Finishing up the Napolean's Hat and Starting to Zip up the Framehead Closing Panel

Here we have the rear view of the Napolean's Hat with the repairs done, welds ground down and a coat of zinc rich primer over the top.

And again from the front.

With the chassis turned over you can now clearly see how the framehead closing panel was cut and how the replacement framehead was attached to the chassis spine. I also gave the inside of the Napolean's hat and chassis spine a coat of zinc rich primer after making sure no rust was left.

Here we have the other framehead closing panel, cut to match the part already in place on the framehead, all rust removed using a wire brush on an angle grinder, and coated in zinc rich primer. The small holes you can see are where the original sport welds were drilled out. These holes will be used to plug weld this panel back in place.

Trial fitting the closing panel in place for fit & alignment and also to check if any other repairs are needed. Doing this revealed that the ends, where the main chassis bolts pass through, were not as good as I hoped so I decided to make further repairs at this stage. The white marking on the lower right side was to highlight a dent in the panel. This was dressed out from the other side before the panel was welded in place.