DaveD_XB
Senior Member
Last Activity: Today, 09:24 PM
Joined: 18-11-2012
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I think that that looks pretty good... I'll metal finish it with some lead after I've figured out the drip rails.. but for now I'm happy with that. ... -
Repaired the inner structure first
Then I had to shape up the roof skin patch, to do this I used my sand bag these are awesome...Leave a comment:
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Worked on the passenger side roof repair today, I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to tie the roof rail gutters back in again just yet... they are a complex...Leave a comment:
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Here are some more pics of the car as she stands right now, including the rear under arches.. not taken by me personally of course as we're 51 days into...Leave a comment:
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The floor inside the cabin is now black again as per how it would have been leaving the factory
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We've moved onto the interior now, I had painted it in the Raptor paint for it's sound deadening qualities & as you may remember that I'd tinted it...Leave a comment:
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My suggestion to Bryan will be to fit a different trans, even if it's just a Turbo 350 3 speed... the box today is a Holden "trimatic" 3 speed......Leave a comment:
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Then very slowly work your way around finishing all the welding
This isn't perfect, but...Leave a comment:
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Right well cutting out rust is fun but at some point you have to start putting new steel in... or just fill the hole with a kilo of bog, either/or really....Leave a comment:
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Yeah my painter normally does 911's & he says they don't have the same issues... guess my old girl is just fatLeave a comment:
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Yes they are, Ring Brothers make some very shiny stuff, they actually make some very nice custom restomods themselves for Sema & the like.
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No, it's all the same colour... the car is broken down into manageable sections to paint in one hit... this is done to limit the risk of dust & overspray...Leave a comment:
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It's amazing how time consuming the whole masking up process is around painting... the interior needed to be painted so the whole car exterior needs to...Leave a comment:
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This is going to be an exercise on metal origami as it's rather complex in how the different layers join up... once the superstructure is done then the...Leave a comment:
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Then went to the drivers side roof rust... cut that out, same issue with the superstructure but this time the cut to fix the roof skin rust isn't big...Leave a comment:
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Took to the Ute today with the grinder & the plasma cutter to remove the first sections of rust I plan on attacking... the drivers side lower B pillar,...Leave a comment:
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Great score..... Is it a pick a part type arrangement like they have here in Aus in that you now have to go & remove the engine yourself & trailer...Leave a comment:
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Came into this thread expecting to see lots of pics of exocita (thanks to those who did post pics) & found myself in the middle of a tax the rich...Leave a comment:
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No... I wouldn't insult Bush Mechanics in that way... A Bush fix is normally a very cleaver & inventive way of fixing a mechanical issue when due...Leave a comment:
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The cowl is pretty good other that the two edges I showed above
The roof itself (again other that the horrors shown...Leave a comment:
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