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I have been tinkering with some more electric gremlins and stumbled upon my non working license plate light. Some previous owner bodger rammed a replacement socket into the socket (unfortunately I didn't take a picture), but the light was not working anyway. So I took it out and took care of it. Just a tiny little drainage hole blocked combined with no gaskets at all lead to a non functional license plate light.

after cleaning off the not so protective undercoating revealing the bubonic plague: Ferric oxyde ...


nice fabrication stamp


after some short sand blasting


cut out the worst bits


and weld some new bits in


Next step will be sheradizing the housing for a better future rust proofing and a lick of paint.

Regards,
Clemens

Parcel service delivered some long awaited parts today:

together with HT cables, terminals and covers ...

Unfortunately the ignition coil choose to collapse just after I placed the order, so another delay until the car will be running smoothly again.

Regards,
Clemens

Finished the splash panel and wing support. Just have to lend the spot welder from the local blacksmith and weld it together and weld it back in again. Ah yes, painting it prior to installing will be an option



Meanwhile I sheradized the license plate light and took care of two rusted tail light bodies:



Derusting the lazy way: Acid rust stripping. After 30 minutes only some zinc is left.



and done ...



And the final result after sherardizing. Rust protection at its best.




Inside of the taillight and license plate lamp bodies will be painted white to increase light emitting efficiency.