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Hi Guys
Between blowing up polo gearboxes and doing the age old thing of not modifying my daily yoke (but then actually modifying it) I have actually made a start on this which has quite understandably surprised a few people
So firstly i actually finished stripping everything out of the front end, only took 6 months to do that lol
Then I made some plates to weld in
Started welding up every hole on the wing
Still some more work to do before i start panel beating it flat. Im not a fan of filler so i will be using just enough to surface the panel and give it a super smooth and clean look.
Next step was to strip the frame ready for seam welding, My younger brother got it blasted for me yesterday so it now looks like this for the second time in 3 years
I have also started cleaning up every part I took of the car, started with the lower arms, decided to smooth these of all the casting marks, so out came the dremel and the sand paper
The mounting faces got painted silver, when you buy them new it is left with a machined finish which rusts as you can see in the pic above, so rather than paint them the same as the rest of the arm i spent a bit of time and painted them before masking them of.
Top arms also got stripped then took back to bare metal, etch primed, then painted, as did the engine mount, and a driveshaft. Spent alot of time on the 1st of the shafts. plenty of filler primer hid the pitting in the metal before a few coats of top coat and 10 coats of clear, a flat back and polish up. Think its the best paint finish ive ever got, and its on a bloody drive shaft . Think i need help or more friends.
Over the summer I will be doing alot of this kind of work, I was happy with the quality of the build the 1st time around but I'm keen to step it up a level and really push the boat out. All the laborious jobs im happy to do myself now ive got the room and the tools and the quality isn't restricted by billable hours.
So thats it for this week, will hopefully have another update in the next week or 2.
Thanks for looking
Jayme
Between blowing up polo gearboxes and doing the age old thing of not modifying my daily yoke (but then actually modifying it) I have actually made a start on this which has quite understandably surprised a few people
So firstly i actually finished stripping everything out of the front end, only took 6 months to do that lol
Then I made some plates to weld in
Started welding up every hole on the wing
Still some more work to do before i start panel beating it flat. Im not a fan of filler so i will be using just enough to surface the panel and give it a super smooth and clean look.
Next step was to strip the frame ready for seam welding, My younger brother got it blasted for me yesterday so it now looks like this for the second time in 3 years
I have also started cleaning up every part I took of the car, started with the lower arms, decided to smooth these of all the casting marks, so out came the dremel and the sand paper
The mounting faces got painted silver, when you buy them new it is left with a machined finish which rusts as you can see in the pic above, so rather than paint them the same as the rest of the arm i spent a bit of time and painted them before masking them of.
Top arms also got stripped then took back to bare metal, etch primed, then painted, as did the engine mount, and a driveshaft. Spent alot of time on the 1st of the shafts. plenty of filler primer hid the pitting in the metal before a few coats of top coat and 10 coats of clear, a flat back and polish up. Think its the best paint finish ive ever got, and its on a bloody drive shaft . Think i need help or more friends.
Over the summer I will be doing alot of this kind of work, I was happy with the quality of the build the 1st time around but I'm keen to step it up a level and really push the boat out. All the laborious jobs im happy to do myself now ive got the room and the tools and the quality isn't restricted by billable hours.
So thats it for this week, will hopefully have another update in the next week or 2.
Thanks for looking
Jayme