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[RIM-010]

Progress! After a couple of weeks of low motivation and working 50 hours a week, I've finally got stuck back into the LJ. I've got a good mate who is a qualified painter and 3rd year apprentice panel beater, and I've finally convinced him to help me get the Torry on the road. This dude is an absolute perfectionist, he beated and painted his 180SX metallic black when he was 17 and it was faultless.

He's not letting the LJ out of the shed until he is happy with it, so I can't wait to see the result. I know I'm cheating a bit by getting a professional in to do it for me, but I just don't have the required skills, and I'm gunna help him do it.

Anyhoo, pretty much the whole car is gunna get a skim of filler because there are that many little dents over the whole car that there is really no other choice.

We are gunna be working on it every night for the next few weeks, so progress should happen pretty quickly.

Sorry for the essay.

Tim

[MRLXSS]

Sounds good mate! No harm in cheating! You will be learning along the way as well!

Just means you can take more progress pics for us!

[DanWA]

Good on ya mate and yeah its not cheating if you're learning. Your alot further along with your car then i am (cept i have a big hp rb combo on a stand )

I'm not welding my own doors as i want to learn and don't own a welder.

[Potta]

Pics please!!!

Good to see you're up and running with it again.

Good luck!

[RIM-010]

Just spent a couple of solid hours on it, and got the bonnet mostly stripped (gotta go back to bare metal, the paint underneath is a bit dodgy), the roof and right rear quarter guide coated and rubbed back, ready for fine fill and primer, and the top half of the front right guard primed.



Still needs blocking back and a skim of fine filler over a couple of bits, but it looks pretty alright to me.

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 05 November 2009 - 08:52 PM.

[Heath]

Looks good to me. Make sure you use lots of guide coating!

[RIM-010]

Don't worry Heath, we'll be doing plenty of guide coating.

Josh, we are doing all of the prep work in my shed then towing the car to his workshop for the final paint... Going 2K, I don't have much choice.

Cheers for all of the comments and encouragement guys, it makes it heaps easier when I know that people are appreciating my work.

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 06 November 2009 - 06:21 AM.

[Heath]

We're appreciating your work but not your shit-talking so shoosh and get back to work!

[RIM-010]

Keep in mind that my post this morning was made at 6.50am, 10 minutes before I start work, Heath

Cheers guys. No progress over the weekend, I am going to Adelaide to check out the All Torana Day. Hope to catch up with a few.

Tim

[Heath]

Get inspired then! That's what I was doing tonight!

[RIM-010]

Mate, inspiration isn't the word. Saw a few cars there yesterday that really got me thinking. And I got plenty of close up photos of a few bits that are questionable on my car for some guides. Probably looked like I was taking pics of tags for a while, I needed a few pics of the radiator support etc etc

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 09 November 2009 - 09:59 PM.

[RIM-010]

Sometimes in life things just don't go the way you want them to. Over the last couple of weeks my mate and I made a good bit of progress, the entire right side of the car is primed, damn near ready for paint. We are going to get the whole car to this stage before we do a final guide coat and block back.

The plan was to start on the other side of the car this week, and at some point over the next month spend a solid week on it (we both have a couple of weeks holidays).

That was the plan until something tragic (personally, nothing to do with the Torana) happened on the weekend, so the next few weeks will be spent with family and friends.

RIP Murphy, only the good die young.

Tim

(Sorry for the sob story, I'm still in disbelief about what happened so I'm trying to find ways to comprehend. Talking to people helps. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Summer, please take care on the roads.)

[MRLXSS]

Oh f*ck mate, thats not good at all... Be around the people you love and do what makes you happy. I know its hard but happiness is the best way for closure.

If you wanna chat mate, give me ahoy...

[orangeLJ]

Not good to hear Tim,

Was it the friend who was helping you out?

Same as above dude, give me a yell if you want to have a rant.

[Heath]

Speechless mate, as above

[mr5000]

i lost a mate earlier this year hit me pretty hard keep goin on your torry might help eep ya sane worked for me

[RIM-010]

Cheers boys, I appreciate the kind words.

Chris, it was my little cousin, he died in a motorbike accident on Friday night. The hardest bit for me at the moment is that he and his family lived in Queensland, and we down here in SA only saw them once every few years. They had been planning for the last year or 2 to come down this Christmas, arriving next weekend... The family are still coming down, but it's gunna be a pretty hard few weeks...

Tim