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Project SLR5000 replica / LX Torana Sedan 77

Started by _livo74_ , Dec 16 2014 07:48 PM

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#151 _livo74_

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 04:40 PM

cheers heath

(and work on his car is fking great. if not the best i've seen.)

i have zero interest or want in anyone leaving this forum.

all i did was very abruptly state "if you don't like my work, keep it to your fking self".

nothing else. zilch.

and i felt it should be said. hasn't changed.

now,

it may be the case where i took something completely out of context,

or

it may be al let slip arrogance, and was picked up on it.

will never know.

regardless, have no interest in discussing it further,

nor al leaving because he thinks there's a complete prick on this forum.

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#152 _sloffador_

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 05:04 PM

Shit I might be missing something in the interpretation

But where does Al knock your work

As far as I can see see he was just offering an insight into the way he cut he's gaurds

You asked for him to put up a photo and he did,nothing more

I have enjoyed watching his thread and I think he's doing a great job

Its got me fkd why you took offence to him

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#153 BIG KEV

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 05:56 PM

Shit I might be missing something in the interpretation
But where does Al knock your work
As far as I can see see he was just offering an insight into the way he cut he's gaurds
You asked for him to put up a photo and he did,nothing more
I have enjoyed watching his thread and I think he's doing a great job
Its got me fkd why you took offence to him

I agree with the above post.....I have met Al and done business with him and would only call him friendly honest and very help full and a easy guy to talk to and his work is second to none ....I believe he was just giving you a idea on how he cut & fitted his flairs as you ask to see his pics ....

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#154 EunUCh

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 06:04 PM

Never have flared guards,don't have any intention to do so,but i just can't see how it seems to be that something has been read

into this?.

Plenty around here that have done it (flares), and no doubt they all did it in different ways according to personal preference based on

experience or other peoples experience and help,advise,the do's and don'ts etc.

FFS,what is wrong with learning from other peoples mistakes or achievements and using the info. around here to an advantage

instead of the other alternative.

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#155 _livo74_

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 08:19 PM

(jeezus)

happened twice

missed it did ya's? want me to point it out?

here you go

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(if you don't get that, or even do, i don't need to know.)

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#156 Ice

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 08:27 PM

Just concentrate on your car thats all we want to read about progress

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 09:09 PM

(jeezus)

happened twice
missed it did ya's? want me to point it out?
here you go

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(if you don't get that, or even do, i don't need to know.)

What drugs are you on?

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#158 Heath

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 09:16 PM

Just concentrate on your car thats all we want to read about progress

^ Yes please! :clap:

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#159 _livo74_

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 09:23 PM

gladly, and happily.

cheers ice and heath.

will do

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#160 _livo74_

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 12:00 PM

bottom one is first guard i cut (with it flipped for comparison)

close, but no great cigar.

will be hiding under flares so is cool

photo's taken tilting at different angles, but get idea

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rust? what rust?

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#161 _livo74_

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 04:15 PM

believe if i pretend the rust in the door is NOT there, for 24 hours

..then it magically disappears by itself!

so.. that's good at least.

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second one done is 'better" than first.

(which makes sense)

lucky this was just the test car, and do it for real next couple of times!

haha

Edited by livo74, 11 February 2015 - 04:22 PM.

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#162 _livo74_

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 07:32 PM

for anyone new to resto like me

do NOT buy this.. thinking it will help sand back your car.

it won't. (barely good for sanding primer to prepare for paint, if that even.)

buy a bigger more powerful model, or an air operated beast.

(fortunately got a refund.)

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#163 _livo74_

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 07:41 PM

one section at a time, so as not to get overwhelmed.

was great advice

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am starting at front of car and working back.

haven't touched roof yet. needs a lot of work, and has 'ruts'?? along the fold meeting the side.

(people leaning on the car??)

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 07:52 PM

for anyone new to resto like me
do NOT buy this.. thinking it will help sand back your car.
it won't. (barely good for sanding primer to prepare for paint, if that even.)

buy a bigger more powerful model, or an air operated beast.
(fortunately got a refund.)

What grade/Grit paper were you using ?

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#165 _livo74_

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 08:01 PM

was 120, big k.

am not sure right or not. chunkyish cut back intended anyways.

but the toy, sorry, tool,

barely span with it's own weight resting on itself

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#166 Ice

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 08:03 PM

With tools you get what you pay for Mat there good for wood those Ozitos

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#167 _livo74_

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Posted 11 February 2015 - 08:09 PM

wood! ha, that's what the guy behind bunnings counter told me with refund.

said i should of been told too, by person who sold it to me.. if i mentioned what i was working on to him. can't remember if did or not.

and yup, i spent so little on it it was a likely outcome. (was wishful thinking in hindsight)

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#168 _livo74_

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Posted 14 February 2015 - 04:37 PM

can i weld or what!

well, um, no.

it's a mess.

(and by god, am not attempting to run thicker piece along underneath, am sorry to now be saying.

would blast holes bigger than thumb trying to marry to thin sheet i would.)

but, for those contemplating welding, first time or not, has to be done.

panels don't flex when press against them anymore (!!)

so gotta be done.

fibreglass reinforced etch filler, fuzzy much!?

(wanted heaped on to fill, inside and out, so didn't care about look)

by the way, new best friend for removing paint and filler.

cut back.

door closed

have run out of etch filler, so have etch primed and waiting to dry

so can do another filler top coat/fill using normal filler, before final sand back and prime.

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#169 EunUCh

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Posted 14 February 2015 - 05:17 PM

For a first time job it looks like not too bloody bad

Have never done that before but something that might come in handy for the next one is a small panel clamp/s and some small copper tabs (about 2mm thick and as square as needed to fit in space,it pulls the panels together and the copper bits soak up some heat and sort of helps ).

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#170 _livo74_

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Posted 14 February 2015 - 05:51 PM

never heard of that, sounds like a very good trick, thankyou

heat was such a bloody problem, add to that time waiting to cool even

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#171 _Liam_

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Posted 14 February 2015 - 06:09 PM

The reason why I did the flat bar curved to suit over what you have done is, all those fingers needing to be welded as well which would absolutely suck. Hahaha. You aim the wire at the thickest material and kind drag it onto the thinner or the other way around I can't remember tbh. Good job though.

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#172 _livo74_

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Posted 14 February 2015 - 06:28 PM

braver than i, is all i can say!

would of been a shamozzle if i tried it

after realizing i was using my welder as a plazma cutter haha

only had the balls to tack weld the fingers

Edited by livo74, 14 February 2015 - 06:28 PM.

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#173 torana_nick

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Posted 14 February 2015 - 06:46 PM

for anyone new to resto like me
do NOT buy this.. thinking it will help sand back your car.
it won't. (barely good for sanding primer to prepare for paint, if that even.)

buy a bigger more powerful model, or an air operated beast.
(fortunately got a refund.)

I'd have to disagree, I had one, and I basiccly sanded back my entire car with the same one. I used a combination of paint stripper and 40-80grit then 120 to finish it off.

120grit won't be sufficent to sand back paint.