Front Wing Support

 Front Wings  No Responses »
aug 102016
 

The front wing supports are used for the following purposes;

  • Keeps the the front wings on the right place in front og the car
  • Mounting of the radiator
FrontWingSupportOrg

Original front wing support on the right side

The front wing supports are only painted in some sort of orange undercoat, as can be seen on the original photo above. The complete body was leveled out in the factory with aluminium or plastic(kautex) distance pieces. (See dish shaped parts in the next photo)

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Front wing support parts

On the right side we also have to mount two mounting brackets which are used for fixing the distributor shield.

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Front wing support mounted on the body

The tie bar which connect the two front wing supports with each other must be removed when the front wings are mounted. The tie bar is running through the front wings and there must be mounted when bot front wings are in place. (See original photo)

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Left Front Wing

 Front Wings, Left Front Wing  No Responses »
apr 172017
 

One of the last big metal work pieces are the front wings. After the left front wing was cleaned thoroughly the following repairs need to be done before the wing can be painted inside.

  • The valance assembly has several holes of 1″”  drilled for some unknown reason.
  • Headlight pod has extensive rust in the under side of the headlight mounting area.
  • The lower edge of the front side has a small hole due to rust (about 2″ by 1/4″)
  • The steady bracket which mount to the battery box has some rust
  • Dents in the area around the flashing light (due to badly repair after a collision in the past)

Cleaning the inside

The inside of the wings are protected with a very tick layer of tar which protected the inside from rust.
From the photo it is clearly visible that it did his you very well. The right side, the part behind the mud shield, which was not protected is much more affected by rust.

LeftFrontWingOriginal

After the layer of tar was removed with a small torch and a putty knife the undamaged metal became visible.LeftFrontWingProtectionRemoved

When the whole surface was cleaned with a poly-carbide steel brush the front wing looks like new again. All difficult to reach area’s are now sandblasted so the inside is now ready to receive the first layer of epoxy primer.LeftFrontWingCleaned

 Headlight pod

Due to long lasting condensation inside the headlight pod the lower part has been damaged by extensive rust. First the lead, used to smooth up the connection between headlight pod and front wing, is removed. Now all by rust affected material is removed and the holes in the front wing are welded. Now we know how much material is missing we can start with producing the new pieces.

LefHeadlampPodStrip LeftHeadlightPodLead LeftHeadlighPodRemoved

The new pieces are fitted for the last time and welded unto the headlight pod. The last step is reapply the lead to smooth out connection between the wing and headlight pod.

LeftHeadlampPodPrepare  

When I was investigating the headlight pod from the right side front wing (which is not rusted at all) i found a small hole in the lowest part. My first impression was that there was a small hole due to rust but after looking in more detail to the inside area it looks like a small hole to drain water. I will make such a hole in the left headlight pod as well.

The valance assembly

The holes in the left front valance, which are certainly not original, needs to be removed.  In total 9 holes where drilled. With this amount of holes it is better to just remove the hole affected area as one piece and remove it for a new piece.

LeftValanceDetail  LeftValanceRepaired

Painting

The inside inclusive the valance will be painted in the following order:

  • Epoxy primer
  • Body schutz (Protective coating helps protect from corrosion and chips)
  • The inside will be painted satin gloss
  • The following parts are painted in Pearl grey
    • Valance assembly (both sides)
    • Headlamp light unit container (inside)
    • Side lamps casing (inside)

  

 

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Right Front Wing

 Front Wings, Right Front Wing  No Responses »
apr 222017
 

One of the last big metal work pieces are the front wings. After the right front wing was cleaned thoroughly the following repairs need to be done before the wing can be painted inside. The right front wing is in a much better state the the left one so this repair is rater easy.

  • Dents in the area around the flashing light (due to badly repair after a collision in the past)
  • The lower edge of the wing nearby the right door has a lot of rust. This together with the lower part of the door hinge plate needs to be repaired with new pieces of metal.

Cleaning the inside

After I followed the same procedure as with the left front wing this wing also looks like new again.

 

The lower wing edge

The state of the lower front wing edge partly rusted away and replacing this whole area is inevitably.

Cut out of the rusted part

 

Painting

Now that the right front wing has been cleaned and repaired it can be painted. We start with Epoxy primer followed by a protective layer to prevent chipping and as last a layer of black paint. This last layer of paint will make it easier to clean the inside. The parts visible from the engine compartment will be painted in the car color.

  

 

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