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Mostly looking pretty good apart from some ugly welds from the past. We will be tidying up the quaters and finishing them properly.

 

Some rust we found around the fuel flap:

 

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And around the sills: 

 

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This is all we found on the passenger side so pretty happy with that.

 

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The drivers side had holes all through the bottom from the point that we repaired earlier. The guys will be bending up a panel to fix up this section. 

 

Besides this I will try get a few more days in this week stripping the rear beaver panel, A and C pillars, remove the doors then remove glass and trim then strip them back and assess. Once the rust is killed we will be fitting the R100 lights to the rear and sand the vehicle back for primer. 

 

Didnt plan on doing this til down the track but I'm pretty happy we're tackling it now. Boring post but some pretty important shit to get onto.

 

Chur

 

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Oh yeah and we also mocked up the seats.

 

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They only JUST fit (as in the width), however if I want to be able to be functional we need to scallop the trans tunnel for clearance. on top of this we are also going to shift the gear shifter hole forward to allow better fitment for the centre console. More fab happening soon!

 

 

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Spent the evening yesterday stripping the door cards, windows, etc from the doors yesterday and removed them in preparation for panel work and rust removal. 

 

Forgot to take a pic showing the doors removed but you get the point.

 

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Everything all organised - box full of bits ready to be sent off for replating and polishing

 

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The rubbers are pretty fucked being 40 odd years old and against the hot dry weather here in Perth. Suppose I should get a new rubber/seal kit but we will see if funds allow.

 

It was a real cunt getting the windows out, especially the rear door window/quarter glass combo. Never had to remove windows before so good to know now.  All in all I only stripped 1 screw head so i'm pretty happy with that strike rate. 

 

I also got started on the drivers door..

 

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And here is where we ended up at.

 

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A few dents that need to be straightened out and the obvious rust where the side mirror was mounted - This will be plated up as they have been deleted to make way for fender mirrors. All doors have rust across the bottom on the inner skin so we will be getting these blasted.

 

Also thinking about painting this rather than leaving it in primer as it will be much easier with it all stripped apart but we will see if funds allow. I'm not 100% on colour, I was initially going to repaint it the original Mazda sunrise red or go down a gloss black or battleship grey route but I've always had a soft spot for the Rx2 orange (does anyone have the specific paint code/name?) and the 240z Mustard, this along with satin black flares but unsure whether to black out the front lip or paint it body colour. What do you guys think?

 

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Spent Thursday night attacking some more rust and sanding down some panels alongside old mate Connor who was busy working away panelbeating panels and smoothing them out.

 

Here are some boring pics of what we got up to, apologies for the shitty phone pics as it was about 10:30pm in a workshop with bright as lighting.

 

Boot panel, had only a small amount of surface rust but a few dings.

 

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Driver side rear quarter sanded back, need to put a bit more work in around the c pillar where the vents bolt up and around the gutter channels (the chrome trims were a bitch to remove but got there in the end with minimal kinks)

 

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And here are pics of the vent and rust in the c pillar which will need to be cut out and plated up, not as bad as I thought it would be.

 

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And a bit more work carried out on the doors. The outer sections are almost ready for their first coat of primer.

 

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Forgot to grab a pic of the 4th door though.

 

I think the panel beater spent some more time on it last friday evening, I was initially going to spend all of Sunday hacking away at it but had some things come up. Will try and get another 15-20 hours in this week and hopefully the fabricators will be able to weld in the new patches then we'll be able to lay some primer and get it all in one colour. Legit.

 

Cheers,

 

Tai

 

 

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Alright so I managed to get a few more evenings in on the wire and coarse wheels.

 

I've removed the rear door hinges and door catches and started stripping back the door jam areas to see what we're dealing with.

 

Starting with the passenger side.

 

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This was the only rust we could find on the drivers side (bar the sill rust as shown previously). I still need to strip back the top sections of the door jam though and I ran out of smaller wire wheels so couldnt get into some of the gaps with the mtx wheel.

 

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I also spend a bit of time on the roof. There is only a small amount of sanding left then some beating and skim of bog to get it ready.

 

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Here's some better pics of the rear end.

 

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Pitting around the centre section. There are a few pinholes which will be welded over and have the metal treated. Rear garnish holes will be filled and waiting on the R100 tail light conversion panels to be welded in. 

 

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Bottom section has been beaten out, skimmed over and is now straight. 

 

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Fuel flap section cut out and replacement steel has been cut and it's now ready to be welded up

 

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Right rear guard section has been trimmed back and a section welded at the top of the inner arch. It will be trimmed a little more to flare out at the rear then the edge will be welded back together.

 

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