The car so far, with the exception of the front passenger door, has proven to be a solid and straight “what you see is what you get” car, no hidden surprises, patched-over accident repair or other confidence killers. A very good, well cared for car with documented ownership since new, all of whom kept her properly maintained.
“..lower sill areas cleaned back, new right front door stripped out (glass removed etc) and light surface rust removed from sills.
To be fair to the guys who did the repairs previously and painted the lower sill area – had done a very thorough job of de-rusting. The sills are completely solid.”
As to the bumper support areas replaced (see previous entry), the shop writes,
“I won’t be replacing the left rear bumper support area as it’s pretty perfect. I think the only reason the right side had gone was due to previous repair there which was tied up to the old right rear wheelarch repairs. (Which I’m certain happened a long time ago and certainly wasn’t a more recent ‘cover up’ job).”
The new door has been trial fitted and looks pretty good already, but will need minor adjustments to give perfect panel gaps.
