Well after putting my wanted ad up for a RH mudguard someone said on here why don't I weld in a new section, well I cannot weld but it got me thinking, and being such a foul day I wandered into the garage and found some of this;
Which is a very strong epoxy used in the aircraft industry for bonding metal, having used it before to great effect I set about replacing the bottom most section.
Used the other side as a template (as they are handed but it was simple job of flipping the card template onto the rotten one).
Here we have the before.
So all the nasties cut off, a nice new flat edge produced, then bent inwards to make up a flange;
Same with the repair section, a smear of "gloop".
Then a couple of very small pop-rivets to hold the two halves together;
The join from the other side;
Allow to dry, a quick coat of Smoothrite and compare the profiles of each panel;
Then a little bending to make the end pressing and compare;
Pretty damn near.
And now need to buy new rubber seals for both sides as the originals are pretty far gone;
And jobs a good 'un
I know it's not of the quality of what we see here in this Restoration section but I am pretty pleased on how it all worked out, more importantly it will keep that pesky mud/moisture out.
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I had a spoiler fitted to my 1500HL from new as i asked the sales bloke to get one fitted.I know it wasnt standard but hey i thought it looked good back in 1979.But it still is staying black 
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