Spider shell on the rotisserie.
In this shot you can see the strengthening supports. These go from the hood frame mountings to the windscreen mountings.
Here you can see our mounting brackets attached to the front tie rod mounts.
This shows the holes in the front floor pans. You can also see evidence of where the weld has blown through where the floors have been plated from above. Also note the damaged outriggers and badly welded front sills and jacking points.
You'll see here the section underneath the seat that has been crudely cut out with a plate let in from above.
This shows our mounting brackets for the rear of the car. These attach to the rear spring hangers and also go into the bumper mounts through the rear panel.
You can see here evidence of fresh cracks around the rear shock absorber towers. Also of note, you can see the welding that has been done previously. The cracks around the rear shock absorber towers are a common problem with Dino Spiders.
Here is an example of some of the poor welding that has been done previously. This is the lower rear quarter.
Another picture of the crude plating underneath the rear seat.
In this shot you can see the buckled front end. The top rail should be straight. You'll also see the hammer marks and various welding repairs.
This shows where the rear wing lower quarter has been replaced and at a later point, has needed repairing again but this time, the front of the sill has also been replaced. Another example of previous poor repairs.
Dents in the rear quarter panel and some ugly welding repairs.
Here we are looking down into the engine bay towards the off side inner wing. You'll see how buckled this is although not as bad as the near side inner wing. Also of note is the braze that holds the wing on plus the nose panel. The bracket towards the top of the inner wing is the bonnet hinge mount incorporating the mount for the under bonnet light. You'll see there's lots of brazing around this along with a lot of washers in a big lump of braze, in an attempt to line the bonnet up.
You can see the heavily re-worked nose panel and the brazes where it attaches to the outer wings. This explains why the bonnet gap was out of alignment side to side and didn't follow the contour of the radius at the front corners of the bonnet.
This shows the off side front floor pan with the crudely welded in patch. As you can see it's only been tack welded and doesn't even have a continuous weld around its edge. This actually isn't even up to MOT standards, let alone good quality restoration standards. You can see the top part of the floor pan is crumpled and also the lower A post is crumpled and misshapen from the accident.
Another example of previous poor welding repairs. You can also see daylight where the floor pan is pebbled with rust. We will be replacing this whole floor pan.
Another shot of the underseat area - this time from inside the car. Again, note it is tack welded and not a continuous weld.
This shot shows the crumpling of the panel behind the rear seat. This is the evidence of the use of a porta power ram I mentioned in the write-up.
Here you'll see the off side front wing has been removed exposing the damaged A post. This is exactly how we found it when we removed the wing. On the lower front where it joins the sill you'll see some very nasty welding and just above this a hole that has been chissled out of the panel, possibly to gain access to the inner structure. I have no idea why they have done this and why they haven't sealed it back up afterwards! Perhaps they managed to catch fire to some trim or wiring and wanted to see what could be done to replace it? Who knows. The panel above this, as you can clearly see, is dented in. Where the panel is slightly blue, this is where we've used a bit of heat to straighten things out. This whole area will be de-constructed, re-made and replaced.
This shot shows the off side front A post from the inside. As you can see it's buckled and distorted. S.Below it you can see some nasty repairs. Also of note is the small box affair that connects the front of the sill to the floor pan. This somebody's attempt to replicate how the front corner to the floor should ramp up as they form the top part of the box section of the outrigger.