Fully welding VIN plate

Another change in the latest IVA manual is that chassis VIN plates, if they are stamped on a piece of steel that is welded to the chassis, it needs fully seam welding - a stitch weld at either end like MK did as standard will now not be acceptable.

I removed the air box and then set up protection of the whole engine bay and all the GRP panels using aluminium and plasterboard, leaving only the chassis rail with the VIN plate exposed.  I used the dremel to remove powder coating on the edge and they started welding.  I managed to get it fully welded (with great difficulty) and then primed and painted gloss black.  The weld doesn't look the best but it should pass the IVA now.

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