I needed some space in the garage, which is at a premium, to continue work on the doors. The boot lid has been off for a long time now while I welded repair panels in the top corners of the boot aperture. Water collected in these corners and finally rotted through allowing water ingress to the boot floor causing a lot of unseen corrosion which can be seen
here. Now these repairs are complete, the boot lid has been stripped back to bare metal and is quite good condition, there was only a small amount of corrosion along the inside bottom edge which holds a black nylon trim in place, I guess this holds moisture in place also? A coat of rust convertor cured this nicely and a coat of etching primer for the rest followed by first skim and flat and another coat of primer. That’s it for the boot lid for now, it is temporarily refitted so it is out of harms way and gives me more work space. You may notice Gradulux blinds in the back window – more on these later.
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| Boot lid in final primer coat |
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| Painted in base coat and clear with new badge and original chevrons |
