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Post by tonymark3 on Jul 23, 2020 18:57:07 GMT
I take it you order your aerosols by the case, same way i order my wine.
Tony S
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 23, 2020 23:14:15 GMT
Ha! Just three (Although I have this evening found two more tins in a box on the shelves), so I'm being pretty economical with it. To be fair, the coverage is pretty good and it's not a concours job by any stretch of the imagination. That said:  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr This bloomed pretty badly and has had to be lightly rubbed down and given another two coats. Hopefully it'll be fine in the morning. Chris. |
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Post by dave1800 on Jul 24, 2020 5:54:18 GMT
I recently saw a Jaguar here that was being prepared for a bare metal respray. It looked in good shape before the paint was removed but soon revealed it had dozens of repair patches all beautifully welded in. The owner told me he knew of one or two repairs but was astonished at both the extent and quality of the welding. Maybe one day in the long distant future your car may reveal all your efforts the world? Well done! David |
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Post by tonymark3 on Jul 25, 2020 15:46:24 GMT
Trouble is funny old weather for paint. Don’t know what its like your way but very humid here.
Looking good though.
Reminds me , years ago(in the year of ‘69) i had an early Mark 1 and ended up with 2 fibreglass front wings. Big pop rivets holding them on. Still went through MOT.
Tony S
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 26, 2020 11:37:53 GMT
Yes, a bit warm and sticky when I did this bit of painting. It's come up fine second time. As for showing it off to the world, I'm busy trying to hide everything! Anyway, ran into an odd problem. I re-hung the off-side doors single handed, but I can't hang the near-side passenger one. Angles are all wrong this way round. So, got on with an outstanding job. Did the oil and filter the other weekend. Dropped the car down and re-filled it, then drove round the block so that I could put the car back in the garage the other way round. Within an hour, there was a puddle of oil forming on the floor. This proved to be one of the gear cables. Stuck a bowl under it and ordered "The Kit" from Tony Wood. Dealt with it yesterday and this morning. Annoyingly, I've had to drain out a gallon of oil which has travelled ½ a mile at most. Actually, I drained out about 6 pints, as there were at least 2 pints dribbled into the bowl.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr Dirty filthy horrible job. Anyway, all done. Look at the state of those seals. Three are split, they're all rock hard and one cable had had the seals replaced with "O" rings. Now then, about that door..... C. |
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Post by tonymark3 on Jul 26, 2020 15:39:11 GMT
Does make you wonder why they went for cables when the rod change is so much simpler. Can’t have been cheaper surely. Never mind another good job and one thing less to worry about.
Tony S
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 26, 2020 17:35:56 GMT
Could have been worse. Might have been a Maxi.... Actually, I find it a very pleaseant shift. Not fast, but a nice positive feel to it. So, after lunch, I whizzed over the sill and shutzed it, which brought me eyeball to eyeball with the bottom of the rear wheel arch.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr A short time later. Meh.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr And shortly after that. Those dents in the arch edge are refusing to come out as well. Problem seems to be that the inner arch has separated from the outer. Will ponder. C. |
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Post by tonymark3 on Jul 26, 2020 18:40:29 GMT
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Post by tonymark3 on Jul 26, 2020 18:43:32 GMT
I admire your skills Chris. I chickened out and got someone else to do the body work!
Tony S
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 26, 2020 23:28:30 GMT
Yuk. I think I'd have been more worried about that pop rivet in the sill though....
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Jul 26, 2020 23:54:32 GMT
The official blurb at the launch was that the cables isolated the lump's vibrations from the body interior - or words to that effect! David Does make you wonder why they went for cables when the rod change is so much simpler. Can’t have been cheaper surely. Never mind another good job and one thing less to worry about. Tony S |
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Post by tonymark3 on Jul 27, 2020 8:00:52 GMT
Makes sense as do feel the vibe through the gear change.
They were the famous oversills, you should have seen what was underneath!
Tony S
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 27, 2020 17:29:59 GMT
you should have seen what was underneath! Been there, done that, quite a lot. Not surprised any more....  And on to todays' revelations.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr Front end of the wheel arch came out nicely. I'll get a better picture without the glare tomorrow. What's that at the top, I hear you cry?  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr It's a one of them. The arch is made up of Austin Maxi panels front and rear, with an original section of lip in the middle. This is the joint for the front section. Oh, well, chop it out, repair and treat the inner lip and rattle up a patch.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr Like so.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr And some time later. Wonder what the rear joint's like? Chris. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 28, 2020 17:03:32 GMT
Rear joint was duly excavated, cleaned, studied and re-buried. Little scuff at the back of the arch bashed into shape and filled.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr And onto the nightmare door. This one is the bad one. It had a full length repair section across the bottom of the door and warped all over the place first time round. Anyway, filler split, so nothing for it but to dig it out and start again. It's not very thick, but it's spread over a wide area. Run out of sanding discs. C. |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jul 29, 2020 17:09:25 GMT
Discs rounded up, so back to it. That filler spread further across the door. This is where the repaired compressor is proving to be a boon, as I can use the DA sander and some really rough grit to do the basic flatting back, before getting out the hand tools for the finishing. To think I used to do it all by hand with a longboard and a block.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr Door after first coat of high build primer. The white patches are bits of stopper for the pinholes revealed by the change of colour. You can study the door for hours, finding the pinholes and stoppering them. Change the colour and bang! There's a whole bunch more to deal with.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr Got the sill and arch into primer, then a light flat back.  VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr And after a couple of coats of Damask. Pretty pleased with that. I haven't painted the arch as the rear wing as a whole is becoming rather complicated. More soon, Chris. |
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