I made an A frame to hold the doors for spraying
Sanded down the hinges, bonnet, boot lid and a host of other smaller bits
And lastly got the doors shims painted matt black
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 04:07 PM
A bit more progress this weekend
I made an A frame to hold the doors for spraying
Sanded down the hinges, bonnet, boot lid and a host of other smaller bits
And lastly got the doors shims painted matt black
I made an A frame to hold the doors for spraying
Sanded down the hinges, bonnet, boot lid and a host of other smaller bits
And lastly got the doors shims painted matt black
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 07:58 PM
1 question. what drill bit and technique are you using to remove the panels?
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 08:07 PM
I used spot weld removing drills from machinemart, its best to centre punch the weld first to stop it from moving about and go slow or you burn the cutter out too quickly
http://www.machinema...eld-drill/path/
http://www.machinema...eld-drill/path/
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 08:19 PM
your work is just fabbo. great inspiration
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 04:41 PM
Wood and Pickett time
4 Blooming hours of fettling before I was satisfied with the fit
Side views
Boot ready for painting
Door prepping begins
4 Blooming hours of fettling before I was satisfied with the fit
Side views
Boot ready for painting
Door prepping begins
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 05:14 PM
your lucky with the panels, just done mine recently and i bought all genuine parts. Had to do exactly the same as you but the fit on my panels was terrible. where it moulds to form the arch there wad about a 1.5 inch gap had to weld braces along the back of it and then fill it with body work filler. Bit of a pain but all good fun. nice job anyway.
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 05:29 PM
did you get the whole shell like that with that quicksand stuff?
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 05:40 PM
I've used very little filler as I hate the stuff 
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Posted 21 October 2008 - 05:48 PM
It doesn't seem like much to show for a days work but we have more primer
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Posted 21 October 2008 - 05:57 PM
Getting there mate, whats that blue stuff again?
Cant to get mine in primer, what colour scheme you going for?
Cant to get mine in primer, what colour scheme you going for?
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Posted 21 October 2008 - 06:05 PM
The blue stuff it spot putty filler it goes on very thin and is ideal to deal with small or shallow imperfections. The car is going to be painted surf blue with a black roof
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Posted 22 October 2008 - 05:26 PM
A few more bits primed today
Engine bay
Back of boot lid
Bonnet, Number plate light, hinges
Inside the boot
Hopefully I should be able to get some top coat done tomorrow
Engine bay
Back of boot lid
Bonnet, Number plate light, hinges
Inside the boot
Hopefully I should be able to get some top coat done tomorrow
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Posted 22 October 2008 - 05:42 PM
Good progress mate, and perfect colour scheme! 
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Posted 23 October 2008 - 05:21 PM
Thats pretty awsome !
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