Would love to have it painted by the end of the weekend lol.
Yes it's definitely a milestone to have reached, so there is some light in the tunnel... the heavy work (metal work / welding / grinding / rough body work) chapter has moved onto the finessing stage now.
Let me know what days after work you're free - i work off the A40 so only took me about 20 minutes to get Ace Cafe, so can pop over one evening - would love to go for a ride in the new motor
Are you having a lot of fun with it then?
lol not a dumb question... just me being dumb about the project and the work involved. The most up to date plan is to primer the doors and boot tonight, meaning that everything will have had 3 coats of primer. Got tomorrow off, so will be sanding the whole day, hoping that by Saturday lunch everything will be sanded to either 320 or even 600 (if there are no breakthroughs at the 320 stage). Then on Saturday i can reprime with surfacer primer, then on sunday hit it with 600 (if not already in 600) and 800.
Then on the first part of the weeknights i can patch in a few bits with colour... i.e firewall needs a respray as it had some chips, so will use the single stage from last time (no sanding required on this part so won't have the breakthrough issues like before). Then the latter part of the week evenings i can start to hit it with base coat clear coat. I won't do the whole thing in one... split it into 3 sections i.e shell is 1 section, doors and fenders are section 2, bumpers and hood and section 3. So hopefully either by the weekend, or during the weekend it will all be painted. Then i can start installing the door locks, handles, side glass etc.
Then it gets messy because i'm away with work for a week (including the weekend
) and then my friends from the U.S are visiting for two weeks, so in total there will be a good 3 weeks where nothing will happen
so i really need get everything painted before that 3 weeks of events. Then i will be getting the front and back glass installed as there are dependencies on that... i have subframe connectors that need to be welded in but the brake likes and fuel lines are quite close to the welding areas and i know you can cover them etc but i don't want to risk it (pipes are empty as they've been replaced). So i need to get the final weight into the car, in order to do the sfc's. Whilst waiting for the glass to go in (could be a week or two for a booking) i will be doing the reassmbley of the panels and then do the exhaust and repaint a couple of interior panels that got damaged. That should take us to the end of October, then it will be a case of topping up the fluids once the sfc's are welded in, finalising any parts and then calling it a day. So likely, somewhere at the start or middle of November?
Rickmansworth / Hertfordshire isn't too far from me, so will have to try and make meet - is it once a month?
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