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[Jase]

Thanks Ben, yes mine was from a 2011 so not brilliant, it doesn't look too bad to remove but as you say time consuming.

 

Best wishes

 

Jason

[JAYSONIC 79 IOW]

Hi Ben I’m back logged in for some reason I couldn’t log in for a long time ! Thanks for all your hard work on the little gem last year ! Happy new year to you and I hope you’ve hard a well deserved rest and feeling alot better !all the best mate for 2021 take care

[Ben_O]

I have now finished prep on the offside panels and applied epoxy



And now stripped back the nearside ready to start prep



Cheers
Ben

[Ben_O]

[nicnoo]

Excellent work as ever 

[I hate Brian]

Transformation well done so far Ben

[JAYSONIC 79 IOW]

Great work Ben

[Ben_O]

Nearside and back end done now.

[Carlos W]

Look at those door gaps

[Ben_O]

Dropped to the floor this afternoon ready to start on the roof prep



Lots of zinc primer overspray which really covers how rusty it really is



But it will clean up fine

Cheers
Ben

Edited by Ben_O, 08 January 2021 - 07:05 PM.

[gaspen]

Hello Ben

 

Sorry for "off" your topic but I don't want to start a new one for one question 

 

Should this lip welded to the front panel or not ?

 

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[Ben_O]

Hello Ben
 
Sorry for "off" your topic but I don't want to start a new one for one question 

No. That just stays like that.

Cheers
Ben
 
Should this lip welded to the front panel or not ?
 
IMG_20210107_195039.jpg

[Ben_O]

Well that's the roof stripped back of rust and flaky paint



That's one thing I've found throughout this project, the original paint and primer has rust underneath it so what looks like sound paint starts to flake off in sheets leaving bare rusty metal beneath hence the decision to strip it all off everywhere.
There is now none of the original paint remaining anywhere on the car.

Cheers
Ben

[Ben_O]

Roof now in primer





And onto the boot lid mod

Here is the conversion roughly in place to mark its position



And then I cut out the portion of the old skin that I dont want



Cheers
Ben

Edited by Ben_O, 12 January 2021 - 03:33 PM.

[Ben_O]

I have another mod to do now the stuff is here