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[TerrA LX]

Great work out of a garage.

[lxsstorana]

Great work Anton, looks fantastic.

[mitchg]

Awesome stuff! Looks a lot different to when i saw it lol!

Paint looks fantastic! Well done.

[notna]

Yea Mitch... it's come a long way huh!

 

Been working on some smaller things now. Trying to finish off parts that will bolt up to the body with ease, and free up some shed space, so I can progress the swinging panels.

 

Here is my grotty, but nicely sealed and reco'd on the inside, fuel tank.

 

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Stripped the outside...

 

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Had a few small dents to skim fill and block back, then gave it an etch prime...

 

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The local wildlife approved

 

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Then I 2K hi-filled it and blocked it back. Didn't snap a pic of that. A couple of days later, gave it a few coats of some silver I had already. Colour is called "Aluminium" and is a Leyland Australia colour from 71/2, that was used on wheel rims for one particular model. I had this left over from my Mini Clubman GT resto. Page #1 of this thread shows that car

 

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Then I gave the retaining straps a clean and paint in satin black. I lined the underside with cork, as I'm not a fan of metal on metal, especially on a fuel tank!

 

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And then, in the car, I guess it will look like this... upside down of course!

 

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Will bolt it up this week. Nothing goes in between the tank and the car does it?

[hanra]

Anton you may need to ensure you have a good GND from your fuel sender to the chassis. All that paint may have insulated things. I soldered a wire onto the sender body and attached to the body.

[notna]

Oh yea? Never would have thought of that. Cheers Brad! Electricals have always been my downfall!

Edited by notna, 16 July 2013 - 12:27 PM.

[hanra]

Oh yea? Never would have thought of that. Cheers Brad! Electricals have always been my downfall!

To easy mate. Get your self a multimeter and measure the resistance from the sender body to the body once its fitted it might be ok??? But all that paint and cork might insulate it Id imagine!!

I took the precautionary measure and solder a GND wire to the sender body whilst the sender was out of the tank.

Im in Sydney this Saturday for Motorex, do you live any where near town?

[notna]

Hey Brad, if Motorex is still at the Sydney showgrounds, I'm about a 20 minute drive north from there. You coming down just for that?

[hanra]

Its at Olympic Park Homebush?

Yep, fly in Saturday morn, go to Motorex, then home Sunday morn first thing.

[notna]

You're keen mate. Anything in particular of interest? And yep... i'm 20 mins from there.

[hanra]

No decent car shows this side of Brisbane mate so have no choice.... Want to see decent quality stuff so hopefully Motorex will have it? Summernats was ok, but the show hall was away to packed to get a decent look at anything.

Ill have to see how Im traveling for time on Saturday but would be pretty cool to drop in and check out your car!

[notna]

Some progress, pointers, and problems... :/

 

Been working on the front guards over the past week, getting them ready for colour, and then today, COLOUR! They are both the original guards, but did need a lot of work. I had previously worked them over and primed them and thought they were pretty damn spot on.

 

Recently I bought myself a set of really good sanding blocks, after reading some advice from others, in this thread I think! They are magic! And as you can see below, my "perfect" guards weren't so!

 

Guards, primed and guide coated, with long block....

 

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And now... after only minor wet sanding with 800 and the long block, you can totally see those low spots! I had no idea! I did think it was fine, after sanding it using a small cork block.

 

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After that block back, I did have to prime again, which I didn't take pics of. I again wet sanded with 800 and then..... COLOUR, in my makeshift bubble booth, which really does work well!

 

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So there you have my progress, and a pointer about blocking back... now comes... the problem! :( I put a run in one guard. I'd classify it as, a bad one :( Fortunately it's in a good spot to fix, so... how do I? I'm an ace with removing runs from acrylic, and buffing, but I'm sure 2K isn't the same.

 

So... what technique would be best to remove the run, and buff the paint back to a shine? Once in the past I tried this, but couldn't buff the paint back to a decent shine. It remained dull, and looked shite. Tips, advice, is appreciated.

 

 

[Ruts]

You can get them from here:

http://www.melomotiv.../sanding-blocks

[TerrA LX]

To easy mate. Get your self a multimeter and measure the resistance from the sender body to the body once its fitted it might be ok??? But all that paint and cork might insulate it Id imagine!!

 

What sort of figures are we looking for?

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Hey Anton, how do you find the duro blocks compared to the old long board etc?

[hanra]

What sort of figures are we looking for?

A dead short. 0 ohms. From the sender body to the body of the car.

[TerrA LX]

^ Ahhh, thanx, anything higher than zero means resistance, giving a false reading, the the higher the number the worse the effect.

[notna]

Hey Anton, how do you find the duro blocks compared to the old long board etc?

 

Pretty sure it was you that got me onto those, and yea.... they are brilliant! I bought a set, which has 8 different shapes. Wish I had used these years ago!

[hanra]

^ Ahhh, thanx, anything higher than zero means resistance, giving a false reading, the the higher the number the worse the effect.

If you do not have a good low resistance GND for your fuel sender, it will be in-accurate.

[notna]

I love it when you come back to something the next day, and it looks BETTER than what you had first thought. The gloss and finish on these blew me away. Very proud

 

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Also sprayed the door hinges yesterday, and today I blocked and primed the front apron. Will hit this with colour tomorrow, then pack things up for a while. Start a new job next week and we all know how full-on that can be in those first few weeks!

[notna]

Last update for a little while. I was going to pack-up all my stuff today and give the garage back to the Minister of Complaints, but I figured... just one more day!

 

Primed, blocked, and primed the front apron yet again, then set it up overnight, ready for colour today...

 

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Got up early, heated the garage nicely, then hit it with some Papaya goodness. Let it set under heat lamps, then packed up EVERYTHING :(

 

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To save on storage space, I have loosely hung both guards and the front apron on the body. You can see it all coming together now. LOVE IT!

 

Start my new job on Monday, so will be focussed on that for a while now.

 

Cheers guys

[lxsstorana]

Someone's been a busy boy.

 

Great work as usual and good luck with the new job.