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some more pictures

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not very much to update on the body.

but now and than I get some pictures. Not as much as I want to, but you cant rush perfection I presume...

Door gaps are on point
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nose grills are closed

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Most of the welding I did 15 years ago are more or less OK and didn't need that much work. But there were some spots that needed redoing, now is the time.
front end and roof are in epoxy again



if all goes as planned (witch it won't) she'll get paint somewhere later this month. But again, that's something I heard a time or 2 before...

Glauco

Because there isn't that much to do without the car being here I ended up starting I job I didn't want to do at all, the wheels.
My Fuchs started life as cheap SSP wheels with the wrong shape and paintjob. When I first got them I did a halfass job getting the look right, but I always knew I had to redo them, now was the time.

stripped the paint and redrew all the lines to get the radius like a real Fuchs
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had shaped every spoke with 180grid sandpaper until I was happy with the shape and than started sanding them down with 180, 240, 300, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 3000, 5000 and then polishing them in 5 steps

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built a turning jig to sand and polish the lip as well, so that will be next. after that getting the lines right for painting.

Glauco

wanted to be further in the process than I am today, but some things you have no control over. Car still hasn't returned from the bodyshop, but we're making progress. big step forward is the completion of the engine. Some minor details that need addressing, but for the most part it is what I envisioned.
I changed the carbs from 40IDF's to DCNF's, but for some reason they just looked to dull. So I drew up a set of stacks and Dem printed them for Me. But because I didn't want to loose the oldschool look to much I ended up painting them anodized purple like the rest of the DDS parts on my engine:

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finished the oil lines as well, will be connected to the filter/cooler plate via quick disconnect fittings.

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Glauco

I have sent you a pm.

Cool 

cheers Richie

Sold

Another little updated, this week i dropped a few things off to Richie for the engine, and picked up some rather lovely carbon fibre running boards. So as the sun beat down on a lovely Sunday morning i dragged my hungover self to the workshop (drinking with mates from my Airforce, never gets easier) with Daniel and we set about fitting them. Richie has got the weave looking great running at a 45 degree angle pointing to the front. Next on the list was a bit of preparation for the new brake kit, this went a lots faster than anticipated and in half an hour, under the careful supervision of the lad i had the front drums off. That's it for today but things are moving in the right direction.

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Used set of 4 venolia 4inch/101.6mm pistons, will need new pins and rings22mm pins,have valve notches