And onto the bodywork…
I’m not sure where to start really. At first glance the Hoopers bodywork looked OK, just a bit dull really. The lower I looked however, the worse the bodywork got until I got down on my knees and bravely looked underneath(gulp). There was very little of the original Ford chassis left to talk about. The floor pan looked reasonably OK on the other hand – as if it mattered.
All the usual areas on the bodywork had been affected by rust, namely:
- The headlamp surrounds
- The front tips of the front wings
- The bottom edge of the front wings
- The front corners of the bonnet
- The bottoms of the doors
- Above the sill infront of the rear wheel arches
- Behind the rear wheelarches
- The rear valance
- Corners of the boot lid
And those are just the usual areas on these Consul Capris to go rusty, my Hooper was not only hit hard in these areas by rust but also other less common areas, pretty much the whole of the rest of the car really!
Next time I’ll be talking about the electrics, I’m sure you can guess what the general gist will be!
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