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[FlyingScot]

Good to see your sticking with it. Must have been soul destroying at the time, but that's behind you now!

Well done mate, it will be worth it in the end!

[rally515]

Cheers Cliff..though progress is on rewind right now lol

 

it's larry all the subs and arms/brake parts are painted ready to rebuild..just lacking the space to store things so they wont get rebuilt till at least the underside is done again..then i'll rebuild and put her back on some wheels again before i spray the rest..

 

Sounds like a plan, i,ve got abit of room to play with but not much!, roughly the same as you by the looks of things on the photos, my front subframe is built up and rolling, store it under the shell which is on a spit but have to take everything out to turn it over on it side (again, lack of room) some TMF members are filthy rich with space its almost rude     

 

Oh your larry    , looked at the title thing a page bak and saw a post made by ChrisCityE and mistook it for your post   Always the dum one in school and no different to this day   haha sorry larry

[Rosslin Racing]

I like this, more metal now than rust, nice job keep at it!

[minbin 69]

Good to see your sticking with it. Must have been soul destroying at the time, but that's behind you now!

Well done mate, it will be worth it in the end!

sure was..think it's gonna get to me till i get some fresh paint on there..thanks... lets hope so :)

[minbin 69]

 

Cheers Cliff..though progress is on rewind right now lol

 

it's larry all the subs and arms/brake parts are painted ready to rebuild..just lacking the space to store things so they wont get rebuilt till at least the underside is done again..then i'll rebuild and put her back on some wheels again before i spray the rest..

 

Sounds like a plan, i,ve got abit of room to play with but not much!, roughly the same as you by the looks of things on the photos, my front subframe is built up and rolling, store it under the shell which is on a spit but have to take everything out to turn it over on it side (again, lack of room) some TMF members are filthy rich with space its almost rude     

 

Oh your larry    , looked at the title thing a page bak and saw a post made by ChrisCityE and mistook it for your post   Always the dum one in school and no different to this day   haha sorry larry

 

laughing yes must be nice to have room to work really wish i'd of got me one of those spit's would make life a bit easier ..

 

no worries mate wish i was as good as chris

[minbin 69]

I like this, more metal now than rust, nice job keep at it!

thanks..sure is nice to only see holes where they're meant to be

[minbin 69]

Got a bit more done today..finished stripping the bottom,gave it a good clean down with thinners..then pannel wipe rust treatment and etched..then tomorrow gonna give it a coat of barcoat just to make sure..not taking any chance this time...

 

Got a bit of a surprise today when a Heritage certificate turned up(my daughter loves me )so now i know the windows and rear seat are after market..the engines been changed at some point(and i can't work out these engine numbers for the life of me..) ohh and it should be Whitehall Beige so now the question is do i got with the Beige or the smoke gray????

[minbin 69]

• Got a bit more paint on today..even if it is only etch primer and barcoat,finally starting to enjoy it again and feel like i'm getting somewhere..really not a fan of the Lesson 1k etch primer..no matter what i tried it just didn't want to go on nice..Barcoat on the other hand..Love it easy to use and one coat covers a treat only trouble was i ran out of both i did manage to most of what i wanted done today and hopfully all being well tomorrow i can get the gravitex on the underneath and the floor

 

 

[ChrisCityE]

Those pictures [minus the external sills) take me back

You'll be done in no time!

[minbin 69]

way back when

 

just starting to see a tiny bit of light at the end of the tunnel

 

main thing is i actually enjoyed today working on it again..thats a good thing

 

just gotta make my mind up on want to do paint wise....

[minbin 69]

was having a reasonable in the garage nearly got a coat of undercoat on everything..then it started raining    think i've had enough paint troubles already..just hope what i'd done already wont start cracking..






was just about to mix enough to finish..then it rained...

[SAL 821X]

good stuff minbin.

 

Is the undercoat just a white flash over or does it have some specific purpose?

[minbin 69]

thanks Sal..it's the painter side of me keep calling it undercoat lol it's Hi build primer

[minbin 69]

bit of a catch up..got the gravitex done both underneath and the inside floor(the bits the carpet covers)

did the inside of the roof with it to..but used a spray gun to get a smooth finish..i had some left over..just thought i'd try it see if it cuts the nosie down..

so the gravi's pretty much done..just one bit in the passenger footwell i'm not happy with so thats coming off tommorrow and getting re done

 

Glad to say very little filling needed..mainly just where my  welding wasn't as good as it could be

then we got the colour out   other than the side it's laying on pretty much everything got a coat or two of smoke grey.. the underneather is finished..Again

just got 1 run in the clear coat to sort out when it's dry..

 

 

 

you can see the back of the wheel arch is a mess

 

 

spot the run..you can't miss it

 

but atleast now i'm back to,if not past how far i'd got before my little paint f*** up

[SAL 821X]

thanks Sal..it's the painter side of me keep calling it undercoat lol it's Hi build primer

 

haha. I'll make sure to get plenty of that on then.

 

Some good progess fella.