piece was cut to shape and bent to close up just under the scuttle, with this in place I took a flat piece of sheet metal and cut it to size to complete the top.

After quite a long time, my last post was in May, I got to closing up the scuttle panel in December of 2024.I made use of plastic tile levellers to hold the piece I had cut out ages ago in place.While it worked to hold it in situ, it did also lead to some misalignment that I only picked up after welding and grinding back the welds. Oh well, there will be filler needed, no doubt.

My hair brained scheme to route whatever water leaks behind the windscreen rubber out may work, or not, time will tell.I am definitely not ready to solder plumbing connections but this works ok enough.I welded up the original cut that I made then ground that beck and gave everything a decent coat of provonite. This will take a day or two to cure fully, then I will seal up the remaining gaps with seam sealer as was done by the factory.