MGB1970 » Restoration » Body » Wings

email Dave Braun at dave@dbraun99.com (click here)

Why Wings? I mean, they're fenders, right? So anglophile of us! We did however early on decide not to remove the front wings as is common these rebuilds. We've never had cracking at the piping joint so we are going to paint in situ.

1 Side Trim and BL plates03	2 Dirt accumlation in RH wing 02	3 Splash guards RH is rusted through at bottom	4 RH inner wing antenna removal 02	5 Sanding wings down to secure paint 01
6 Sanding wings down to secure paint 02	7 Sanding wings down to secure paint 03	8 Sanding wings down to secure paint 04	9 Removing headlamp recess paint 01	10 Removing headlamp recess paint 02
11 Aircraft stripper on headlamp recesses 01	12 Aircraft stripper on headlamp recesses 02	13 Aircraft stripper on headlamp recesses 03	14 Aircraft stripper on headlamp recesses 04	15 Grinding out bondo reveals poor braze joint with holes
16 Extent of bondo	17 Rebrazing joint from accident	18 Wing piping (metal)	19 New smoothed braze joint	20 Modern fillers applied
21 Resmoothed recess LH 01	22 Resmoothed recess LH 02	23 LH wing	24 Wing recess sanded	25 Tub on lift to work on wing quarters 01
26 Inside LH wing after blowing out dirt 01	27 LH metal to metal repair	28 LH smoothing on lower quarter 02	29 RH wing rust	30 Cutting of section of RH quarter 02
31 Cutting of section of RH quarter 03	32 Removed RH section	33 Cutting patch for RH wing	34 Using brake to bend patch for RH wing	35 RH patch and original panel
36 RH metal to metal repair of inner rocker- note brazed in flange for inner shield	37 Fitting and clamping RH patch panel	38 RH initial tack welds 01	39 RH initial tack welds 02	40 Conforming edge on RH quarter 01
41 Forward weld bead made RH wing	42 Continuing weld on RH patch panel 01	43 Grinding welds 01	44 Final welds RH 02	45 Entire RH surface ground for metal to metal compound
46 Applying metal to metal compound to RH wing patch	47 Rough sanding of compound on RH wing 02	48 Rough sanding of compound on RH wing 03	49 Continued smoothing on RH wing	50 Inside view of welded in panel on RH wing
51 RH Wing after 180 sanding 01	52 RH Wing after 180 sanding 02	53 Filling low spots in rear wing while 180 sanding 01	54 Filling low spots in rear wing while 180 sanding 02	55 Front LH wing after 180 sanding
56 Front RH wing after 180 sanding	57 Taking out a small ding on RH wing while 180 sanding 01	58 Taking out a small ding on RH wing while 180 sanding 02	59 Taking out a small ding on RH wing while 180 sanding 03	60 RH repair complete 01
61 RH repair complete 02

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