Another day of sanding, priming, sanding, priming, sanding, gravitexing, priming and now finally beer time …. Mrs Hughes is becoming more and more suspicious as I’m spending every minute in the garage and complaining that my back and wrist hurts…...
Windscreen surround, bonnet, roof bar and bonnet catch slam panel all cleaned up, etch primed and primed. Appart for a few runs which will flatten out with some sanding their looking good 👍 will flip the bonnet over tomorrow and prime along with...
Fitted the bulkhead reduction kit this evening, will certainly help getting my lanky frame in between the seat and steering wheel ! With room to spare …
Bit the bullet and decided to strip it right back to bear ali, came across a few deep dents that had been filled in which is not what I would want to be re painting over. Let the metal bashing begin. Have to admit I do hope mrs hughes doesnt look...
Seat box all complete ready for etch and primer, bonnet all cleaned up with the steel work rust converted and new seam sealant just to add some strength and dampening to the ali skin. Have a few small dent that needs skimming and sanding then its...
Tonight’s mission is to prep the seat box for primer, two new end sections and some metal bashing and its nearly ready for paint. Just have to wait for the panel bond seam seal to go off. Top tip to remove sound proofing, heat it up with a heat...
All the axle and suspension parts are now painted, dry and stored. All of the rusty bits have been dropped off at the blasters, in the meantime it’s bodywork fetteling oh how I have missed weeks of straightening panels and endless DAing 😔 on the...
slight delay with progress this week due to a stinking cold … but Im back on track . Chassis is now finished and parked up outside out of the way. Hub assemblies all cleaned up rust converted and trailing arms etc free of very stubborn bushes...
Chassis now complete after 3 coats of paint ! I will guarantee it for another 40 yrs.
Front axle new diff pan welded on, rust converted and painted. Its a shame that the paint dulls off when dry as I do like the gloss finish but then again it...