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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. -------------------- |
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Well, I have managed to sort myself out with a compressor. Got myself a reasonable compressor to start off with and a few bits n bobs.
First off because I have no space in the garage I built a little shed to house the compressor. ![]() It is well ventilated and sound proofed so it dosnt annoy the neighbours too much. ![]() Feeds through to a filter and extendable hose ![]() I need to add more filters though as the one I have dosnt remove all the moisture out of the airline. I went back to the good old epoxy mastic 121 from rustbusters, thinned out the full 15% it goes on quit nicely and easily. I am sure Manny will take one look at this and shake his head with shame with the conditions I have to work in, but there is an Old Scottish Expression which goes........"You can only piss with the cock you've got" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As its the first thing I have ever sprayed in my life (with a proper air gun, done plenty with aerosols) I will plastic sheet out the garage when it comes to applying the top coat but as all I am doing is the underside it dosent matter too much, I will leave the top side to the professionals ![]() ![]() ![]() This needs to dry now for at least a week ![]() This post has been edited by Nial: Jul 6, 2014 - 8:23 AM -------------------- |
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