ST205 Total Rebuild, Something a bit different |
ST205 Total Rebuild, Something a bit different |
Dec 16, 2012 - 1:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I was certain I started a build thread on here, but for the life of me I can not find it so forgive me if I start again and its old news.
About a year and a half ago my current GT4 failed its yearly inspection (MOT) with rusty sills, they were fixed and it subsequently passed but it set alarm bells ringing in my head that the poor things days were numbered. I decided that I would buy a shell and swap everything onto it. so I hunted for a reasonable shell to start work on. While I was looking, I had to extend my garage. I only had a single car garage so not enough space to work or store stuff. So I decided to extend my garage backwards a bit Work started. and after a few weeks, finished ;0 About the same time a shell turned up, well it was sold as a shell, but it was more or less a complete car minus the engine and gearbox. It was in good condition with no rust, even the interior was in pretty much spot on condition, not that I need much of it I set to wrok more or less straight away First job was to strip everything off the car everything went, all the looms, glass, suspension the works Next job was to remove the sound deadening material it then went outside for a thorough jet wash go get rid of all the years of crap As I was moving the battery to the inside I could remove the battery tray which I did Next up I needed to get to the bottom of the car....this was going to require some ingenuity. -------------------- |
Oct 27, 2013 - 10:42 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Well finally got to apply some paint instead of stripping it off.
still some stripping to do in the engine bay area, but I have to get this painted before the weather gets too cold.....paint dosent like being applied in the cold....paints a wuss :lol: :lol: :lol: After another coat of epoxy mastic, I will apply some seam sealer in a few areas, then some POR high build tie coat primer as the epoxy mastic has load of brush marks, it will then get a smoothing rub down before I apply some POR15 flex coat for a silky smooth glossy finish -------------------- |
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