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[Ice]

Hope ya gunna smooth over some of that cocky shit on the K frame its shocking 

and don’t give us any of thats how it left the factory BS 

love ya work Marty 

[jd lj]

Hope ya gunna smooth over some of that cocky shit on the K frame its shocking 
and don’t give us any of thats how it left the factory BS 
love ya work Marty 

I had that problem. I couldn't leave all the welding splatter and rough edges on mine. The joys of being pedantic.

[sibhs]

It's been a challenge getting the bush out of the diff. From memory my suspension guy just banged them out with a hammer and drift.

 

I tried that with no luck and had plenty of issues using the bolt and spacers method.

Finally they're out.

 

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Marty

[madtoranajzedded]

Hi marty..love your work mate..

[IanC]

Thank you for providing pictures and information for the rest of us (Me) to follow Marty. Legend.

[sibhs]

Found a crack in the frame and also had to repair a bent bump stop and twisted top washer.

 

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Used the oxy to heat up then banged the bits back into shape. Bump stop looks like it must have been hitting the spring so someones clobbered it with a cold chisel to move it back. Once it was back in shape I measured clearance to compare to other side. It did need some massaging to get the distance correct.

 

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I ground a 'v' section out of the crack then gave it a good weld and grind back.

 

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Then finally another wash with 'rust blast'

 

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Marty

[davea79]

Loving your work mate. Just shows how much is involved to do it well!!

[sibhs]

Need to get some etch on these blasted parts. Difficult with the temps being so cold but thought I'g have a crack.

Put the heater on for a few hours and got the temp up to 20 degrees.  Then turn the gas off and start spraying.

 

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Cleaned up some welds to keep Gene happy.

 

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Left the K Frame till last and it had cooled down too much so some of the paint sagged like melting human flesh.

 

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[jd lj]

Is melting human flesh something that you see very often Marty? It's not a hobby that you've talked about before.

[73SUNBURSTEXYOUWON]

The Truth is Marty, you cleaned off the welds to keep Gene happy, but in doing so made the K-frame too smooth, now its paint just runs of like Freddy Krugers face.

Jaso.

[Ice]

The Truth is Marty, you cleaned off the welds to keep Gene happy, but in doing so made the K-frame too smooth, now its paint just runs of like Freddy Krugers face.

Jaso.

Not quite Jaso gunna take more than clean welds to keep me happy 

In the paint industry thats called Bomb it on 

[grumpy xu1]

It's pretty easy to get runs in winter. More time between coats Marty, & back off the fluid.

[sibhs]

It's pretty easy to get runs in winter. More time between coats Marty, & back off the fluid.

Hi Gary, problem is I'm using a gas fired heater so I have to turn it off when painting and I have to get the paint on quick before metal goes cold. I'm thinking of hiring a paint booth to get the final black on.

 

 

Is melting human flesh something that you see very often Marty? It's not a hobby that you've talked about before.

Hi James, no experience in that stuff. It's just what it looked like. :-)

 

Polished up the junction brake block.

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Before the front and rear axles go in I want to fit the brake and fuel lines. I bought a coil of each then built a pipe straightener.

 

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Testing the bender.

 

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[sibhs]

Got some chrome work done and a fairly successful result.

 

Most of it was die-cast so this stuff is always touch-and-go as if it'll work.

 

The only piece I'm not happy with is the grill badge, it has pox marks from impurity in the cast. Chromer had two goes at it before admitting defeat. If it begins to bother me I'll send it over east to the company that has perfected die-cast chroming.

 

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I told the chromer to only focus on the lip edges of tail lights the rest will be hi-filled and painted. No need to waste his time and my money on something not seen.

 

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Assembled the rear ashtrays.

 

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Marty

[Heath]

Sweet. Looks quite good in the photos Marty.

 

Interesting that they made the ashtrays considerably more basic on the LH-LX.

[claysummers]

They look like an engineering marvel.


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[dacastle]

Got some chrome work done and a fairly successful result.

 

Most of it was die-cast so this stuff is always touch-and-go as if it'll work.

 

The only piece I'm not happy with is the grill badge, it has pox marks from impurity in the cast. Chromer had two goes at it before admitting defeat. If it begins to bother me I'll send it over east to the company that has perfected die-cast chroming.

 

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I told the chromer to only focus on the lip edges of tail lights the rest will be hi-filled and painted. No need to waste his time and my money on something not seen.

 

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Assembled the rear ashtrays.

 

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Marty

Marty

 

Did you pull apart the rear window latches when you got them chromed 

 

Your posts have  been a fantastic help with my rebuild

[sibhs]

Marty

 

Did you pull apart the rear window latches when you got them chromed 

 

Your posts have  been a fantastic help with my rebuild

Hi Dave, I pulled one apart before chroming to adjust the click bit that holds window in and out. Then put together. So the answer is No. They were chromed as one piece. Very happy with result.

 

Marty

[Indy Orange]

Was that KD Marty?

[sibhs]

Was that KD Marty?

Hi Paul, Yes, New owner, young guy who's been very helpful with me. Explaining and demonstrating some of the process. Getting a better understanding on why it costs so much to get chrome done.

Marty

[Indy Orange]

Nice job by the looks.

[sibhs]

Getting the K-Frame bits ready for black paint. I knew these looked a bit out of shape so checked the measurements and used my new tool (thanks Ian) to expand them back into shape.

 

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Wound them out to 215mm and they sprung back to the 204mm

 

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Checking the bush will fill the gap.

 

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This is one at correct measurement and the other not.

 

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Marty

[RIM-010]

Incredible, as always, Marty.

As Heath said, purple with a light trim is delicious!

[Maximart2]

Hi Marty, been following your posts and it's a big thumbs up from me. Any progress lately or are you having some well-deserved you and the missus time?

[sibhs]

Hi Marty, been following your posts and it's a big thumbs up from me. Any progress lately or are you having some well-deserved you and the missus time?

Hi Martin, I've been focusing on the Bathurst trip the last few months. Just got back a few days ago so hopefully get back into it soon.

 

Marty