Repair of the body and components

  Parts of disassembled axles housings, as well as parts to be galvanized, were cleaned by sand blast or glass beads depending on the materials, and prepared for the further restoration.

Window lifting mechanisms were removed, cleaned and repaired.

Cleaned parts of the disassembled units retaining the original paint were sent to restore the paint by powder coating. Completing body parts - fenders, doors, hoods, taking into account their relatively good condition, have been carefully cleaned without use of sandblasting. In turn, the body shell has been treated in the sand blast chamber, since was the most affected in the course of time, and only such primary treatment allows discovering the entire damage of the metal.

 This decision on body treatment justified during the next phase of work. After removing layers of paint and putty, actual condition of the car's rear part became apparent, in which the collision the rear panel of the cabriolet was damaged; we managed to make and weld new floor, niches for spare wheel and other related elements since sandblasting revealed the significant deformations. Damages on the rear fenders were smaller and they seemed smoothable with a layer of tin.

Floor in the passenger compartment of the car was significantly affected by rust. It will be needed to replace a part of metal panels there, and, probably, even more complicated units.

It was necessary to replace either the double structure of floor in the front row, and the floor beneath the rear seats, and many other fragments of the body. Rust in many damaged areas was cut out; thereafter the appropriate new parts were manufactured and welded instead of the cut-out ones.

First severely deformed rear part of the car was cut out from the body.

 The most corroded areas of the rear fenders and wheel arches were cut out. Instead of those the appropriate "patches" were manufactured, installed and welded. At the same time there were installed and welded the newly made niches for spare wheel and rear panel of the passenger compartment. All weld joints were carefully grinded and additionally treated - the inner surface of the body were painted with primer, but outer surface of the joints was covered with tin.

Surface around all mechanical damages on the panels previously found to be repairable were treated and prepared for the next work phases. Subsequently these places were smoothed by a layer of tin.

The rear panel and luggage compartment floor were installed and welded in the prepared places. New floor panels were welded in the passenger compartment.

The other smaller previously cut-out fragments of the body were welded in appropriate places. After completion of the welding works, the outer surface defects of the body were removed by tin-coating of every minor roughness.

When the body tin-coating works were completed, the repairable areas and body panels were coated by primer. At the same time the restored doors, motor and luggage compartment hoods were accurately adjusted.