Just as a FYI, I’ve now started restoring the Longchamp. It’s mostly about rust and paint, but I take the chance to fix all the small stuff at the same time. So far I’ve fixed the following annoyances:
-Doors don’t open too much anymore, so paint is not chipped
-A/C vents fixed so they keep in the position instead of turning with the air flow
-Mirror exchanged for the ones I got from Jani, electrical and aspherical, and moved on the door so they are in the same position on both sides. And fabricated a plate inside the door to stabilize the mirrors so they don’t vibrate at speed
-Electric windows adjusted and gears new
-Adjusted accelerator range with cable and cut and welded left foot support. Driving position is a lot better now

The next many weeks will be about welding...

An update on progress:
-Bought a new electrical antenna, has given up on having a bumper antenna
-Took out windshield and rear window, just in case there was rust. There was... New windshield will be bought
-The fabric on the rear shelf between back seat and back window was destroyed by the sun. Bought new Ivory Alcantara (expensive) and put on. I'm no good at that sort of thing, but it looks OK
-Managed to break a headlight sprinkler when removing from front bumper, so right now I have holes in my front bumper, and nothing to put in them. Anyone have these or know where to get them?
-Rust. The big one. I'm finished 20 nice patches welded in, 5 in the left c-pillar alone (inside and out). Had a metal fabricator do new rear fender lips at $300 per side

So now it's filling, filing, shaping and dismantling, so it's ready for paint.

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Sadly ever Longchamp has rust. I did not realize that you had to be logged in to see the pictures. Looks like a very nice job. I agree about the back self, I saw another Longchamp at Monteray this weekend, and he used swade on his.

Keep the pictures coming, and what did you use for the antenna? I just put a dummy in the hole, I have not found anything that really works.

Hi
For antenna, I've previously owned several cars with non-functioning power antennas. Every time I bought a universal new power antenna, the cheapest I could get, and they lasted 2 years max. This time I've bought again a universal power antenna, but the most expensive I could find, 3 times the low price, so I hope it lasts at least 6 years

If you want pictures, here's a nice "before" picture of the left c-pillar. Those holes were filled with filler and painted, no sign of rust. But I had rust dripping out on my back seats, so I thought I'd better remove the paint with a sander. What a shock

And after...

Good to see another Longchamp getting the attention it deserves. Keep up the good work Mikael!

Kiitos!

It's now starting to regain the shape that Tom Tjaarda intended
A pro could probably have filled it in 2-3 iterations. I'm on the 10th iteration on most areas...