Mazda RX3
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| The mazda as it arrived on the trailer |
Rear end of this fairly
damaged and rusty coupe
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Front view of the car off the trailer, the engine and suspension etc has to come off the car to commence work |
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| Engine out of the car |
Only 1 in 5 original
fiberglass front nose panel RX3 coupes delivered to Australia
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The left side quarter panel was in the worst condition which is why we had to remove it from the spot welds to re-use the same quarter panel |
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| Once quarter panel was out we could inspect, clean and primer the inside of quarter panel | Spare wheel surround panel had been worked on before in an unsatisfactory manner |
Spare wheel out of boot
floor
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| Fabricated panel for spare wheel surround panel, as the one before was poorly done with mig welds and overlapping welds |
Left side sill panel off
car
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Old and newly fabricated sill panels |
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| Condition of the ns boot floor, as someone had begun working on it |
Fabricated boot floor
panel
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Fabricated ns boot floor panel welded in place |
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Rusty lower quarter panel
section
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O/S lower quarter panel section, cleaning inside before welding the fabricated panel in place | Cleaned and primed before welding fabricated panel in place |
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| Fabricated panel oxy welded in place | The extent of the rust once we removed the bumper bar reinforcement bracket | Fabricated panel welded in place for O/S boot floor |