You may have seen some of the pics from way back of when i first brought it home if not im added them again.
Ive taken about 200 pics of every rust repair panel replacement, basically everything i did has been captured.
after 2 1/2 yrs its finally ready for paint
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 09:39 PM
Some things just never seem to get there but after alot of time, hard work & patience another lc gtr - rally red - will live to see the bitumen again
You may have seen some of the pics from way back of when i first brought it home if not im added them again.
Ive taken about 200 pics of every rust repair panel replacement, basically everything i did has been captured.
You may have seen some of the pics from way back of when i first brought it home if not im added them again.
Ive taken about 200 pics of every rust repair panel replacement, basically everything i did has been captured.
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 10:03 PM
bloody fantastic mate! Its going to look magic when its painted!
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 10:09 PM
Just out of interest, what do you set your mig to for panel work? I've been using medium, 2 & wire feed 2.5.
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 11:16 PM
Wow, nice super clean welds. The floorpan & trans tunnel look superb. Very straight as well. Should come up a treat!
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 11:31 PM
You're not kidding! I wish my welds were a 1/4 as good as yours.Wow, nice super clean welds. The floorpan & trans tunnel look superb.
...and I am loving the 'Garage with a view'!
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 12:06 AM
Wow. That is top notch work. Doesn't look like that rust will be coming back! Your welcome to work on my car any time! 
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 07:22 AM
thanks guys, its nice to get some praise for your efforts
I'll check my mig setting and get back to you as its been a few months since i last used the mig. The problem i find with most migs is that the settings vary from machine to machine.
The floor plans were my first offcial welds on the car after laying some light welds on similar guage sheet. Bit of overkill on those because what you see in those pics i did the same on the overlap underneath then still seam sealed both sides.
You might notice the panel repair to the drivers side of tunnel, not quite sure what happened to the car previously but that panel was cut out, possible to access the gearbox linkages, then replaced with gal so i used my donor car to put the right piece back in.
I'll check my mig setting and get back to you as its been a few months since i last used the mig. The problem i find with most migs is that the settings vary from machine to machine.
The floor plans were my first offcial welds on the car after laying some light welds on similar guage sheet. Bit of overkill on those because what you see in those pics i did the same on the overlap underneath then still seam sealed both sides.
You might notice the panel repair to the drivers side of tunnel, not quite sure what happened to the car previously but that panel was cut out, possible to access the gearbox linkages, then replaced with gal so i used my donor car to put the right piece back in.
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 07:32 AM
This is the only shot i can find of the tunnel before i replaced that part.
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 08:51 AM
WOW!!! That is seriously good, cant wait to see this baby finished. You certainly got the panel work right
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 09:14 AM
go hard kev..been checking kevs car out for about 2
years and it has been his labour of love and with any luck
the car should be sporting a new shiny coat of rally red
today!!!!! going to pay kev a visit tomorrow to check it out
love ya work mate........
years and it has been his labour of love and with any luck
the car should be sporting a new shiny coat of rally red
today!!!!! going to pay kev a visit tomorrow to check it out
love ya work mate........
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 02:18 PM
Brilliant work Kev
Good to see you are using the best school of thought..."Do it right, do it once".
A bit longer in the resto will convert to a lot longer enjoying the car when it's finished.
Keep posting pics.
Cheers,
jpxu1
Good to see you are using the best school of thought..."Do it right, do it once".
A bit longer in the resto will convert to a lot longer enjoying the car when it's finished.
Keep posting pics.
Cheers,
jpxu1
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 07:07 PM
here's a few shots of the boot, as you all know they rust on the pass side so i cut out the panel and made up a pressing tool to reshape the original floor pattern
The next lot of shots are of when i fitted the drivers quarter, i mig welded then lead wiped the turret to roof. First time at it, i was rapt at how easy it is to do.
PS, it is now rally red today. I set my garage up as a booth so i cant get back far enough for good shots so i'll post some this week.
The next lot of shots are of when i fitted the drivers quarter, i mig welded then lead wiped the turret to roof. First time at it, i was rapt at how easy it is to do.
PS, it is now rally red today. I set my garage up as a booth so i cant get back far enough for good shots so i'll post some this week.
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 05:25 PM
All went well, painted her yesterday.
Here's the first few shots of it painted - maybe they should call the colour rally orange!
Here's the first few shots of it painted - maybe they should call the colour rally orange!
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 05:37 PM
pressing tool? how did you do that? I belted up a peice with a hammer and welded it in the same spot, looks like a dogs breakfast compared to your repair. plus mine has a lot of filler to correct the grove shape
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 05:53 PM
acrylic i take it???
looks like a bloody nice job.
looks like a bloody nice job.
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 05:54 PM
Ihe tool i made was pretty rough, basically its a male and female die of that shape.
I could only press one groove at a time so i marked out 2 pieces of sheet and got it fairly close to original. Then i joined the 2 pieces and matched the up to the existing grooves and mig welded then back in place, I used alittle filler to tidy up the weld joins then topped it off with the seam seealer.
I could only press one groove at a time so i marked out 2 pieces of sheet and got it fairly close to original. Then i joined the 2 pieces and matched the up to the existing grooves and mig welded then back in place, I used alittle filler to tidy up the weld joins then topped it off with the seam seealer.
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:21 PM
Looking fantastic, mate! keep the pics comin'
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 07:58 PM
Gongs Rally Red GTR <<< Looks like Rally Red to me!
Good work on the paint job. Is that your first one??
Good work on the paint job. Is that your first one??
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 11:40 PM
yella slur - The lass in the pic is my youngest daughter (10) 1 of 3. They always ask is "is it ready yet?"
jbird - Your right it is rally red but after looking at for 4 hours it looked orange until i put orange up against and it looked red
The last time i sprayed a car was about 1989, that was a mock lj xu1. I painted it in bmw beige bronze metallic but thought the colour looked like silver frost so before i laid the clear on i cut it back and painted it in lono ranger, loked a million bucks.
jbird - Your right it is rally red but after looking at for 4 hours it looked orange until i put orange up against and it looked red
The last time i sprayed a car was about 1989, that was a mock lj xu1. I painted it in bmw beige bronze metallic but thought the colour looked like silver frost so before i laid the clear on i cut it back and painted it in lono ranger, loked a million bucks.
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 08:25 AM
ok, painted all the blackouts and stripe in the last week.
Its been about 2 weeks since the top coat was fininshed si its time for it to sit and i'll cut n clear n cut n buff in a month.
If anyone has an lc gtr out there without stripes and not confident in getting them right dont panick as this was my 1st try at it. If anyone wants the tips i can go through the process when i get back from my hols next month.
Id definitely tell anyone to paint rather then go for vinyl.
Its been about 2 weeks since the top coat was fininshed si its time for it to sit and i'll cut n clear n cut n buff in a month.
If anyone has an lc gtr out there without stripes and not confident in getting them right dont panick as this was my 1st try at it. If anyone wants the tips i can go through the process when i get back from my hols next month.
Id definitely tell anyone to paint rather then go for vinyl.
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 08:40 AM
Damn thats fine work. You are certainly not short of skills.
"garage with a view" Gotta love that. You can't beat a good working environment.
Please keep the updates coming.
Cheers
Herne
"garage with a view" Gotta love that. You can't beat a good working environment.
Please keep the updates coming.
Cheers
Herne
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 09:11 AM
Well done looks great wish i had the know how and space to paint my car myself
let us know when u wanna do mine lol
let us know when u wanna do mine lol
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