Door hanging and a bit more bodywork

After what seemed like the whole day, I have managed to re-fit the drivers door of the 2000. It turned out to be a right swine of a job, having to drill out all three parts of the hinge pin. The longest part of the pin was easier to drill out, as this could be done on the bench. The other two parts were not quite as easy, having to be done on the car, with limited clearance between the hinge body and the wing.
Not being able to fit a electric drill or even a Dremel in the space, I ended up using a old hand drill with the top removed to let me get a straight line between the two parts of the hinge. It is still not perfect, but at least now the door shuts a bit better and can not open so far that it hits the wing.



Decided while I am waiting for the GT6 to return that some more of the bodywork on the 2000 should be seen to. The car has had a dent in the passenger side front wing for at least two years, when the previous owner acquired it, so it was about time something was done about it. Now, the car came with a complete front wing when I bought it, but I did not want to get into a lengthy bodywork job of replacing the whole wing.
Instead I went for the cheaper option and decided to have a go at pulling the dent out, the proper way of doing this is to drill a hole in the panel, fit a screw and then pull out the dent with a slide hammer.
Not having a slide hammer or the inclination to buy one I chose a different method, which involves welding a nail to the dented area and then pulling it out with a pair of mole grips. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on which way you look at it, the panel would not budge by pulling on the mole grips, so something a bit heavier was needed. This came in the form of a ratchet strap anchored to a nearby milling machine, that got some of the dent out.
Another nail was welded on about a foot lower and more of the dent was pulled out without assistance of the ratchet strap.



Further forward on the passenger wing, part of the wheel arch had rotted away quite severely, so once again the rot was cut out and a new piece from the spares front end was let in. A layer of filler has gone in to cover the join and has also had a coat of undercoat to slow down the rust, just need to wait for some better weather to spray over it.

Having done repairs to both front wings, it seems that a previous owner has already repaired both wings, but the rust has come through again, which really strengthens my resolve to make sure that the car is throughly waxoiled as soon as possible.