The welds are inspected.

This morning I took the truck and went to the technical car inspection.
They have to approve the welds before I can continue the work on the car.

And guess what... The welds have been approved.

After unloading the car from the truck I continued with some other work that had to be done.
And this evening I continued with the work.
I started with grinding the welds somewhat so they appear nicer when the car is finished.
These are some pictures I took from the underside of the car after grinding.

And here are some pictures I took from the car after grinding on the top side of the car.

After the grinding was done I started with removing the layer of body protection. That layer is hard to sandblast and has to come of first.

Ready for inspection

Today I first mounted the rear support back in place. It has previously been taken away for welding the spring leaf rear shackle.
Then I cut the other supports loose from the bridge.
And then with the big hoist I lifted the body of the bridge and put it on a small truck.
So tomorrow morning I will drive it to the inspection and they will tell me if I did a good job.
So fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Here are some pictures.

The welding is done.

Today I welded a few extra welds like the inspector told me to.
It took some time but it finally is done.
Here are some pictures of the finished product.
Now we can almost load it on the trailer to get it inspected by the proper authorities.

The end of welding is near.

Today we had a lot of work done on the car.
At the passenger side of the car in the rear wheel well on the end of the rocker box, we welded in a new piece of metal.

 On the inside of the car the rear seat struts are welded in place.

 And then I turned my attention to the rear of the car.
At the end of the frame jest about where the rear shackle of the spring is mounted we noticed some bulging. With a few taps of the hammer rust fell out.
And a previous repair was not done like it should have been.

 And yes both sides are infected.

  So I started cutting and grinding the rotted places away onto bare metal.

 Then a piece of plate was bent shaped and drilled and fitted in place. After welding we have now a solid repair.

 The same goes for the other side. Cutting the bad part away.

 And welding in a new piece.

 A little bit of grinding and it looks a lot better.

Today we had a technical advisor come in to give us some pointers of the work already done.
We will have to do some more welding on the car at certain locations before it is ready for technical inspection.
When does people give the green light we are able to start with prepping for paint.