Happy 2026!
It's time to share a little progress.
I have started the year doing glass fibre work. It's rather cold here now, so I can't really work in my garage, but I have a small electrical heater in my workshop and that's reasonably well insulated, so I can do work there.
I removed the left hand rear fender years ago and found it had at some time in its life been reglued with polyester, instead of the PU glue which they used on the factory and the workshop manual instructs. The polyester work was done well, though, so getting it off has involved quite a bit of cutting and sanding work. I'm now done and the panel is ready for the repairs it needs. While I have had the car, the panel has cracked behind and above the wheel arch - probably from a hit from another car while it was parked. It's a fairly easy repair which I will be doing with epoxy, adding a layer or two of fibre on the back and flushing out to fill the cracks on the front.

