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Impressive stuff so far Nick - I wish my progress was as fast as yours :)
Have you trial fitted your new doors yet - Even though they are brand new - Vauxhall tollerances back in the day were not quite upto todays standards
When I fitted my new doors to my project - it took a bit of 'tweeking' around the window frame and hinges to get a perfect fit
Dave
Thanks Dave, I know what your saying regarding fitment.... Todays tolerances across the board are still not the best! Im unsure if my panel guy has had them on yet but he was a time served vauxhall guy once upon a time and knows his novas very well ( we even have a proper vauxhall hinge tweaking tool!) so Im sure the end result will be the right one.Quote:
Originally Posted by fearless
Nick.
Looking forward to seeing this in paint :cool:
WOW ive read this from start to finish and it took me days!! an hour or 2 at a time. You look like you do top work, im glad you keepin the origional SR look too. Cant wait to see it back together!!! i hope mine turn out anywhere near as good as yours. cheers for the inspiration!
Great work Nick!
looking smart Nick :thumb:
Thanks guys! :)
Update time it is then......... Friday eves after work saw the front end parts and windscreen removed in preparation for the weekend paint session. Once certain areas had been cleaned up/ degreased the car went into the booth and some stands went under the rear end and the wheels came off. This was so I could get right in under the inside of the wheel arches to paint them etc. Also I thought it would be a good time to paint the inside of the rear too. My camera battery died unfortunatly but after another late night here's how it looked the following day after Id bolted a few bits back on............
Rear arches.......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269191951
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192035
And the rear of the car (much easier this time with no seats or cage to get in the way like I did in the red one!)......
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192129
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192148
With them bits out of the way I cracked on saturday cleaning and preparing the car for its exterior paint. Before long into the booth it went.........
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192332
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192352
The final bits of masking was then done (everything has been backmasked so there will be no masking edges/lines anywhere at all).....
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192456
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192480
Then after a good cleaning/tacking and stat gun session I primed any small rub throughs and used a yellow surfacer wet on wet primer for the large areas that wanted to be yellow. This was followed by uber amounts of mustard yellow and two coats of clear. Here's the results.........
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192636
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192683
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269192940
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269193496
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1269193524
Hmmmmm fresh paint!
I didn't think you needed to put clear coat onto non-metalic colours? Or is it just to make the colour deeper or something? (I know now about paint so idiot explanation please! lol)
yum!! looking good
edible