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[Potta]

Great setup you've got now Marty, really impressive mate.

Car is looking great too.

Have a great time at the fest, I'm sure it will give you even more motivation to finish this thing off as it should be done.

[sibhs]

Thanks Craig, just glad to have it all primed, surface rust was annoying me. I can relax a bit now. 

Sounds like yours is coming along too, nice work with getting the engine running.

 

Marty

[Ice]

Looking good marty im amazed on the job your doing good on you for having a go dont think i trust myself to do anything like that
cheers gene.

[stevemc32]

A great milestone Marty, top job so far!

[sibhs]

Hi Guys,

ToranaFest was a blast, a well organised week-end, thanks to all who was involved with it.

Here are some of my favourite pics for my readers.

 

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Marty

[sibhs]

Got the inside painted with Red Oxide, looks like new.

 

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Plan is to get the under body painted next, but while I'm waiting on other things I've started doing some bogging. First practicing in the boot and under body by smoothing out some welds. Just good to get a feel for how to mix it, spread it and sand.

 

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Marty

[RallyRed]

Nice job Marty......good to catch up at the Fest on Sunday, catch you for a beer next time.

p.s. some cool photography skills there too mate.

[Ice]

Bet your motivated more now after your first tfest marty looks good with the red oxide this will be in paint in no time at all
cheers gene.

[sibhs]

Nice job Marty......good to catch up at the Fest on Sunday, catch you for a beer next time.

p.s. some cool photography skills there too mate.

Hi Col, yeah, great to meet you too, I haven't forgotton I owe you a beer.  Top job with the Festival.

 

Gene, thanks to you I had an awesome time, I appreciate all you did, cheers mate.

 

Marty

[LJGTR6]

It was nice to talk on Sunday briefly to Marty where he described himself as a handy man to me.

Marty i wish i had half of your handyness and time.

 

brilliant work mate.

 

also great photo's mate. i always admire people who can take pictures like that.

great attention to detail.

 

steve

 

 

 

 

 

[sibhs]

Marty,

 

it was great to meet you and Gene, It will now be even better watching this car come together. If you ever need anything give me a call , you can even have the kids !, no one really wants a second wife as one will give you enough grief to last a life time LOL !

 

G

 

Great to finally meet you too Grant, it's like I had known you for years after living your build, through your thread.

Ronald McDonald looks jealous in a creepy kinda way lol..

 

Really enjoy watching your car progress Marty - it's a real credit to you  

 

Hi j.e.d.  thanks, progress is speeding up.

It was nice to talk on Sunday briefly to Marty where he described himself as a handy man to me.

Marty i wish i had half of your handyness and time.

 

brilliant work mate.

 

also great photo's mate. i always admire people who can take pictures like that.

great attention to detail.

 

steve

 

G'day Steve, thanks, I must say that everyone I met from the forum, or just to do with these cars has been very welcoming and friendly.  I think we all realise what's involved in owning or restoring Toranas, time, commitment and financial outlay. A big pat on the back to all us friendly Bogans.

Marty your hooking into her pretty quick. Slow down man I need to catch up. I like the idea of the red oxide inside. Keep it up marty.

Hey, Whoosa, haven't heard much from you lately, still a bit cold down there?  The red oxide is purely for looks and a bit of protection. I know when I pull up a bit of carpet in a car and see beautiful red oxide it gets me going, more than thick paint, bitumen, sound deadener.  When someone pays big dollars for a car they will always check these hidden areas.

Just been doing the seam sealer, I wanted black to match original but couldn't get it so I'll have to spray some more red over this lot.

 

Marty

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ps. pic is not upside down, it's on the rotiserie. :-)

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[sibhs]

G'Day all,

The weather in Perth is wet & windy, has been for two weeks. Great for me 'cause it's too dangerous to work so more Torana time.

 

Seam sealed all the underside and inside plenum chamber, found the only way to get right in there was to use my hand and shove my arm all the way in.

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Bought a shaultz gun and some anti chip and sprayed the rear inner guards. I like the look it leaves, speckled but you can still see all the lines of the panels.

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Purchased a couple of boxes of motivation.

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Marty

[Mort]

Marty, where do you get the gun and Anti Gravel from.

 

Car is starting to look good.

[gad05]

Hi Marty,You're car is looking great,really inspiring me to keep my project going.
what brand of seam sealer did you use,are you happy with it?
cheers Graham.

[N/A-PWR]

Sexy as Marty

[eyepeeler]

That anti gravel black stuff looks really good. You have a nice car in the build that's for certain.

Good stuff.

[sibhs]

Marty, where do you get the gun and Anti Gravel from.

 

Car is starting to look good.

 

Hi Mort, I got the gun and Anti Gravel from my paint shop. I've seen the guns on ebay pretty cheap and there's not much to them. I paid about $50 but you can get them lots cheaper. The Anti Gravel was $25 a litre and does 2.5 guards. Use low air pressure when using this gun. The gun also comes with a hose with 360 degree jet for spraying cavity wax.

Hi Marty,You're car is looking great,really inspiring me to keep my project going.
what brand of seam sealer did you use,are you happy with it?
cheers Graham.

 

Hi Graham, I'm really enjoying the rebuild at the moment, just want to get it on the ground with doors and bonnet etc.  I bought the soudel seam seal which is the grey one, my spray painter friend said they were having problems with it going off in the tube so he got me another 5 tubes of Sika flex. My preference is the Soudel brand, it smoothed out better but both are a great product. I estimate the whole car will take 6 tubes.

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Looking Pretty ...

Cheers

 

Thanks Torypower and Eyepeeler

Edited by sibhs, 24 September 2013 - 10:38 PM.

[Potta]

That anti gravel black stuff looks really good. You have a nice car in the build that's for certain.

Good stuff.

 

 

When you said you wanted to pay attention to detail, I didn't envisage anything like this mate.

 

Can't wait to see colour on it, I bet you can't either.

[sibhs]

Evening All,

It's been a week or so working on the underside, getting the rails nice and prepping for final paint.

Heres my effort to replicate spot weld marks on my repaired section.

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Plugging holes before painting.

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Masking all done.

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Mixing the paint, I used a total of 1.8 litres mixed to do the underside. Used my new gun with 1.4 nozzle. The new gun makes a big difference with oversparay, alot less paint used and less fumes blowing around.

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I run this extractor fan which vents through filters and seems to do just whats required.

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Just got the car off the rotisserie this arvo. First time I've seen the front of the car in 6 months. All the doors, bonnet and boot get put on tomorrow.

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Marty

[Potta]

Thought the rotisserie on gumtree looked familiar 

 

Cranking along nicely now.