Well some may remember this from before, but if not, allow me to fill in the details.
Swapped with Craig for my 2.5 PI, 'Patch' arrived last October. Was put into semi regular service until Christmas, where a slight trickle of coolant was noticed weeping from the block. Took it to a local show on New Year Day, where the trickle became a substantial leak, yes, water pump seals had gone. Was parked up for a while, and due to several other matters, least of which was a house move, it didn't really get touched again until last month, where the job to sort the seals began. That turned into a fairly big job, as seeing as a lot has to be stripped out, it seemed silly not to sort out the engine bay, as it was still in Sienna, and covered with loads of overspray from when it was painted.
Alas Patch, being Patch decided it was going to suffer with metal acne, and had blistered up in several places including the roof, so work has now started to remedy the rust, hopefully once and for all, but we all know how much it likes coming back.
Anyways, as pictures speak a thousand words, here's a few.
Just a reminder of what it used to look like before Craig painted it
As arrived, all fresh as a daisy
Then the blisters started
After a winter being sat outside, a house move provided Patch with the luxury of a garage, so work began on sorting the waterpump.
and sorting the engine bay from this,
through
ending up like
Alas, removing the masking tape after painting, took paint with it
So, a decision was taken to knuckle down and sort the bodywork out, and seeing as there are lots of areas that need attention, rather than attempt to blow each repair in, a full respray would be the best option. The nasty spots on the roof were done first, and on removing the paint we found something that looked like ground down weld
Digging further revealed
so we decided to take the roof back to bare metal to expose any lurking rust
and rear wing
Eagle eyed readers may have spotted a couple of extra additions fitted just before the house move
and after much thought final paint colour was decided on
but I'll be sorting a vinyl roof out for it at some point.
Current state of play is
so I'm hoping to get it sorted over the coming months as time, funds and health allow.