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splitface
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 Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 3:48 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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rear bumper after streightening was just cleaned by soap water and I will just wax it |
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splitface
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 4:36 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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splitface
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Scotty
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 5:07 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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Excellent! I bet you're still smiling now?
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splitface
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 5:24 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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| Scotty wrote: |
| Excellent! I bet you're still smiling now? |
it was relief that I do not have to remove gear box which is there from
factory and I was quite surprised how fast is just second gear
it was hot like hell here in Czech republic so more sweating then smiling |
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splitface
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:01 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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back is finished for now
I will try to clean overspray on left side rear corner which was repainted together with damaged driver side later ..
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ddutch
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Location: Nederland
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:43 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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| splitface wrote: |
nice results, but I want to keep patina - surface rust
I consider faded dove blue / surface rust best two tone bus combination 
I just want to inhibit rust on worst places like rear lower corners
and just conservate it somehow without impacting OG paint |
What a nice Barndoor, I love the orginality of it.
I get your preference for patina but personally I would definitely try to get rid of that creeping surface rust on a bus as nice as this one. Rust never sleeps and it will slowly keep eating away your original paint and metal. There will be enough patina left once you've washed it away with CLR and protected the paint with a good wax(oil) or something suitable after a gentle and careful polish.
A long time ago a friend treated the surface rust on the paint and the chrome of an old Honda motorbike. It still looks nice today while another bike that was in the same barn has completely rotten away now 25 years later. |
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splitface
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:46 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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do not worry , I will enjoy rough patina and faded paint for short while
and then will treat places with most rust by rust inhibitor and wax whole car
to preserve it even thou it means change from nice faded paint to more shiny and more blue color as it was from factory |
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ddutch
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:16 am Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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| splitface wrote: |
do not worry , I will enjoy rough patina and faded paint for short while
and then will treat places with most rust by rust inhibitor and wax whole car
to preserve it even thou it means change from nice faded paint to more shiny and more blue color as it was from factory |
That sounds good and wise! I love the work you did on this barndoor, it would be a shame to loose it's beauty. |
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splitface
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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from first meeting in Czech republic
patina is emphasized by some filter used
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djfordmanjack
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bally
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: 1954 typ 23 from Austria |
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It looks great! Great to see it out and about too!
Dave |
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