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Why drill holes in the rivets? On an "original car" of this alleged era, the rivets would have been solid, like aircraft rivets, as on D-Type, XJ13, etc.
You left the mountings in as they don't need to come out.......
I can understand why you left them there,i would'nt because there can be a gap behind the mountings where dust and debri can pile up.
You won't be pleased when spraying final color the dust decides to come out..........
See.......i always find something to nag about....
Dummy rivets are dummies, holes or not, it's your car. I just wondered why you went to all that trouble for what is effectively a wrong appearance. No skin off my nose.
WOW scottie its been some time since i look at your thread and you certainly have been busy, i bet the undercoat is a great moral booster but a hairy legged guy in flip flops and shorts with a spray mask must of been a sight for sore eyes.
Looking forward to the top coat which at the rate you are going will be next week
Got to carry on, rubbed the bonnet down again, I am getting closer.
I usually wait until its dark, and then shine a torch on the panel, running its length, you think its straight until you do that!
I know Einstein says light rays bend, but not on my torch they don't.
But they do show up every little dent and low spot.
I've got more primer on it, and it will get the same treatment tomorrow, until I'm satisfied.
Well, apart from the cars roof, which I have not made yet, the build is almost finished. I have front inner wheel arches to make to stop water ingress to the headlights and the rear battery box.
and that is all the fabrication done. Everything has been made, I just have to resist the (very strong) temptation to paint the car now, but I MUST NOT, until I am sure the surface is flat and true with no ripples in the body. At present, it is not good enough, so I have to carry on the rubbing down, however long it takes.
That way, it won't have to be done again at a later stage.
Mick, Jones and Gary, thanks for the comments! Much appreciated.
Another full day on the body work, bonnet and doors.
Flatting, stoppering, primer-ing and more flatting, but it is coming together, each day sees an improvement.
I have reached the stage when I am past caring WHEN its finished, just as long as I get it finished looking RIGHT.
It well may not be in time for Stoneleigh, but it will be in time for me to enjoy the car all summer.
My priority was to get it done for the show, but that has now changed,
and the priority now is to get it looking right, body work and paint wise.
I do not want to do this all again later, some people I know, have gone that route, but I don't want to.
Scottie are you using a DA orbital sander or by hand? I do think you attitude is right though if you rush it you'll just be disappointed. You need to match the exterior to the quality touches you have completed inside. Can't wait for us all to see it in all it's glory this year or next at Stoneleigh
I am using both Jones, the orbital sander to get the filler roughly
flush, then do the rest by hand, wet and dry, 250, 400 then 600 for the final finish.
Slow process, and like you say, the car will be judged by its finish, which basically is the paint job first, followed up by a look at the interior.
The interior is as good as I can get it, so its all down to the paint job now.
Each day it improves, and one day I will be happy to chuck top coat at it!
Its mainly paint Danny, I still have to make inner wheel arches for the front, but that's straight forward, (providing I don't drive in the wet, I'll be okay, and I have no roof yet!) I will do it though, but right now its not a priority.
I need to pipe the drain holes in the boot rain channel out of the floor, again a short easy job.
I don't have a list as such, but I think that's about it really.
As regards the paint, I am not a professional, and probably taking longer than one would, and perhaps not even doing it right,
but I am doing my best, and eventually it will get its paint on hopefully, straight even panels, which right now is taking so much labour to get right.
Hope you had a good one.
