Baja's upside down

Bloody Hell, Baja's upside down now!
Who needs a body/chassis roller when an old mattress will do?

Looking good and quite minimal at the back....
With all that metal missing, access to the engine and gearbox will be easier.....and it'll look way cool as well.
Ooh look, an oval window roof section! Wonder what I could do with that?

Cleaned, dressed and galv painted the bulkhead area.
What a complete bastard of a job; a mixture of rust, old wax and areas too tight to access with a spinny wire wheel.
Perseverance with pointy things is the only way!

And the front end, just as awkward to access and just as big a bastard of a job!

I'm not too worried about the beaten up state of the front as plans are afoot for a flip front........
A short day in the garage, but I'll soon be finished the underside.
Everything will be treated to liberal doses of MIO paint before we roll it back over and fettle the inside.
Oooh, can't wait!

Baja's on its other side

Rolled the Baja onto its other side and repeated the repair process.......
Removed the (now) surplus rear body mount panel.
Surplus as in I no longer want the triple-skinned rust trap on the car. Now I do realise I have removed a body mounting but there's less body to mount on a Baja and I can always put it back later if I need to.
Might tie the rear bodywork into the roll cage when I fit one, might not.....who can tell?

Rusty metal that would otherwise be inaccessible for repair

Cut off the surplus skin and stitched the inner arch to the boot floor

Found a small area of bad pitting that would rot out if left so I cut it out, as you do!

Nice work, damn I'm getting good at this shit

Soon dressed back neatly, almost like it grew there

A lick of cold galv spray and we're good

Made a small repair panel for the wing mounting area

Dressed back the repair

Finally I made a panel for the complex shape that joins the boot floor to the inner wing area.
Yes I know this is the other side but it's a better picture. I did do both sides, honest.
There's a bit of dressing back work to be done but that's for another day

Sprayed outside all up and called it a day
You can just see Tom's bug up in the air while he cleans and paints the underside for winter protection