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Good to meet you too Gary....even tho we were both suffering with hangovers! might not quite make Exeter...looking at the frame I first coated tonight...looks like I need stronger lighting as the flash has picked up the misses....daylight job in future I think
i was thinking of suspending bodywork above car? but i do like the idea of a marquee for shotblasting! if i have to cut bits of metal into chassis, what thickness do i go for/ also Butt joint or overlap?
You are quite right....this is what it looks like after ive cleared most of the junk out!! Def think I will try and build a plastic spray booth inside.
What you cant see is the floor subsiding at the back...I dug a trial hole and found the basement (garage used to be a house) its been backfilled with all sorts of crap...keep finding handbags and shoes???? thinking of getting the police to dig it out will end up with an inspection pit then.
Well at least I have managed to get the old spring off...diff dropped for clean and paint and extended studs and lowering block.. cleaned up swing spring and took off prop ready for shortening...also hacked the windscreen...just cos I could....few more photos
(picture of the wheels im using...15" 48 spoke)
I loved this stage of the build, every day it seemed like loads of progress was made. I'm very much into the mechanicals over the bodywork anyway, so was in my element at this stage.
Yep me too Trevor.....bodwork is going to be a real trial for me as I`m a tad impatient...the thought of all that filling and rubbing down and filling uugh! Going to get the bulkhead off tomorrow so I can swap the gearbox easier, then going to go for the gearstick overdrive switch rather than column
I can certainly back up the fact that the bodywork is a right royal pain and takes AGES and doesn't seem to progress that quickly. I've taken ages to fill, then ages to primer, then ages to spray, now it's taking ages to flat and polish and yet with all the time taken i'm still finding flaws!
Now i understand why a "proper" spray job costs ~£1500!
That said, it will be very satisfying once it's done no matter how it turns out just knowing that i did it! and i can always carry on correcting mistakes over the coming few months
Oh Dear! bloody weather! why can`t it just rain every weekend? Two weekends of just sitting in the sun on the beach (beach bar) with a cool cider!
Not progressed very far at all and to top it off, most unimpressed with Mulberrys excellent work on his chassis, resulting in me stripping the whole thing back to bare metal in shame, at my previous efforts. Hope to push things on with a target ive set myself for body on by 20th November (no reason, but if I don`t set one I wont miss it!
I'm having to paint today, at least the weather ok for the rest of the week.
Will be taking engine out saturday, touchwood. I should see what GaryJ has got ready for Exeter on friday. Is that garage any emptier yet? Has the tub gone? The scrappy took mine, they do come in handy...
No Garage is still a mess. Pillock who bought the body tub didn`t pick it up so I am thinking pile it all up and take it down to Mr scarappy may be the best bet.
I am also thinking about turning a couple of sets of the rear seats into "garage seating" a la topgear stylie so I can watch my creation form.
of to the pub tonight to think of a game plan for the weekend
I seem to be making very slow progress! Today I mostly used my angle grinder and knotted wire brush!!
Determined to kill those ruddy rust mites slopped on several coats of gloopy Kurust gel followed by two coats Hydrate...die you suckers.
Couldn`t be arsed to climb under the car so up ended it (now got a motorized wheelbarrow). for all those HSE advocates you will have noticed the secondary lump of wood for added safety!
Tomorrow I paint, then hopefully start putting things back together.
Hi Gary,
No colour decided as yet for the body, tho a mate is trying to get me to chrome wrap it...clue there is, I may very well vinyl wrap rather than paint. Must admit I am slightly tempted on the chrome and suffer the shouts of knob! as I drive past
Chassis is not very exciting its smooth black with the odd red bits, diff, springs, shocks, prop, rollbar and gearbox casing (might do the block as well)
Think I may have poisoned myself and breathed in the dust I ground off yesterday as feeling crap today....so late start. The Hydrate 80 takes 24hr to dry before paint so hope to get a coat on later...
Like how they do the taxis? With heat gun, and it shrinks to the shape... I bet the finish of the body work will have to be more perfect than spraying or you'll see the distortion in the film... the chassis looks good, did you have much to do? I was hoping to have a 6 3 1 exhaust manifold, but they don't make one anymore. Must be nice having that garage, so much room. Everytime I go and work on mine I have to ask my Mum (81) to lift the body out, good job its fibreglass.
Basically yes, but they have moved on a lot. Think there is the same amount of prep to do upto primer but no more than I would have to do for paint...its just an idea, as my mate can get the wrap and does it for his business (but not cars)
It is very impressive, i'd like to know what other colours you can get. Have you still got any panels left? Let me know if your mate has a go, i would like to see.
but i do like the idea of a marquee for shotblasting! if i have to cut bits of metal into chassis, what thickness do i go for/ also Butt joint or overlap?
will end up with an inspection pit then.
Garage is still a mess. Pillock who bought the body tub didn`t pick it up so I am thinking pile it all up and take it down to Mr scarappy may be the best bet.
of to the pub tonight to think of a game plan for the weekend 
