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Tom - The spraying of 2k out in the open is also prohibited here in Canberra/Australia so I'm being a naughty boy. I've been doing a few other...
I've had two weeks off to work on the Wagon so things are moving along. I mentioned that I would be "spot-filling" before primer - probably a...
Nice score Dave.
Fantastic Klaus - Great inspiration for my wagon which is very close to paint. You are very skilled.
GN - The paint will be PPG Cobra base coat in Saddle Tan Metallic/Ermine White, and then Autothane clear over the top - in other words, the...
3 hours worth of de-oxing with steel wool, wet rags, dry rags etc, etc. (I forgot how big these roofs are!) [IMG] ........and then it was...
Ok, I am finally up to date. All of the work below has been done in the last week so the daily posts will most likely revert to monthly. After...
Thank you again for the nice words...and Tom, the wedding ring is off and in the bedside drawers. I have a few more photos in which you'll see it...
Thanks for the comments guys. It's funny what you say Mike about "not noticing" as none of my friends are car guys. In their eyes I have...
Next was the door gap at the rear quarter. Not surprisingly with all smashing, bashing, slicing and shrinking over the years it left a 6mm door...
From there it was onto the achilles heel of this car - the left rear quarter. Just to remind you, an Audi Fox ran a red light and smacked it...
Doors were next on the list. Thankfully all were rust free so no stuffing around with patch panels and the paint in the jambs will be good...
Mike - it's a good point. As I mentioned we did plenty of miles back in the day towing tons of equipment and in some instances up and down to the...
Many thanks Junk - this is the reason why I'm restoring it on a public forum to try and pick up these pearls of wisdom. Sounds like a rebuild of...
GN300 - I'm leaving the firewall markings under the paint as that's how they were originally. I have seen photos of them over the paint but not in...
First job on the motor was to tidy up the exhaust manifolds which were pitted and rusty. My favourite method is electrolysis using a battery...
David - thanks for the kind words. I have enjoyed all 73 pages of your thread. Your project is amazing - I look forward to more updates and...
Thanks BlueVista - yes, the "solvent" in the glass bottle is indeed for the windscreen but it has anti-freeze properties as well apparently to...
It looks that way but the motor is staying in and the body is staying on the frame....so the quarter pounder deal perhaps...?
Next job was to shine up the panels for etch primer. I started with a rapid strip disk on the angle grinder making sure that I didn't generate too...
