Part 15. Paint and metal

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The pedal box

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…And other miscellaneous parts…

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Yeah – more stuff than I actually need for this project…
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Some metal work:

Here’s a few illustrative shots of how much had to be replaced because of corrosion.

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Above: The footwell as it is now, after welding.
Below: The green part (the floor) is from the donor car (a longnose V4), the red parts were mostly made from sheet metal.
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And here’s a shot of the driver foot area:
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Test fitting the “foot rests”

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(As it later turned out, these were not the correct plates! Someone had changed them before my time. There’s about 3 or 4 different combinations used in 93…96 at different times)

Cut some new gaskets:

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