Hi all

First post on this site... I have a '71 spider that started off its life in Germany before coming out to Australia. overall it's in reasonable shape (at least I thought) although it had a prang in the rear end when I bought it. I have done a reasonable amount of the mechanical work - replacing most of the suspension bushes, cutting out the fiberglass patches I found in the underbody etc, and switched in the 2L engine that was left over from my old Lancia beta (the engine was completely refurbished). Eventually I'm planning to put on a pair of twin weber 44's that i have ready for it, but started out on the bodywork fixing first....which has all been reasonably smooth up to the point of the sills (of course).

The rear quarters and arches are all brand new now (thanks to IAP), but the sills have turned out to be a collection of rust underneath perfect rocker covers. The outer sills are fairly ordinary, but not as bad as the intermediate sill which has been half-removed on the left side of the car and completely rotten on the right. So we're up for remaking those bits. But the problem is the small crosspieces that run between the intermediate sill and the outer sill - there's almost no trace of them so I don't have a pattern to work off. Is there anybody with a picture of how the sills go together that they took during their restoration?

I've attached some pictures of the car - it all looked so promising at the beginning...! (right click on each and choose 'view image' to see the whole thing)

Sambo42

Good to see you over here on the forum ! Welcome ....

There are a few members here who have the cars in various stages of restoration with the car on a rotisserie do a search for various keywords, or someone should offer some photos.

Regards

Adrians

I've been searching for over a year for sill pics, trim picks and rocker pics. My car came without them installed. I have yet to find any decent images or tutorials. I'm hoping, if I ever figure it all out, to add a tutorial to my blog.

Jimmycakes

I'm getting through it - if it's of any use I have some pics over on my photobucket site. it's now with the panelbeater and we're working it out very slowly....

Here:

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff14 ... %20spider/

and here:

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff14 ... ys%20work/

I am doing the same repair, but I bought the replacement pieces from Spiderpoint in Germany. There is a stiffener between the inner and outer sills attached to the outer sill. Ther are also independent door post (a and b) sections of outer sill. You can see those from the good side. If you like I can post some pictures of what I have done so far and of the outer sill with stiffener.