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J4MEZ
Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: 1974 Datsun 260z |
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Anyway I promised I'd show you the work I'd done to it.
Started off like this.
Had a front end hit that pushed the lights and bumper out of alignment also the vent was broken and the wrong colour. Damn they hard to find replacements too
Passenger side door handel was broken too. $19 fron the states ya.......... $49 postage doh!!!
And inside
Already decided the colour was going to be red an black
But needed to sort the tin worm out first.
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It also looked like some one at some stage had had a slight disagreement with the door I don't no who come off better but the door had seen better days.
I think it's a good idea to point out at this stage I have never attempted anything like this before and had only prevouisely read in a book what to do and literally though..... I'll give that a go.
Any way the rest of the photos are just the car being rubbed down. I did brake the back bumper bracket and while it would have been alot easier to drill out the bolt and buy a new one something inside of me thought it would be a food idea to smooth the back end. (what a plonka)
Finally got it all primed up
Bought the paint a spray gun mask and compressor I'd like to say there were alot of people out there that gave me a hard time over this telling me the primmer wasn't right for the base coat the compressor wasn't man enough blar blar blar
It was more then enough and I don't expect it to be perfect FFS I'm doing it my garage not a dust free spray booth der!!!
Anyway the compressor was only a 2hp 40 lt job and handled it.
My gun
So I went to work on the base coat
Before
After
Finished that after a few days. Yeah alright I'm slow so what!!! It was time to trile fit bits
Stripped the parts back off ready for it's top coat
Put all the bits back on it
Made a go faster strip out of some masking tape
Broke out the wet and dry and cutting compound
Spent about three days so far rubbing it down and removing runs and orange peel lol
And the result
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22442 Location: UK
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JC T ONE
Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 1139 Location: Denmark
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Paint is that one thing I never had a go at biggest part I ever sprayed was my fueltanks
good job you did there _________________ http://www.eurods.eu/wp/index.html |
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bob2
Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 1727 Location: Malta
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:13 am Post subject: |
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How I wish I could built up some pluck and do a car up like that !!
The result is lovely, well done!! |
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welshrover
Joined: 09 Aug 2011 Posts: 326
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:39 am Post subject: |
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NICE JOB! nice to see somebody not afraid to have a go themselves ,instead of spending the price of a new car on a paint job |
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J4MEZ
Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys
If you got any questions feel free to ask |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22442 Location: UK
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