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Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:42 am

here we are again... it took some time but nevertheless.. here's an update;

finished the front side;
voila nog is een heel dagske flink aan ons marie gewerkt...

finished the inner fenders as well;

and one of the last welding jobs; fixed the first part of the sheetmetal already, the other side will be for next week!

Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:12 am

Looking great Rud! Keep the pace my man.

Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:19 pm

Schwing wrote: Looking great Rud! Keep the pace my man.

i'm trying ... I'm trying :lol:

Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:32 pm

update;

welded;

finished...

and this is the very last piece of rustbusting! :lol:

Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:07 pm

Very nice! So does that mean you start prepping for paint? Looking good Rud.

Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:10 am

Schwing wrote: Very nice! So does that mean you start prepping for paint? Looking good Rud.

yep, that's the plan! most of the loose parts are already ready to paint so :wink:

Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:19 pm

next update;

Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:25 pm

And no more welding for me :lol: for now at least... still have my split waiting when this one is finished... :lol:

A shot of the entire car... next up; give a nice layer of epoxy primer and afterwards some putty here and there, ... :wink:

Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:46 am

Small update;
Fitted the fenders which came with the car but they're crap... So after looking for some time I found a pair of original fenders in the UK for a good price with some slight work... So last Friday we went over to the UK to pick them up :) And voila... More pictures from the repairwork later this week... :wink:

Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:30 am

Thought you would of had those fenders repaired by now!!!!see you@Lavenham. Clive

Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:03 am

cj1971 wrote: Thought you would of had those fenders repaired by now!!!!see you@Lavenham. Clive

haven't had much time man !! :lol: starting on them tomorrow evening !!! :wink: need to finish a paint job first for my friend his cousin...

p.s. if you want us to bring some special belgian beers... let me know !!! 8)

Wed May 02, 2012 1:35 am

added the final layer of epoxy primer to my oval shell...

Wed May 02, 2012 5:43 am

Wow awesome!
No more oxide red, I am sure that you MISS it very much :)

So I guess filler and final prep is next. So you think you will put on color before the end of summer?

Thu May 03, 2012 11:18 pm

Schwing wrote: Wow awesome!
No more oxide red, I am sure that you MISS it very much :)

So I guess filler and final prep is next. So you think you will put on color before the end of summer?

Hahaa, when I start missing it I just look the other side where my split is standing and immidiatly I have the feeling back! :twisted:

Yes, it ready now for the final preparations... But I'm afraid it will take a bit longer... :oops: we're moving to our new home in 1.5 week so some work needs to be done there as well + in July I'll have an surgery on my shoulder (which will take me about 6 month to recover from completely ... says the doctor 8) ) So I'm hoping to have it painted by next summer... I think that's a good time frame :)

Sun May 06, 2012 2:00 am

Some small repairworl already done on the front fender and I mounted the pan on to the body to check if all the nuts were in the correct place! 1 small change needed but that's just 10mn of work :wink:

Sun May 06, 2012 4:57 am

your car is looking good, rud!

i'm sooooo tired of looking at my multi-colored car. i can't wait to see mine in one color!

tim

Sun May 06, 2012 6:37 am

flyertim wrote: your car is looking good, rud!

i'm sooooo tired of looking at my multi-colored car. i can't wait to see mine in one color!

tim

it really helps!! :lol: for me it looks like it's almost finished now... or that's what I'm telling myself :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: still so much work to do but we're making progress so that's a good thing! :wink:

p.s. your radio ROCKS !! you are one crazy guy!! 8) I'm really jalous on the CNC works ... wish I'd those things at home!

Tue May 08, 2012 4:43 pm

Nice rud! And yes flyertim is one crazy guy, but hey he never said he was sane :)

Tue May 08, 2012 11:11 pm

Schwing wrote: Nice rud! And yes flyertim is one crazy guy, but hey he never said he was sane :)

you have made a point! :lol: :twisted:

Thu May 10, 2012 8:55 am

some more metal works on the fender... welding almost done for one of them...