good to see you useing por-15 that stuff is great, my dad used that stuff on his 63 e-type jag. it will last forever.

 

Hmm thanks Ted. The turbo should be up next to or infront of the strut. I was going to heat wrap the hot side :-/. I guess I may want to heat wrap the wire loom to.

I was going to heatwrap the haltech wire, why not this one ehh.

 

them fenders fit after you talked to allan?

 

Yea we worked this weekend hard.

His words on the fender are, I have to cut all the mounts and redo them still. Then force the bottom under the car and hope the fender don’t crack in the middle. The whole mold is not pressed well.

I am waiting to hear from RO again about them picking them up from my door. If they refuse I will think some more, they pissed me off and I want them gone. So I am still leaning towards my attorney handling it.

 

interesting. I have a set of wide fenders. Might be not be to your style tho and I still have to make the mold for the passenger side that I finished a year ago.

 

 

Yea I want a uniformed look insted of a over fender look. Looking to fit 9 to 9.5in wheels under it as well.

 

lol..... iceblue... white zip ties... i hope they are temporary.... all that work, and you cant get black ones just giving u a hard time i wish i had patience to do it like you are.... but i dont.......

i cant believe i didnt even think that i have to swap the ***** harness to the rear of the car as well...... blah.. what a pain.... oh well

 

Yea there temp lol. A bunch of pics coming up in a few minutes.

 

The wiper motor was disassembled fully for proper painting and polishing. All cylinders are cast steal so these were sanded and ground smooth all the way to 120grit then whipped for paint. Nothing does not get attention paid to it on this car, nothing. The paint as said on these parts is also a 3stage dry pearl so a smooth surface is a must.

 

Prepping door to be shaved and the red marker is marking all the dents.
The door molding metal should be cut 2.5in, the door is 56in long.










Custom work on edge



Ok here is all the welding of the door moldings and handle. This is the proper way to shave but note you WILL warp the metal. You do not lay beads either you go around the item giving cool down time just spotting it in until the welds are about .5cm apart.

 

Custom work to edge

 

Shaving the rear, welding the badges up.










Stud gun and puller


Studs to pull the warps out of the door. This is repeated and bumped down to shrink the metal back. The skin is somewhere around 24 to 28ga metal. Oil caning happens and takes some work to get strength back into the door.


After the door has been pulled


Bondoing of doors


finish puddy and so on

 

custom edge looks much nicer.


Back edge when you don’t customize it. Looks like a big square.


primer and guide


rear bondo




Primer and guide spray

 

holy **** . . . wanna do my car next?

 

Sure few bux drop it off and pick it up latter. 42$hr

I know it’s been a while since I have posted I do have stuff to post. I have just been in this battle with my fenders and it looks like I am going to win.

On top of that my camera broke it’s off at repair place. Sunday Allen wrecked and broke his collar bone riding with me so my body man is out and I am not going to try and fit them fenders when I have him around.

But the paint job looks sick since I color sanded and buffed it.

 

i really wish i had the time/space/materials/tools/money/patience to do what your doing, id love to shave my trim and add the RE front cap but hell, likei said i have none of the makings to do so. What your doing is simply amazing, from the RHD swap up, jesus, this car is going to be practically brand-*******-new. I cant wait to see the outcome, even as it will be pink its still going to be sick as hell.

 

this makes me wanna rip all the wiring and other crap out of my engine bay and paint it with the paint I bought from por 15. But I need to finish my rebuilding my engine as soon as the parts come in the mail becuase time is a factor for me.

You are doing a friggin crazy job man, keep the pics coming!

and that is the only car with pink I would be proud to drive

 

So are you keeping a running total of the time/cost/progress?

 

It broke my calculator.

 

well find out b/c i've got a long way to go on mine lol

 

The calculated total to finish the car is 50k$ and my labor is free except for interior because I am paying someone ells for that.

Labor is several thousand hours.

 

did you ever try to figure out a rubics cude?

just curious.

 

so did putting the AFM on the one side work out?

 

thats just crazy talk!!! your insane!!! hahaha
great work though...
keep it up