1967 VW Variant.

Got no pics of the trike yet, but the 1600 new engine is getting delivered to me this evening, so have to rush…….

I finally got to wrap and pack the phonebox onto a trailer for delivery to my uncle, at long last.

And managed to get back onto the squareback, and removed the passenger back wing, and cut off the cill. Much the same as the right hand it needs replacing, both outer, inner, and inner heater channel. Pics to follow as soon as i get the woodworking tools out of the way😀

Plenty of metal to replace by the looks of it, and sand to sweep up😂

Front pillars are good now that i have done the front bulkheads. The c pillar at the lock edge of the door is good as well, as for the rest its similar to the drivers side that i have done, so no surprises there at all. Just need to get stuck back into it, and stop wandering off to do telephone box copies from recycled wood 🤣

I took off the outer curved cill to reveal the rusted inner cill below.

Here you can see the large amount of rust in the cill area. The outer has been removed, but the inner also needs removing as its beyond saving.

In the picture above the inner cill has been tuned upwards to show the intact heater tube below which is ok except some small surface rust. The full heater section here is made up of 4 components. the outercill, the inner cill which is shown torn upwards, the tube below, and finally the inner square folded section, which will also have to come out due to the rust in the lower section. Once the floorpan is visible it can be seen that its intact and needs no edge repair

In the last picture the 2 outer cill sections are removed showing the condition of the internal section of the cill along the bottom door edge area.

I made a start on the tricky indent on the passenger heater channel for the wiring harness.Cut out the box corner, reverse it around to put the L shape internally, and tack it in, and then fully weld it which is where i am just near finishing now. Then grind it flush, and check for any pinholes. Then onto placing the holding bolt cleats into the bottom of the section.

Just working my way along the section. Wont be long now.

And just when you thought you got away from classics, life drags you back in🤣

Back on the Mercs, funny I had a near miss moment the weekend. I saw a nice TE 300 6 cylinder 3 litre on marketplace. And for a brief second I was tempted. But common sense prevailed and i came back to my senses….thankfully😂

I have enough to keep me occupied, and sane. Any more might tip me over the edge of sanity😁

I ground up the welding and happy enough with the result. Just have to drill all the fixing holes and weld in the cleats, make the inner cill cover over the heater tube, and form a 90 degree return at the end, up the door pillar channel. Not at the end of the prep list yet

Couple of pinholes but as its inside the car, i might not bother filling them. But then again my OCD says otherwise🤣

Right enough it would be driving in style for sure. I would feel like an earl and not a pauper 🤣