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« Reply #90 on: July 13, 2019, 21:46:47 pm » |
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the car had all its original layers of paint and it appeared to have had at least 2 resprays on top of that. Removing the paint proved hard work as nitromorse didnt seem to do much so it was all sanded off.Quite a lot of it by hand [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #91 on: July 13, 2019, 22:05:31 pm » |
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Removing the bonnet seal strips to remove any hidden rust [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] More removal of original layers of paint and covering with a light coat of red oxide to keep the rust away [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #92 on: July 13, 2019, 22:19:54 pm » |
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Welded up more unwanted holes (catches for rear pop outs, rear seat belts and rear seat mounting points and stoppers) [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #93 on: July 13, 2019, 22:29:09 pm » |
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By this time, me and my shoulders are starting to really hate sanding [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #94 on: July 13, 2019, 22:40:22 pm » |
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« Reply #95 on: July 14, 2019, 15:43:11 pm » |
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« Reply #96 on: July 14, 2019, 19:37:26 pm » |
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Thanks Keith. Hope you’re feeling better.
Couldn’t have done any of this without Mattys help throughout the build. He’s truly inspirational and kept me motivated
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« Reply #97 on: July 14, 2019, 23:03:25 pm » |
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I'm looking at these pictures and thinking: "I'd slap a headliner in and cover up all them holes!"
Which is exactly why my cars will never be to the standard of yours. Truly awesome.
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« Reply #98 on: July 15, 2019, 16:54:44 pm » |
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Lots of work to clean up all these areas. Great detail.
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« Reply #99 on: July 15, 2019, 21:13:44 pm » |
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I'm looking at these pictures and thinking: "I'd slap a headliner in and cover up all them holes!"
Which is exactly why my cars will never be to the standard of yours. Truly awesome.
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« Reply #100 on: July 15, 2019, 21:24:07 pm » |
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Cheers Lyndon. So far just the tip of the iceberg. You know probably better than anyone how many unnecessary or unwanted holes there are ,or just areas that can be tidied or improved.
Word of caution to anyone thinking of welding every single hole inside the cabin. When you try to close your doors the air pressure cannot escape and so you have to close the doors slowly but firmly. Open the window slightly and the doors close easier lol
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« Reply #101 on: July 20, 2019, 22:54:15 pm » |
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Nos rear valance.Will be made removable and have exhaust cut outs welded up [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #102 on: July 20, 2019, 23:13:12 pm » |
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Wanted to move the shifter back as i find it difficult to reach 1st and 3rd when strapped in with racing harnesses.
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Tunnel marked out.The two pieces will be cut out and swapped around [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #103 on: July 20, 2019, 23:26:15 pm » |
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Body off again to take the weight off of the pan while the tunnel is cut [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #104 on: July 20, 2019, 23:32:03 pm » |
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« Reply #105 on: July 20, 2019, 23:37:16 pm » |
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« Reply #106 on: July 27, 2019, 22:10:45 pm » |
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My brand new late model doors needed a few modifications to make them into 67 doors and to accept my winder mechanisms [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #107 on: July 27, 2019, 22:16:37 pm » |
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another winder mech mount welded in [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #108 on: July 27, 2019, 22:42:40 pm » |
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Now onto the one piece windows. There have been a few details about my one piece windows that a lot of people have asked me about especially the one piece aluminium surround so i'll try to show how we did it.
First i fitted a second bailey channel in each door to support the front edge of the one piece glass [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #109 on: July 27, 2019, 22:55:20 pm » |
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When the vent window is removed, there isnt any room on the edge to make a hole for a clip for the new longer one piece scraper. I could have just glued the scraper in but prefered to modify the door so it could be clipped in olong its entire length. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #110 on: July 28, 2019, 22:10:43 pm » |
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With one piece windows, i never really liked the way the felt channel was really visible so we tried a few ideas to hide it slightly. Matty came up with the idea to make a aluminium surround like stock bugs have and as we've never seen anyone do it before we thought it might not work. After lots of head scratching we gave it a go... [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] luckily i kept my old door tops for mocking it up [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #111 on: July 28, 2019, 22:21:17 pm » |
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painted black just to see how it will look [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #112 on: July 28, 2019, 22:26:50 pm » |
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« Reply #113 on: July 28, 2019, 22:33:39 pm » |
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Thats the pieces of the jigsaw all shaped [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #114 on: July 30, 2019, 16:58:37 pm » |
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What an epic car... that window trim is just amazing work. I can't wait to see the rest of the magic behind the car!
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« Reply #115 on: July 30, 2019, 18:59:05 pm » |
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It’s the details that people don’t notice that take the most work to look right.
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« Reply #116 on: August 03, 2019, 22:26:26 pm » |
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Thanks fellas. I think this modification is one of my favourite parts of the car. And you are right Lyndon, this is one of those details that people dont notice but took so much work to get right.
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« Reply #117 on: August 03, 2019, 22:32:17 pm » |
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now in one piece with a bit of paint [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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« Reply #118 on: August 03, 2019, 22:47:18 pm » |
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Thats gotta be worth taking a photo of [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] with the outer scraper attached (which is actually a one piece inner scraper remounted onto the aluminium trim) and Talbot 333 mirror now fitted [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #119 on: August 03, 2019, 22:53:43 pm » |
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