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[nicnoo]

More Paint.................

 

 

[nicnoo]

It's MOT time for the last time on the clubby estate but i think i'll need to work on it a little first............

 

 

Good job I never throw anything out, should be part of an old door step panel on the shelf somewhere.

[nicnoo]

WARNING !!

​THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS SHINY STUFF!!

 

 

 

Needed to take my mind off the clubby so i (temporarily) built up the front hub assy's. 

 

 

Edited by nicnoo, 06 November 2019 - 11:29 PM.

[nicnoo]

Soooooooooo....................

 

Been busy doing body work urggg......

 

 

 

 

Also welded in a Mk2 switch panel as i'm leaving the bottom rail in paint 

 

 

 

 

and suddenly everything looks better in primer...................

 

 

 

 

 

More to come..............

[Bdshim]

Great work really starting to take shape

[johnR]

that welded-in switch panel looks clean!

[nicnoo]

Thanks John, primer is very forgiving on camera.

[mercenary62]

excellent work mate just read this from start to here ,you've got some great skills ,you decided on a colour for the shell yet?

[nicnoo]

Final colour will be tweed grey with a black roof. shouldn't be long now..

[Vinay-RS]

Love the look of the lower dash without the padding. Looks really good. 

[nicnoo]

Happy new year everyone ( I know it's a bit late)

 

Next little job is to continue with the Bootlid conversion.

 

First up I had to clamp it in place. 

 

 

Fit isn't great but it's easier than trying to fabricate you own Mk1 skin.

 

 

Just had to bash it in to place around the edges to get it somewhere near.

 

 

 

Before offering up the number plate holder to check for alignment.

 

 

Once happy I marked round it and chopped it out. I also painted the back of the panel before tacking in place

 

 

 

 

And then fully welded 

 

 

 

Will clean that up and make it all pretty tomorrow hopefully.

 

Cheers for now.

[nicnoo]

Just a few pics from today's grind'athon.

 

Started off by grinding down the welds from the other day, also took the paint off.

 

 

 

And a bit off the back.......

 

 

Then i filled in the old number plate light holes 

 

 

And ground them back

 

 

 

Next up, UPOL boot lid sculpture a la pimp my ride.

[toromod]

  brilliant work and a great inspiration for those of us slogging away in the earlier stages to read and look at the photos!

[nicnoo]

  brilliant work and a great inspiration for those of us slogging away in the earlier stages to read and look at the photos!

I know it sounds cheesy but the help and support offered on here is second to none and if nothing else its a great visual reference.

[nicnoo]

Finally got my  freshly skimmed head back.

 

 

Must..............not...............get ................distracted...................must .....................finish....................bodywork..........................