Really jealous.

I have finally got the dirtiest job out of the way. The cleaning, rust treatment and painting of the rear underside of the car. This was disgusting covered in years of mud and crap. I wired wheeled the lot with the rear suspension system still in place as I didn't want to take this out for now, although it made the job ten times harder and there just a few places I need to get too once the car is off the lift.

But I think I am getting there and it seems the thick layer of mud has preserved the steel as new with absolutely now rust at all.





The torsion bar adjuster looks a little different now and it also has the ability to adjust now (and not rusted solid)

I can't believe how solid it is. Lovely!

Ian, you need to find out which field that mud came from and start selling it in comp. with Waxoil - clearly works much better!
That is looking gorjus btw!

Wow! Looks amazing. I love this thread!

I can sympathise, I've spent way too much time wire wheeling citroen parts recently. Sitting in my car on the way home picking bits of wire out of my crotch. Or accidentally catching my fingers in it and taking my skin off and even if that doesn't happen going home covered head to toe in tiny little bits of underseal pulling it out of every last crevice on my body.

Ian just thinking, I woudn't patch the tank if I was you, the rest of the cars looks clinical clean now, so put in a new tank please....

Cheers everyone - I am just lucky I have the time at the moment to get this done but also a deadline, I do not want it hanging around me when I start work again, goal is to have it driving by the spring.

I have bought a new Petrol Tank in the end. I did have a go at panel beating and forming a new sump tray but it looked crap and I didn't not have the correct tools, so totting up the costs of new tools and tank treatments/sealants it near enough came to the same for a new tank delivered from Belgium, so that is what I have done.

Hey Russ, I know what you mean, I came into the house the other day and the missus looked shocked, I looked in the mirror and my face had 4 or 5 wire fragments poking out of my cheeks like a hedgehog, so I bought myself a full face visor, although that is a pain in the arse in tight places

I got busy putting back the rear axle parts as my goal is to get it back on its wheels as soon as I can. So the rear hubs and brakes were fitted.

I do like seeing the before and after shots though




Installed the handbrake cables but not before giving them a good cleaning, service and greasing. These original parts to stand the test of time so no need to buy all new parts with this renovation.



I have fitted the new brake pipes to the rear axle too. They seem easy to fit at first but getting that last little bend int hem proves quite tough specially when there is always the threat of a kink, and they are too expensive to do that

I have one single pipe to fit and that is the front to back pipe but that will happen after I have replaced the front floor panel.




I made up the specialist tools for the brake shoe alignment after collating a lot of different documents together on the subject, thanks for all the help on this. I was lucky though as the rear centering tool is exactly the same as the 2CV tool so fitted perfectly over the rear axle



I am now finishing off the front brake alignment and then onto the temporary steering system fitting so I can man handle the car on the ground.

I managed to get the car back on its wheels, first time since early this year. The whole suspension and drive chain is complete at last.



Then out into the open air a little dusty



But after a bit of a wipe down it is shiny again........ well until it all dried off and now it is back to dull black again