Herald body section removal order

[Josef]

So, at some point in the near future I need to do some welding on a few of the usual suspect places on my 13/60’s bulkhead. I do not want to completely strip the car. I’m pretty confident the car has never been ‘fully restored’ as it were and I don’t want it to come off the road for any significant period of time. It has an unbroken MoT record since 1979. 
However, I also would rather not grovel upside down while welding in the footwells. Leading me to ask is it possible to remove the bulkhead from the car without disturbing the rear body position? I think the lip of the front floor sits underneath the lip of the rear floor so I’m guessing the answer is no, but as I’ve never disassembled one that far I don’t know for sure!

[Pete Lewis]

yes you can remove the baulkhead with the rear tub left in place 

yes the overlap exists but with all the bolts out you can pull the BH forwards a few inches to disengage the overlap 

this flange can be in a rusty state , but all repairable 

you  will have to remove the tunnel 

but the front body bolts the two on the sides and the screws across the overlap and its free   apart from the electric harness

and throttle and choke cables , heater hoses  and more 

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

Don't forget to remove the sills, too. And the doors, obviously.

[Josef]

OK all good to know thanks guys. I’m slowly putting together a winter plan for the Herald as it’s got a little neglected with all the time the Spitfire required.