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[MRLXSS]

lol I hope I don't crash it... I'm getting it pretty bloody straight!

Its going to have a better body than BBQ-202!

When is the plan for paint? B4 the end of summer type thing?

[Heath]

DJ. You just paint engines in normal 2k don't you? Can't do metallic I'm assuming? And do you clear them?

Matt, yeah better than the other one in many ways at least. It won't all be painted by the end of summer because I haven't got my fibreglass panels yet! But like I've still gotta do the engine bay and stuff, it will take ages, but I'm getting as much as I can out of the way atm because I have a fair bit of free time. Don't get this oppurtunity often!

For Matt, and anyone else wondering, this is the (massive) tin of 'PROTEC' bog I'm talking about


I haven't done a whole lot that looks impressive in photos, but the roof now has chicken pox and I've almost got both rear quarters in primer, minus the welded rust repair I need to do in the bottom of one. Beaver panel is done too. Prepping the cowl is always a bit of a bastard on a car that has been resprayed, because the person before you will have never prepped it properly before they painted it Anyway spent a while just scratching the crap off in the vents, cut it back best i could and gave it a squirt.



For anyone interested who hasn't done a lot of bodywork before, this is how I am doing this car, I didn't use this particular method on my last Torana. With the panels on this car, because the paint is generally acceptable, I have no reason to go back to bare metal, but it does have a lot of little 'chips' that have rusted, and they have to be dealt with properly, so the process I am using is: Cleaning the panels decently, bare metalling around any chipped paint and rust converting them, roughening those spots up and filling them with body filler, then shaping the filler roughly with a speed file, and guide coating the whole panel in Aussie Export black and wetsanding the whole lot with 320, finding any lows or highs. If the car was perfectly straight, that would be all the work I would have to do before priming the panels

[rodomo]

Pfffftttt!!!!
Stuff the paint.
Spend the money and time on go fast bits...........................like me

[Heath]

Should I just leave the rust as well Rob?

Yeah the bog is pretty much better in every way haha

[micklx]

Yeah, Rodomos only spent about $75 in go fast parts if you believe him, the rest of his speed is from driving skill !!!

[mr5000]

well heath the more the car rusts the lighter it gets haha

[MRLXSS]

Under all that rust and bog heath, is there even a car? LOL

[rodomo]

Yeah, Rodomos only spent about $75 in go fast parts if you believe him, the rest of his speed is from driving skill !!!

Mick, I see myself as a bit of a Larry Perkins.
I read somewhere once that Larry's cars were predominately white as white is the cheapest colour to buy and easiest to repair (compared to dark colours).
Also, the #11 was chosen as at that time the #1 was the cheapest sticker to buy.

Larry Perkins:
Race driver.
Race engineer.
Innovator.
Team owner.
Often the underdog.
MULTIPLE BATHURST WINNER

And a little bit of the great P.B........Bathurst 72' where the little 6 kicks V8 arse.

Look out Mick............here comes the GREASE SLAPPER!!!!!

[MRLXSS]

Yeah, Rodomos only spent about $75 in go fast parts if you believe him, the rest of his speed is from driving skill !!!

Look out Mick............here comes the GREASE SLAPPER!!!!!

'Thunderbolt' been dropped from the cars name?

[Heath]

Mate once I hit the track up my featherweight RANA will be running rings around both you ladies

Edited by Heath, 17 January 2010 - 11:57 AM.

[rodomo]

Mate once I hit the track up my featherweight RANA will be running rings around both you ladies

[micklx]

Mate once I hit the track up my featherweight RANA will be running rings around both you ladies

haha, all this stirring is nearly as much fun as the racing....

[Heath]

hahahhaaa. rodomo you're not doing a very good job of covering up the fact you're shitting your pants! Won't be long til there's two round headlights right up the arse of one of these boats Commodores.

Weather was gay today to say the least. I just got the roof all flat and ready for a squirt of primer, but it's wet and cold so I'm not even gonna bother spraying it until a better day

Gonna need to get my hands on a welder very soon haha need to deal with the rust on the LHS of the rear screen area...

Edited by Heath, 18 January 2010 - 03:36 PM.

[rodomo]

hahahhaaa. rodomo you're not doing a very good job of covering up the fact you're shitting your pants!

Ooooohh ! ! ! Aaaahhh ! ! !
*runs around in circles with arms flailing and squeeling like a little school girl*

Wake me up when it's finished, I'm going for a nanna nap Grasshopper.

[rodomo]

Pffffttt!!!!
As if your ricer would get near a Holden 6 or Mick's 253.

[Heath]

Yeah long time before that happens but I'll run some kinda harness bar with a camera mount

[Heath]

Here's a photo I took a few days ago:

I reckon it's looking pretty good, got a lot more confidence the second time around

I borrowed a welder from a mate, it's a little mig with one of those disposable bottles on the side, I don't want to use his overpriced gas so I just put some gasless wire in it and it's working alright, I'll just replace the wire I use when I give it back, and I'm doing some small rust repairs on his KE70 instead of paying him to rent it. Sweet

Did a few repairs today, none of them are too flash but progress is progress, I would probably be taking a lot more care if the car was on a rotissery, but it won't run as is and I can't even really jack it up properly on soft dirt, so some of my working positions are really awkward/uncomfortable and hense the repairs are a bit rushed.

Bit of weight reduction lol







More little window surround rust spots, just ground out most of the rust and bent up a little piece to weld in there, not the best way of doing it but the most appropriate and convenient





Rust in footwell, got a bit of rust I have to do separately underneath this one as well




Few pin holes in the sill, RHS here, LHS is a bit worse.

[Racehatch]

Nice work mate, keep it up!

[Heath]

One more repair down... almost. Will finish it off tomorrow