Krimi Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Wow, good work! Love the look of the car in white, wayyyy better than silver, keep up with the good work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Supes Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Nice progress. There something sexy about a brand new gearbox. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Looks so much better 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Working on the interior over the winter, giving her a tidy up in a few places to make her perfect. filled in old holes in dash and new paint, took some time to get it right but I’m really happy with it came out looks like new 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mharvey Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 3 hours ago, scottyt said: Working on the interior over the winter, giving her a tidy up in a few places to make her perfect. filled in old holes in dash and new paint, took some time to get it right but I’m really happy with it came out looks like new Panel looks fantastic, what paint did tou use? Looks very OEM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 minute ago, mharvey said: Panel looks fantastic, what paint did tou use? Looks very OEM I will take a pic of the paint and will put the painted panel next to the new gear surround from the manual swap, to me they look next to identical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 13 hours ago, mharvey said: Panel looks fantastic, what paint did tou use? Looks very OEM That’s the paint I used 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Brand new manual surround vs the painted dash trim 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Few more parts almost ready 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mharvey Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 hours ago, scottyt said: Few more parts almost ready Mate, that's fantastic. Thanks for the help! Looks great, I did mine with plastidip which looked great...for 6 seconds and then it scratched up and now looks crap haha I'll give that stuff a try I think 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, mharvey said: Mate, that's fantastic. Thanks for the help! Looks great, I did mine with plastidip which looked great...for 6 seconds and then it scratched up and now looks crap haha I'll give that stuff a try I think No worries just take loads of time with the sanding I used a range from 800-3000 grit paper to get the best finish before painting, then don’t put to much paint on at once 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 new buttons going in pic half way through shows how yellow the old had gone. Just waiting on bulbs for the rear before putting back in the car 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 One seat in on planted technology bases then the rain started so finish next weekend 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Finally some nice weather finished the interior off added the new fitmint automotive matts all around, been dying to get them in for mouths. New trd style dials went in and the refinished dash went back in with some new bulbs too , also both seats now in 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolizma Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 Starting taking the underside bits off today as the plan over the winter is to complete renew the underside , waiting for some bits and bobs from Japan so thought I would do a test on bilt hamber detox c as heard good things can already see it working from just putting a few nuts and bolts in. Didn’t go to town rubbing back the towing point to see what the product does on it own IMG_6003.MOV will update with results asap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 How are you getting on with the Deox stuff? @evinX provided me with some of this. I’m using the Deox Gel first to remove the bulk of rust, it’s a slow process but works amazingly well. He gave me a bottle of something else to use afterwards but I don’t recall the name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Homer said: How are you getting on with the Deox stuff? @evinX provided me with some of this. I’m using the Deox Gel first to remove the bulk of rust, it’s a slow process but works amazingly well. He gave me a bottle of something else to use afterwards but I don’t recall the name. The other stuff is hydrate 80 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 Hydrate 80 will be going on after the deox products I have the gel for the parts I can’t submerge. Putting the towing arm in for another soak but massive improvement. I let it soak for 10 hours gave it some wire brush work and it’s come out almost rust free. The bolts are ready so have them some Hydrate 80 and will zinc coat/ paint the black ones 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Those came out well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Half the parts have turned up lots a lot more now they are here and that’s not all of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) Hydrate 80 working away almost there Edited August 31, 2022 by scottyt (see edit history) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 Same process on the rear crash bar just need to paint it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyt Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 Fuel tank out and now letting the bolts under the car sit with wd40 for a few days to start the strip down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Those rear bars get as bad on the inside as the outside. You might want to consider doing a Dinitrol wax spray inside that will stabilise corrosion and dries leaving a protective wax coat. It comes with a really long diffused spray pattern straw so you can get spraying in far away very inaccessible places. Seeing all those nuts and bolts made me feel queasy. You'll probably find all the bolts come out easy without any need to WD40. The only ones I ever found issues with was where the head of the bolts had corroded badly. Then I had to resort to welding on globs of metal or in the very worst cases a left hand carbide drill. I expect you'll be surprised how easily things come apart though. At least your tank breather pipe is intact, they can sit in fine damp soil to the left of the rubber and rust away. Yours does look a little pitted. These are discontinued so a self build replacement would be needed if it had snapped. I'd recommend sanding it down and clear coating it while you have the tank off to keep the original vent tube going for a good while longer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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