The last couple of days were spent in further demolition removing the last vestiges of a steel plate that links a boot crossmember with a siderod at the forward edge of the boot.

I also ground back any proud screw remains from the timbering of the boot front in preparation for replacing the steel boot front stress panel.

Further demolition included removal of the boot floor perimeter rail – full of woodworm – on the nearside rear.

Next job was  replacing the lower section of the second side rod rearwards from the wheelarch.  I spliced this in with a simple lap-joint below the boot floor level and mortised it to the lower floor bearer.  I did this before the replacing the siderod behind the wheelarch in order to maintain a datum point for the bottom rail and lower edge of the wheelarch.