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Post by carbon on Mar 24, 2008 17:32:46 GMT
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Post by carbon on Mar 31, 2008 7:37:08 GMT
A bit more progress this weekend (well Sunday anyway). The plan was to lower the rear of the car 1 inner spline and fit my new exhaust but a quick examination of the location of the exhaust studs means that it looks like an engine out job to fit the exhaust - as I was on my own I progressed with other things. Fancy a lift Arches Off Time to investigate the cracking on the passenger side rear inner arch - turned out to be just filler cracking but there was some surface rust underneath so that was rubber back (40 grit flapper wheel FTW) and treated with Vactan. Beginning to shape some filler on the drivers side repair patch - yes, it's rough but the day was a lot warmer than of late and I forgot to allow for that when adding hardener. Then I ran out of filler (I didn't use that much I just didn't have much to start off with) so I gave the filler a quick blast with some red oxide to protect it through the forecasted rain. I also wet sanded the roof which is now a much brighter yellow
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Post by Vince on Mar 31, 2008 22:30:33 GMT
Nice work Al, driveway restos rule! haha what grid did you use to colour sand? is it like 2000?
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Post by carbon on Apr 1, 2008 6:57:33 GMT
Nice work Al, driveway restos rule! haha what grid did you use to colour sand? is it like 2000? They always recommend 2k or 3k unitgrit which is very pricey so I use 1500 grit - I've used it before and it's ok TBH Here's some shots of some sanding out scratches I did for a mate Scratch Work In Progress OMG Sorted
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Post by carbon on Apr 4, 2008 7:39:54 GMT
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Post by carbon on Apr 5, 2008 15:27:47 GMT
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Post by carbon on Apr 6, 2008 16:28:48 GMT
I spent most of the day on and off rubbing back filling, rubbing back filling, and repeat - we are nearly there on the repairs
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Post by Petit on Apr 6, 2008 19:33:46 GMT
shhweeet its taking shape now! filling and sanding has to be one of the crappest things to do i hate it. when are you gonna slam the back?
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Post by carbon on Apr 6, 2008 20:05:12 GMT
shhweeet its taking shape now! filling and sanding has to be one of the crappest things to do i hate it. when are you gonna slam the back? I'm not sure I'm slamming the back TBH - It does need to go down a bit but I'm quite liking some rake
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Post by carbon on Apr 11, 2008 20:03:14 GMT
Filler, sanding, filler, sanding, and repeat for about a week. Filler primer and wings back on so I can drive it tomorrow
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Post by carbon on Apr 14, 2008 7:06:28 GMT
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Post by carbon on May 3, 2008 16:30:50 GMT
A post engine fire poke around revealed what looked like some tyre scrubbage in one of the front inner arches - alas it turns out to be yet another rusty hole
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Post by carbon on May 4, 2008 14:03:11 GMT
The good news is - the car lives again. I finally got round to finishing off the diagnostics and I had power to the coil, the points were opening and closing (not enough so I reset them) the power was turning on and off on the green wire to the coil and no big sparks when you opened the points so both the points and condensor are fine. I tried the coil off of Sally's car and the car started so I just need to order a new coil
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Post by carbon on May 10, 2008 12:35:12 GMT
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Post by carbon on May 18, 2008 15:42:46 GMT
Right, with the MOT now passed I thought I would start tackling the wet sanding and spray touch ups but once again it really isn't the right yellow :rolleyes: So, I just gave the car a quick polish - ignored the fact it is god knows how many different colours yellow now and stuck some stickers on - like you do - after all Plymouth Volksfest is next week
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Post by carbon on Jun 19, 2008 10:45:32 GMT
OK, been a bit quiet on the bug front of late but things are beginning to happen again. I am on the lookout for a bigger engine and have bought the bits needed to finish off the rear valance ready for spraying. I have also bought this
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Post by BuggyJim on Jun 19, 2008 10:55:31 GMT
Nice... I challenge you to get the needle all the way over to the right hand side
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Post by carbon on Jun 19, 2008 11:33:12 GMT
Nice... I challenge you to get the needle all the way over to the right hand side Boom
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Post by carbon on Jul 12, 2008 17:57:19 GMT
Changes are afoot with the bug in both colour and styling...... I've bought these - Ercos with 135 front and 195 Toyo rears And a lot of cans of primer Today I started stripping down the car.....
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Post by carbon on Jul 12, 2008 17:57:55 GMT
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