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Everything posted by Kimjon
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For not that many hours, I'm calling it one of my most satisfying projects. I've got a nicer benchtop, some matching matt black 52 decals, the missing lefthand Vespa badge and a black beach umbrella on order. That should tidy it up. There's a chilli bin inside to keep drinks cold. I'm calling it a win.
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Slapped the door handles on, then got my wife to push me around in circles on the driveway...living the dream.
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Here's an original for comparison. Remembering I've chopped the roof, and changed the A pillars and a bit of other stuff, so it's not quite apples with apples. But its got the overall look so I'm stoked. This project has had massive scope creep from "get it going, leave it rusty" to what it is now.
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Yeah boi! Two doors!! Two fucking doors!!! It was wildly ambitious to take this on given I'm learning by doing. But here we are, two doors done.
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Number 2 (actually number 3...but we don't talk about the first door and the days of my life I won't get back). This one took only an hour to make, as I had the template and the knowledge from the last 1 (2...grrrr).
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So I totally fucked my first door i made above. I didn't realize that bead roller dies need to be swapped around when going from working on the outside, to working on the inside. And that 3 side go one way, then 4th needs opposite dies, or that working on things upside-down needs opposite dies...lots of learning. Plus add in a small throat of 485mm and limiting factors and yeah...you get the idea. But...I got it right the second time. Well, it's not perfect, definitely some room for improvement. But its going on, and I'll now be focusing on the other door now.
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Test fit. Not bad...not bad at all. Now I need to call in another set of hand to bead roll the inner stepped down section and window frame. Hopefully this doesn't buckle the panel and turn it into scrap! One again, I've rake all practical steps by rolling the panel in the English wheel pre stretching it...so fingers crossed.
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@Geophy hooked me up with less Aliexpress looking taillights. Period correct looking glass trailer lights. The usual fuckery to fit them, but well worth near knocking myself out with the drill as the holesaw bit, and the drill handle swung around to smack me right in the eyes socket. Felt like getting punched by Mike Tyson!
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