Today’s work continued where I finished yesterday with removal of the nearside (LH) boot door.  Having drilled the heads of the fixing screws for the hinges, I was then faced with the problem of extracting the remains of the screws.  In order to give something for the mole grips to grab onto, I dabbed the Mig torch on the ends of the screws and built them up a bit. This had the additional effect of introducing heat into the screw and they came out with little trouble after this treatment.

Next I removed the LH panel work surrounding the boot opening.  Final part of the day was spent removing the remains of rusted screws and drilling and plugging the holes with dowels.  A survey shows far more rot in the RH side of the boot opening and wall timbers.

Left-hand rear corner and boot door frame timbers

Timbers forming the top of the boot opening and base of the rear window