You got some tenacity. This is what separates cars like mine from real show cars. Good on you man.

 

many thanks, it sure isnt easy but in the end its will be worth it

 

Close to primer

 

I'm taking a break from the paint to work on mechanical stuff for the first time in over a year. I cleaned up my past porting and ported the new center iron.


I forgot to take pictures of the end plates

 

What template did you end up going with?

 

Smart move. You can really burn out with body work.

 

racing beat bridge port

 

Here are the end plates. I did my best to clean them up but my original porting was horrendous.



I went back on my word and decided to get it primed. Its all ready except for masking. There is still some body work after the primer but I wanted to get the bare metal protected.

 

Any recommendations for getting the bits of coolant seal residue off the plates?

 

Sharp blade or a screwdriver and a careful hand. a soak in acetone won't hurt.

 

What kind of primer did you end up using?

 

its some epoxy i got from the paint store

 

Woops old tshirt was not a good idea

 

Finally got it primered, I still have to do some finishing with the bodywork and the sheet metal isn't primed, but its getting closer.

 

I finally have all the parts for the engine rebuild, and nothing else has been damaged (yet). It was supposed to be a cheap rebuild but she demands the best.

 

Looking forward to seeing it with some color! Have you decide on one yet?

 

bmw imola 2 red

 

BMW Imola Red is very close to Renaissance Red. That will look gorgeous on your FB.

 

That car is beautiful, definitely the look i was going for.

 

Got the engine bay seam sealed, Should be able to get the engine bay painted this weekend. Then I can finally start putting it back together

 

Great work. Looking forward to seeing it put together

 

Is seam sealer green or is that tape?

 

its tape, and unfortunately since this is my first time using 3m 2k I did not pull the tape off and now its stuck. I'm going to have to re do it so hopefully next weekend ill paint.

 

oh man I have an fb in a better condition and here I am sulking over not making progress. thank you for this motivation and looking forward to that red paint

 

Got the seam sealer done. Im going to paint this afternoon. Finally for the first time in 2 years she'll have color