Lamborghini Urraco front chassis and valance rebuild

Now I have the cross member in and this is the final fitting of the inner floor before welding in tomorrow.

Lamborghini Urraco P250 rear suspension and brake rebuild

As a break from body work I stripped, cleaned, painted and reassembled the passenger side (RHD) rear suspension.

Rear hub carrier is cleaned, painted and reattached to the swinging arm. The lower pivot is a large king pin with bushes inside the hub casting. All was in excellent condition.

Rear brakes rebuilt using BMW 1602 seal kit. Pistons were fine.

Discs are in good condition with minimal wear. Centres cleaned up and painted.

Lamborghini Urraco P250 front valance repair - part 2

I cannot save the original beam but have the section with the number (Lamborghini * 15662) on so took advice from VOSA and the Police in the UK. They said I just need to document with photos and reattached the original number section to the newly fitted body pieces.

New front floor section fabricated with new cross beams copied off the originals which were beyond repair. Box section test fit. 

The front of this car will be perfect and all metal when finished.

Lamborghini Urraco P250 front valance repair - part 1

I knew the front end of my car had covered up rust issues - the rest of the car is really good. So I decided to get stuck in.

The lower valance had been paneled over with that looks like the remains of some other car  and that whole area was full of repair patches done badly.

So have many grinding discs I've got back to solid metal throughout.

I had to remove the radiator and wiring loom and of course bumper and lights.

I think the pictures make it look worse than it actually is. OK there's going to be a fair amount of new metal going in - but the car will be totally rust free up front once I've finished. I think most Urracos will have issues around here as the lower centre valance piece if a double skin so a bad moisture trap.