Reply With Quotewas wondering when we were going to see this thing...
tops!
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was wondering when we were going to see this thing...
tops!
Still at the shop.
Has had the floor fixed as far as I know, not much else done yet...
Bit more has been done.
Cant find a wheel well to weld in, vetoed that part for now. Exhaust happens this week I think. Hopefully tailshaft too. Im going to do a surprise visit to see the car this week and just make sure all is good. Might take the tank down so I can fit it and show Rick exactly where the exhaust should travel.
The BHBO lads have sourced me some good door trims and a glove box from the motherland. Thanks again Ben n Matt. Epic, needed those for 2 years now.
Going fucking insane waiting for it to be done. Trying to sell spare bits to make room to finish this when it comes home. Looks like my shed will give me unrestricted access to spray booths over the holidays. Might have to get stuck into painting all the smalls, insides, shuts and bolt ons and then gt a painter mate in to do the body panels. Might be able to rent booths by the hour if anyone needs to use them.
Thanks mate.
With no car at home to work on right now, I've taken some time to polish up the engine covers for some extra visual appeal.
Since the front engine cover is no longer used to mount the engine, I die ground the ribs away from the mounting boss and smoothed it over. Its all polished out and cleans up the look of the cover. I still have the three holes there if I ever wanted to mount anything there.
What you reckon? This was done by first filing and die grinding the casting dags away, hitting it with an orbital sander with 80, then 150 then 320 grit paper, then buffing with with 800, then 1000, then 2000 wet n dry. Then a final rub over with a green sourer pad and then buffed with compound on and 8 inch polishing wheel. Stage 1 wheel coarse rag and mild wax compound, then the fine calico cloth and the fine compound. The front cover took about 6 hours all up, the top I spent about an hour on, I was better at it by then.
Considering the minimal equipment needed and that it only costs time, presenting something like this should be mandatory!
Top Cover Before:
Top Cover after:
Front cover polished with ribs machined away:
Nice! Looks really good man
The only thing that sucks is how tacky the casting is to begin with. Could maybe use 40 grit to begin with to take most of it out.
It crossed my mind to remove the ac bracket part of the cover too, as its hard to polish, but I want to leave the door open for ac maybe someday.
What steps did you take to get it this good?
Mothers wheel polish is awesome as a final step and regular use as a preventive measure against corrosion.
Top work! Looks great
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