GingerNuttz

The paint line is part of a commercial range they had just started selling and it's supposed to be baked, in hindsight I should have used a ton of rocket but with already using very fast hardener I didn't think it was necessary 😂

1 hour ago, Talbot said:

Hasn't that just been done?

Problems with that paint not curing fully so I said to the captain we should redo it at some point.

We painted it a zero degrees and even with the space heater going full bore and extra long gas off times it's still a touch soft. You can't leave finger prints in it but can still dig a nail so a better quality paint and warmer weather should see it reet. 

1 hour ago, captain_70s said:

 

T1300 lump, it's only got a design life of 50,000 miles, it'll scrap itself before you know it.

Well when the big ends rattle and you drive it down south with hee haw oil pressure 50k would be the limit 😂

Daimler engine in the green Dolly !!! Get that asthmatic single carb donkey scrapped 😂

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

This is what it's s'posed to look like:

You could pour them in 2 part polyurethane very easily like I had to do with the Acclaim bushes. 

I'm a pikey and I'm VERY offended !!! 

Majestic beast 😂

Special tool go brrrrrrr 😂

Looks mint and will be safe as houses that will. 

1 hour ago, Andyrew said:

Pics or it didnt happen!

Was many moons ago when I was a lad 😂

I've painted a car pink before and can confirm it's an instant panty dropper with bimbos, I'd post pictures but I don't want to incriminate myself as someone who drove a pink Ford Escort to pick up girls. 

Although I always got funny looks when me and my mates drove around town. 

 😂

Reinforce the member at the bolt holes with 2mm steel and run it if it's solid enough in the middle.

Or

Repairing the other one would be a doddle going by the quality of your welding on the shell so man up and get it welded 😂

Anyone know if Bollox is updating this on any other forums ? 

Megajolt time. 

If it had 4 carburettors then you could have driven to work on 3 cylinders... 

Aye heat gun will work wonders on the corners.

Gonna miss Bollox thread on the Dodge 😔.

It'll reward you with burning that knackered clutch out and stranding you somewhere with no phone reception 😂

Told you the bits we never touched would fail 😂

Still a win at the end of the day considering how much metal was cut out and replaced on the wee car. 

The rear arches are piss easy. Lay the new arch over the old one and clamp it tight, cut through the new and old arch at the same time removing 5mm or so from the new one and you'll be left with a perfect match that you can slowly weld to avoid distortion.

If you make yourself believe its harder than it is you'll end up putting it off and putting it off. As long as you go slow and cut through both at the same time you'll be fine 

That bit up the the wheel well was a nightmare, I got the passenger end and had to weld left handed while trying to fit up in that gap 😂. 

If you're not using 2 pack epoxy I'd just use Zinc 182 as your base followed by something high build that you can sand to 500-800 grit for 1k topcoat. If you want to stick to the can route you could use Upol etch cans as a base followed by a primer then topcoat, the Upol ones can be had cheaper than the proXL ones. 

Grab a Gerson masks if you can find one, It's what I've always used at home and never had an issue with them.

(sorry bout the late reply but I didn't get a notification a fortnight ago ) 

Better start stocking up the blue paint and duct tape 😂

There's still a fair bit of metal we haven't replaced and fingers crossed they don't poke too hard 😂