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[johnR]

Lovely work as usual - it's a shame to have to bolt unrestored parts back onto a pristine shell but I suppose the owner can restore them piecemeal once it's back on the road - and summer doesn't last long in this country!

[Ben_O]

Bit more done today

 

Headliner unpacked

 

 

And old one out to remove the rods

 

 

Anti drum installed inside the roof

 

 

And then the felt

 

 

I hung the headliner by it's rods and put some tension into it. Now I will give it some time for the creases and folds to drop out before I fit it fully

 

Front to rear brake and fuel lines made and installed

 

 

 

And then in with the rear frame with all new trunnions, bushes and fixing bolts

 

 

And then I began building up the suspension on one side

Radius arm, adjustable camber brackets, new adjustable shocks, hi-lo's and new knuckles

 

 

The aim now is to get it rolling and on it's wheels so once I have finished the back, ill build up the front.

 

Ben

[GraemeC]

I have a spare glass probably clips

[Ben_O]

I have a spare glass probably clips

Thanks for that.

I may have a couple of old clusters in my shed that I am going to check at the weekend. if not, I will take you up on that!

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Ben_O]

Few more bits on today.

 

Both arms are now in with back plates and suspension

 

 

 

And I have made up and ran the new hard brake lines and the handbrake cable

 

 

I fitted the hubs too once I put in new bearings. They are now Torqued up with new split pins etc.

 

rear brakes next and then onto the front

[Ben_O]

The back end is now complete apart from one of the clevis pins for the handbrake cable

 

 

 

I fitted the steering rack

 

 

And then the front frame

 

 

 

Oh and the pedal box

 

 

I temporarily fitted the front hubs after building them up with new fixings, bearings and ball joints to the car along with the outer drive shaft CV's, drive flanges and discs so that I could get the wheels on and lower it to the ground

 

 

 

Now I can attack the headlining at a better height although I have had to get some new rods as the new ones just don't have the spring anymore so don't want to stay in place

Some parts are on order now so i need to wait for those before I continue however the front frame will need to come down again before I go too much further as one of the poly bushes has inexplicably split...

[Hedgey]

Hi Ben,

 

Fantastic looking paint job as always and a great read.

 

I'm going to be spraying my saloon soon in a 2K solid colour with the body and roof being the same colour.

When spraying how do you work your way round the body to avoid dry spots? I.e. where do you start spraying and which areas do you do first?

 

Also do you have any advice when it comes to spraying the inside of the boot? It looks pretty awkward to use a spray gun in there

 

Cheers

Elliott

[Ben_O]

Hi Ben,

 

Fantastic looking paint job as always and a great read.

 

I'm going to be spraying my saloon soon in a 2K solid colour with the body and roof being the same colour.

When spraying how do you work your way round the body to avoid dry spots? I.e. where do you start spraying and which areas do you do first?

 

Also do you have any advice when it comes to spraying the inside of the boot? It looks pretty awkward to use a spray gun in there

 

Cheers

Elliott

Hi Elliott.

Thanks for the compliments.

 

When I do a full spray, I use a slower thinner to give me more time but you have to work reasonably quickly.

I start with the roof by painting down in the gutters first all the way round to about 6" in and the tops of the door and window apertures/ tops of the B posts, top of the back panel and top of the windscreen frame and then paint one half of the roof from the gutter to the centre and then round to the other side to paint the other half from the centre to the gutter.

Then I do the lower half of the windscreen frame and scuttle then quickly to the front and start from the centre of the front panel working one way round to the wing, then the a panel then the door shut and quarter panel then the back panel then back up the other side finishing at the centre of the front panel.

I always have a seperate spray gun ready with some fade out thinners to use at the end if needs be to go over the start and end point.

 

There is no set way, just do what is comfortable. That is just the way I tend to do it. Just make sure you do the underside of the gutters and the tops of the door shuts before the roof on each coat or you may end up with overspray on the roof.

 

 

Hope that helps

 

Ben

[Hedgey]

Thanks for taking the time to write that up Ben. I’ll be spraying in a non heated booth at work over a couple of weekends. I might mask off the body and do the roof, boot and engine bay in one sitting. Then do the interior and exterior separately which may make things more manageable for a first time full body respray.

Cheers
Elliott

[Ben_O]

I always paint the underside interior, boot and engine bay seperately to one another and then the outside seperately too.

Scrap that.... I do the engine bay and boot together.

 

I forgot to say in the last post that I use a Mini HVLP gun for the boot and any other tight areas.

[Junior Mini]

Any news on this one yet Ben?

[Daviewonder]

Yeah Ben, come on, we're getting withdrawal symptoms.  

[Carlos W]

The paint is probably curing.

(And he's busy with my car)

[CityEPete]

I keep checking in, I bet he's sunning himself somewhere nice, lol.

[minimissions]

Stunning work love seeing these cars you do come together