Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted June 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2021 Well that was never going to fix itself was it.. rust bomb with a lit fuse! Remember I said I spent ages with air and vacuum yesterday getting scale out? Missed a bit.. Thankfully the skin is 95% mint, it’s just the very front ‘nose’ section that’s let go. Plenty of hours in the frame though. I’ll clean it up and rust kill it and paint it then put the skin back on before I repair it so it doesn’t get out of shape. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2021 strip disc exposed the soft spots.. I need more dremel cutting wheels before attempting this one, as used last one the other day and forget to order during the day I lied, it wasn’t just the nose that rusted. for fox skates! Hate precision bonnet jobs. She’s had a wire wheel back and 2 coats of Brunox. I thought a round hole would be less likely to distort so used the step drill to open them up to fresh steel and zapped one weld at a time with a long cool down period in between. it worked, the important side is pretty flush and won’t need much aftercare. The brunox was a test, has a good name but haven’t used it before now. It’s all good, but doesn’t seem to go far and isn’t cheap. I’ve ordered some Fertan brand stuff to have a hoon on this time round, the inner of frame will be a great test for it. I got some front wheel bearings and 2L of 3M underbody Schutz for later on too. Stay tuned homos 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 Well fertan was cool. I knocked the top off with a wire wheel on the drill. Applied the fertan. It’s just like deck stain, very loose and dark. It comes in a wee bottle with a spray/squirt gun like household cleaner. Has a nice spray and really hammers it on well. it’s not there to ask how your day was, it’s ready to fuck. If it isn’t a textured/pitted surface it wanted to run off. the instructions said let it sit for about an hour and dampen with water (yeah aye, water and rust) but since I applied it as it was getting dark I figured the next best thing was leave it on the drive for a nice even layer of moisture from the air. ah shit it was -2 when I got up, lol. Frost is even so it’s still a win. Once it dried it was kicking off a blue powder. I was instructed to leave it 24 hours before painting, 48 if it’s cold..but can wait 6 months before paint.. that’s a ballsy claim! The last step is to remove the purple dust with a damp rag and your done. Your left with a black part, rock on. I’ll etch prime with 2K this week weather permitting. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2021 Today was the warmest day we’ve had in a while so I rushed home and got a few coats of etch on 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2021 Two nites in a row I went and looked at it and just didn’t know where to start. There’s plenty of pretty complex shapes and curves to tackle. Today I bit my lip and sunk the grinder into it! None of this really needs to be finished too flash unless it’s an edge or close to the skin. The grey side isn’t seen at all. Can’t imagine the car will have the bonnet attached at repair cert time either. Then mint.16 came and got my Honda monkey bike going after over a year so that slowed progression a bit, but yay! 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 11, 2021 I picked up some gaskets, some were on clearance! Also got hub seals and assembled the new discs & new wheel bearings. gave some cheap ‘chrome’ paint a try, nowhere near where it should be, but I’m ok with it as is. These are arm rest bases and were just painted silver a few months back. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 It’s still progress even if it’s to cold to do physical work on it right? Ah shit, wet mangled box phew not rooted! Some damage to the tulip/deck filler/Dutchman panel but easy fix. even included a bonus fancy Honda trans mount with an electrical sensor some poor sap will be waiting for on a 2day service! This only took a week to arrive! 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2021 Any fucking wonder they rust. Scraping paint off the hood frame with the edge of my new patch and fingernail, not a speck of primer 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 17, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2021 More scrappy part-finished hood frame shiz. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2021 Few less holes in hood frame 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 More ugly bonnet business. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 29, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2021 Remember how my master cylinder was rooted and pulled all the fluid into the booster? shane at powerstop brakes cleaned it up, reassembled and tested it after another shop tore it apart and quoted the earth to repair. He’s sleeving the master for me too. I’ve ordered another pcv valve. super stoked, Look him up for classic and modern/ABS brake solutions! 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2021 This brace wasn’t bracing shit any longer. It’s quick and ugly cause it’s largely hidden by vents 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 Oh yeah! Rebuilt and sleeved to standard spec by Powerstop, so hopefully we should feel ALL the dual-diaphragm assisted Chrysler luxuriousness a poor man needs 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 12, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2021 Another few hundred bucks worth of stuff. all packed up and mostly ready for the big trip south to start putting the strength back into it and she’ll come home a viable car! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2021 Off you fuck, again 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2021 Day one of gettin er done. Surpassed expectations! plasma cutters are the goods! 42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2021 Day 2: morning started with getting the tub out of drivers side. Was a bit cack-handed and awkward but got there in the end. started lining up and clamping the rear spring hangers and the rear bracing. Discovered the rear quarter stamping has the wee reveal around the bumper about an inch too low! Easy fix, just chop that section out and raise it, fill in the gap. my brother likes tubbing stuff. Figured now is the only time it will be this easy.. Tearing down This side was much smoother aaaand now we’re having a lockdown so that’s that.. fuck it all. Cruise back to chch and work on some other cars I guess, come back in the weekend. *shrug* 34 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2021 Not the lockdown news I wanted to hear with a week of annual leave left..but here we go. One of the splash/inner guards..underseal straight over bare metal! blasted, rust converted and black zinc. This ugly lump of fuck could have gone back in and been sent, but it would annoy me and I’ve got time on my hands. good to see a new cam and followers too! There been a leak but this thing hasn’t run much, Still assembly lube in places. Hope this doesn’t bite me later, I’ve cleaned it up and will do a few oil changes and filters. someone has port matched it too. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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