Ah yes I learnt the hard way. I could only get a good deal on the paint at the time so I had the car striped and painted in two-pack 2005 VW Golf gun-metal grey ($4k worth). Its now been moved three times and had a cage fitted and flares made so the paint is all chipped and fugked so once I finish the build I'll pull everything out (once reg and wof'ed) and get it repainted. NOT the way to do it.

taking your time sean

oh the exciting part, putting it together, gotta love it,

NOT

i have done it 3times already, sucks hard,

but ill do it again once i get my ute painted again next year lol

in this case i think slow and steady wins the race!

how did they manage to burn a hole through the floor! it would've sucked to loose the interior, some mothers do 'av em!


its good that you found a good use for it! looking very good!

Thanks everyone, panels primered up now, shell is seam sealed, just have to do a quick assemble to make sure everything is aligned then we have to hire the booth I guess in a couple weekends time.

Then the best bit starts!

Steveo, It caught fire because the guy was welding a bracket onto the floor weld popped through onto underside of rear seat and rest is history!

Cheers for the encouragement, there has been some disheartening times I can tell you, its coming together quite nicely now though. The car is going to be the same colour scheme as in my avatar, well something like that anyway. Painting it in bits theres hardly any masking and always looks so much cleaner.

It was my daily from dec05 to around april then the L16 with SSS head and carbs went in, it was ready for rego but the bloke doing the exhaust burnt through the floor, lost all the interior so I thought bugger I better just race the thing. Everything is working and fabricated, its already been put together and taken apart about a thousand times, to get panels aligned, doors and flares were the hardest.

When its time for final assembly I will lower the body over the complete motor and gearbox so nothing is damaged.


This is the base colour for the insides, wheel wells, engine bay and boot etc.

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dammit, i am so stoked you just said that.
Always been a big fan of that car. Keeping an eagle eye on how you get on, poast lots of photos

cool. the avatar looks good. and its sure to stand out from the crowd.

with my wagon im going to get the body done in primer then put the whole thing together so it would be basicly registerable (no windows will go in) then strip it right back down and finish painting it then put it back together that slow and careful so i dont scrath it