As you can see in the pic above, I still had some rust issues to sort. Fortunately, it was a country car and it only required a few minor repairs. 

 

The battery tray was unpicked and a good unit installed and repainted. Minor rust repairs were made to the lower rear screen, boot rubber lip and spare wheel well. We also stripped and primed the roof while we were there.

 

 

 

 

In my spare time  I started to prep the suspension components. As with all builds, ever bush joint and bearing has been replaced in the car. All were blasted, primed and prepped for paint. Around this time, I learnt that prepping parts was not much fun. By now my  fingers no longer had prints and were starting to bleed. I was like, F&#k, what have I got myself in to....

 

 

Edited April 26, 20215 yr by HI PSI

So you've turned a 2 grand banga into an expensive 2 grand banga?!

 

Nah looks sik though, a full resto vn ss will be worth a sh*tload now and even more in 20 years

exciting stuff

 

I knew I shoulda bought an atlas grey one years ago for a few k. 😞 

Only one?? lol

 

 

Well, I guess that some of you can see where this is headed..

 

Apologies, I'm in camp and I cannot find any good pics of the suspension components on my laptop. The diff pic will give you an idea of the finished product.

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 20215 yr by HI PSI

Yummmm ! 
Love freshly painted black car parts 

I just love watching the paint go on, seeing it transform. I was always peering through the window whenever he painted my bits. I'm pretty sure that he thinks that I'm a weirdo. 

Sorry for the lack of updates. Work has had me run off my feet..

 

After another week of prep. I managed to get some more parts painted black. I always tried to fill the booth as much as I could, So that I could maximise productivity and average down the cost. As I mentioned earlier, I prepped all of the parts and I essentially paid an hourly rate plus materials for the application. 

 

Here we have have some of the drip rail trims, sway bars, tank straps, door handles, sway bar mounts, fuel pump/regulator mounts and gear stick tunnel trim. I cannot begin to describe how much time and work goes in to this stuff. Especially with all metal components were taken back to bare metal. But, the reward is well worth the effort...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 20215 yr by HI PSI

Beautiful stuff mate ! 
 

So much time and effort with paint & panel and a load of skill to boot 

As usual, I got a bit carried away with prepping the metal panels, I went a bit nuts and bare metaled everything, inside and out. I seem to have lost a few prep pics from when I was prepping the inner guards. But you get the idea with the pics of the outer skins.

 

I'm sure that you're sick of seeing black stuff, so here is some Alaskan White... Guards, rear bumper, skirts, mudguard supports etc... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can’t wait to see this starting to go back together !