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[Orleans]

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STRIPPED, CLEANED, TARRED INSIDE & UNDERBELLY

Edited by Orleans, 07 October 2009 - 04:17 PM.

[Orleans]

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Almost a Rolling Shell Again With a New Painted Diff, Nolathane Bushes & Springs etc.
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[hawk]

looks like a good project
keep the pics coming and do u have pics of befor it was stripped

[Orleans]

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This is how I found it at a wreckers, minus Bonnet, Front Doors, motor & G/box. $800 Bargain. Straight with no rust!

[GML-31]

looks a god shell to start with

[Heath]

Yeah neat work mate. Rotisserie sure is a nice way of doing it.

Interested in hearing what you've got planned too

[Orleans]

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ENGINE BAY ON ITS WAY NOW

[Orleans]

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Edited by Orleans, 24 December 2009 - 07:18 AM.

[Orleans]

Regarding bog- It's only a thin smear of bog to make the rear symmetrical. Where the rear bumper bolts up, Looks like the previous owner backed into something and pushed in the beaver panel a little at the mounting points. Other than that the body was straight.

OTHER DETAILS (Front X-member, Engine & Gearbox are painted and ready to be installed soon):

X-MEMBER: Sandblasted & Painted with all new bushes (Nolathane), Ball joints (TRW) and Slotted Rotors.

ENGINE: RED 308 Statesman Trimatic, recoed to stage 2 & balanced etc. L34 Heads. Prettied up with all the chrome extras.

GEARBOX: Recoed One Tonner M21

[Heath]

Regarding bog- It's only a thin smear of bog to make the rear symmetrical. Where the rear bumper bolts up, Looks like the previous owner backed into something and pushed in the beaver panel a little at the mounting points. Other than that the body was straight.

Yeah most Torries have subtle dents there, all he is saying is that the bog will make it look good when it's painted before you put the bumper on, but once you put the bumper on, the bog will eventually crack and it won't really have been worth putting it on in the first place. I did it on my car and it has cracked around there now, won't be repairing that area with filler again.

[Orleans]

The PERFECT ROOF story:

The roof of the car was completley straight & dent free, it just had humidity blisters in it so we had to sand down enough to get them out.
With that done after sometime, it was ready to be coated in spray putty.

The Putty didn't reveal anymore scratches or imperfections anywhere, it was perfect. With that part done I was ready to move onto the next stage.
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A week later (next time we went to work on the car) we spotted a dent and several scratches where some "dick" had drop something on the centre of the roof!
I wasn't happy! Far fu%#ing from it!
After swearing, crying & venting anger in copious amounts of different ways, production was pushed back on other things while I fixed what was "the perfect roof."
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All done & fixed now. We had time before it rained to put a coat of Primer on the shell too.

[Orleans]

ENGINE BAY
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DASH TOP VENTS/PLENUM
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We had problems where the strip was on the doors & rear quarter - the previous work/paint job on it was bodgy- had inconsisteant shape, and ripples along the panel. I wasn't happy so we took it right back to redo.
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Primed & ready for next stage.
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Passenger Side wasn't so bad.
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Edited by Orleans, 19 February 2010 - 11:42 AM.

[Orleans]

Filled the badge holes in the bootlid with a MIG:

I'm doing up 2 bootlids as i can't decide on what will look best. The above will be sans Bobtail.
This one below will have a Bobtail (note bolt holes already at ends). (this one will be sandblasting over the w'end)
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Probably won't bother fixing dent on the curve (passenger side) as it won't be seen anyway.

Here's a problem though-
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How UGLY is that! It was taken back to bare metal so don't think it's bog! The licence plate/fuel flap only hides some of the bumps. Delicate surgery will be required here.
If anyone has any ideas for this please don't be shy in telling me.

Edited by Orleans, 19 February 2010 - 01:09 PM.

[Orleans]

Cleaned & Painted my PACEMAKER COMPETITION HEADERS that I recieved for free off a guy that ripped me off 2 yrs ago!
There's slight pitting in spots from rust, but came up good enough for just the price of Heat Proof Paint.

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Edited by Orleans, 15 March 2010 - 05:29 PM.

[Orleans]

The 1st bit of colour applied to dash top, inside front pillars & Plenum Chamber.

[Orleans]

Engine Bay completed.
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[TUF 308]

Very nice! cant go wrong with black nice n clean