Popular Post Nominal Posted July 13, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2022 Right, next piece on the rear lower quarter. I'm doing this in smaller pieces so I don't mess up the shape too much. Got the wood piece out of the box again to check the positioning of the patch, needed some adjustment. Poo welding - I really need to try the tig on this sort of thing. Grind, sand, etc. Bit of zinc spray for now. The sill replacement is piece I bought and came in the boxes with the wood. I'll leave it off for now until the inner sill is sorted. 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted October 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2022 Wooden car distractions. It's been 17 years I think since this one was re-finished with Sikkens outdoor furniture finish. It's lasted well but needed re-doing as it had failed in some areas and the wood was turning grey. A number of evenings with 80 grit sandpaper, head gun, scrapers etc got it off. Just did the exterior this time, and left the side glass in. Hope that doesn't bite me in the future. Bleached the wood to tone in the different coloured areas with Oxalic acid. I used some leftovers to clean up the Townace, it works well in removing rust stains and random overspray from careless previous owners. Looked good when dried out. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted October 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2022 After some research and talking to a yachtie relative I used some Altex epoxy sealer first A couple of coats of that then five of the varnish It's a lot glossier than the sikkens finish, hopefully will stay looking good for a few years, and can be scuffed back and refinished without completely stripping it back again. Reassembled and back on the road after about 6 weeks. I do need to make some protective covers under the wood behind the A-pillar. This area had some new wood put in by a master joiner last year. 30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 When the 49 was put together about 15 years ago the veneer panels were quite a bit darker (pic found on flickr, dunno what happened to that roofrack) The have faded now to tone in with the maple framing - pic from Turangi at Labour Weekend Also the clear finish on the wood was starting to break down at joins and on the panels themselves My guess it that is 2K automotive clear coat, although I'm not 100% sure. While durable this doesn't suit spot touch ups or overcoating when tatty. The only way to deal with it is stripping right back to bare wood and starting over. So, after getting back on Monday.... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted October 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2022 The panels are held on by bolts/machine screws that do into the blind nuts with the stainless covers. Had to remove the spare bracket and the taillights from the tailgate. I found some extra screws that were holding the panel on after pulling a couple through the steel panel, oops The panels are held on by a billion screws, luckily not glued (or at least not much) as well 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted November 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2022 One side apart now 17 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted November 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2022 All off now, bit faster on the second side as I knew what I was doing. There's a fair bit of sticky sealer on the body side, not sure that all that is necessary, will do some research before it goes back together. First side has been been stripped using a heat gun and given an initial DA sanding. I need to go over them again and check the details, then go down a couple of grit levels to 240 or so. 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted November 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2022 Sanding and cleanup round two completed. Next step on these is bleaching, I found what I wanted to do that (Rustins wood bleach) but it took me a couple of days to call the importer / distributor in the work hours of 09:00 - 15:30 GMR Imports NZ|Disposable Latex & Nitrile Gloves|Superplus|Rustins In the meantime I've started repairing the split joints in the tailgate. I'm not sure why so many have come apart, I did tweak a bit getting it off the car, but it also seems they weren't bonded very well. I don't want the whole thing to come apart at once so I've had a go at bonding the biggest one first. Cleaned up the joint and removed the old product. Used some clear tape to hopefully stop the epoxy spreading too much. Big gaps are preferred for this approach to give the epoxy some space. A visit to Burnsco for some West System epoxy and filler. The filler thickens the epoxy so it doesn't run out of the joint. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted November 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2022 Mixed up the epoxy in 5:1 and brushed some on the joint surfaces first Then added some filler and mixed again. Came out fairly thick, filler ratio isn't very important, just get the consistency you want. Gooped some into the joint And 'clamped' it up. Will see how it looks after 24 hours. I've gone deep on the West System stuff, now everything looks like an epoxy project Epoxyworks - Building, restoration, and repair with epoxy 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted December 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2022 Working away on the wood refinishing. Seems to be taking longer than I thought (what a surprise). The first try with the A/B bleaching (Hydrogen Peroxide stuff) didn't go all that great, came out a bit patchy and greenish. After talking with the agent down in Invergiggle I picked up some water-based stripped and went over all the good faces with that first, then the bleach, then a round of sanding, then a scrub with Oxalic Solution, same as I used on the Morris, then more sanding. Worked out well I think. Five of the 9 pieces have been through this process and the epoxy sealer. The back sides need another coat of the sealer tomorrow then they can be sanded for the gloss varnish coats. The tailgate is all glued up, but I ran out of bleach so had to wait for another lot to arrive to do that and finish the 'final four' 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted January 3, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2023 Got wood? AKA The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 25 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted January 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 After getting back from a Chris Smith trip it was back to the bleaching / sanding regime. Finally got all the frames cleaned up, epoxy sealed, sanded again, then evicted the Mercury from the shed for the finishing process. The finish was the same as the Morris, Altex varnish. 5 coats with light sanding between, then a more thorough sand to clean up runs etc before the last coat. I'm pretty happy with the finish - mucho shiny. Just waiting on some more epoxy for the plywood pieces, hopefully get that tomorrow. 27 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted January 12, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 Ply time. The old ply was 'ribbon sapelle' a type of mahogany veneer. While possibly reuseable there were some splits in the grain, and since it's such a big job I want to replace it. After being quoted 2k for a single sheet of sapelle play (I'd need 2 sheets minimum) I found a supplier of gaboon/okeme 3mm marine ply in Wellington for $100 a sheet, so that's the go. Picked the best sides, and tried to fit the pieces I need into the darker sections of the veneer Cut the pieces out (battery circular saw and a jigsaw did the job OK. A little edge damage is OK because the edges are hidden by the frames) Clamped the new and old pieces together to drill the holes for mounting. Big holes in the tailgate pieces are where the spare tyre mounts go through. Used one of these fancy sprung stops I got from Boeing Surplus many years ago. 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Did a lot of epoxy coating 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Then varnishing (5 coats) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Screwing 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 More screwing 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 With the doors, and more particularly the lower quarters quite a bit of clamping and bracing is needed to get the ply to curve to the frame form. The new wood came with a specially shaped clamping piece to get the quarters right. If you don't do this they are too 'flat' to fit on the car. It's on the good side of the quarter in this pic, with the steel par over top and a few chunks of polystrene to push the shape. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 Putting the pieces back on wasn't too bad. It was during a warm spell though so a bit sweaty. I ended up making a lot of new bolts cut to the correct length because I didn't take careful note of what went where. Good thing I have a head of 5/6 UNC fasteners in a box 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted February 13, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2023 The interior reassembly was also a mission. This pic was midday on 28th Jan, I had a deadline of 30th Jan for family / wagnats reasons. Took a day off on Fri 27thy to get that far. There are a few separate steel pieces around the tailgate as well as the ply lower sections and all the upper trim around the windows. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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