So, I got a few more bits and pieces finished on the front of the car over the last few weeks.
Scabby valance ledge.
Scabby valance front.
My hand made repair section.
Repair to section of drip rail on the original genuine wing.
Scab on the slam panel.
Making a mess on the bulkhead, screw holes welded up and a skim of filler where it was dented from a previous owner banging a pinto against it.
Filler to smooth over where I welded up the screw holes.
First part the engine bay primered, inside of the valance.
Restoration: The Big Fast Red One
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Re: Restoration: The Big Fast Red One
The big fast red one!
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Top Job Andy! Keep the momentum and get those drip rails sorted and the wings on!
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Re: Restoration: The Big Fast Red One
Looking great mate
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Re: Restoration: The Big Fast Red One
Thanks for the compliments. The new deadline is July for CRAP. I missed that deadline last year, and the year before that, but I will try.
The strut tower wasn't satisfactory.
Square section was cut out and fresh 2mm plate welded in:
Some of the sound deadening on the bulkhead was a mess. I scraped the worst part off and it was such hard work that I decided to leave the good bits alone.
I had a problem with zinc182 primer reacting on the sound deadening. I tried yellow high build primer and that worked better except that started reacting with some of the old paint. I ended up doing a few layers of each, sanding all the reacted parts off in between layers until the reactions stopped. Bit of a faff really, it makes some funky patterns though.
Now looking good.
I went back to one of the first repairs I did. The top layer was ok but inside the headlight bowl it was a little crispy and I know it would always bug me if I didn't fix it while I have the chance. Now that I'm not so shy with the angle grinder I began to cut out a perfectly good repair to access the crispy bit underneath.
Headlight bowl fixed...
CAD in action...
I formed the lip by gradually folding it up with mole grips a tiny bit at a time. I did consider cutting slits to fold and weld them up again but the slow stretching approach seems to be neater.
New top layer tacked in.
The strut tower wasn't satisfactory.
Square section was cut out and fresh 2mm plate welded in:
Some of the sound deadening on the bulkhead was a mess. I scraped the worst part off and it was such hard work that I decided to leave the good bits alone.
I had a problem with zinc182 primer reacting on the sound deadening. I tried yellow high build primer and that worked better except that started reacting with some of the old paint. I ended up doing a few layers of each, sanding all the reacted parts off in between layers until the reactions stopped. Bit of a faff really, it makes some funky patterns though.
Now looking good.
I went back to one of the first repairs I did. The top layer was ok but inside the headlight bowl it was a little crispy and I know it would always bug me if I didn't fix it while I have the chance. Now that I'm not so shy with the angle grinder I began to cut out a perfectly good repair to access the crispy bit underneath.
Headlight bowl fixed...
CAD in action...
I formed the lip by gradually folding it up with mole grips a tiny bit at a time. I did consider cutting slits to fold and weld them up again but the slow stretching approach seems to be neater.
New top layer tacked in.
The big fast red one!