Project 1990 country squire resto/modification by andyfanshawe

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Right, next exciting installment:

Time to start removing rust off the frame and rustproofing before its too late :whistle: 

Heres a starter photo of the frame in the back left corner

Scaly rust but nothing major. But hang on, whats that hanging off the rear bumper? Remnants of rusty brackets? Ah, now this is something that americans won't understand...the remains of a rear fog light. This light is a bright red light that is a legal requirement and is there to make the car highly visible in poor conditions  

Those have been there for a long time. It'll be good fun trying to shift them.

More photos later of the cleaned up first bit of the frame.

Moved onto the front lights that are hit and miss. Sometimes bulbs are out, sometimes they are not. When a vehicle comes into the UK, the lights have to been changed to our standards. Which usually means hacked up wiring and bodge jobs.

The middle bulb should be on, but isn't due to those horrible blue scothlock connectors.

So, its all wiring out and start again. The bottom yellow corner light unit is not used for some reason, so an amber LED light has been fitted to the fender for pedestrians to see the yellow flashing light from the side. I am going to remove them and wire in LED bulbs in the afore mentioned lower corner light unit.

Oh, also have a look at the trunk floor in the photo above-where the rubber grommets are. Look rusty? You'd be quite right. Put my hammer through them. More welding then. Lovely.