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Get it ALL off Baby
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SubmitterDodgemanMore Photos from Dodgeman   Last Update2005/1/28 13:37    Tell a friendTell a friend
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With all the glass removed, the nice car Doctor can move into the final phase of cosmetic surgery

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Mao_pt
Posted: 2005/1/26 14:43  Updated: 2005/1/26 14:43
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 Re: Get it ALL off
that was something i wanted to do to my car but unfortunaly i don't have money to do, so me and my father are destroing the car cleaning alll the rust and then try to rebild it... i hope that in the end the car works...

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who_your_datty_1200
Posted: 2005/1/28 11:07  Updated: 2005/1/28 11:07
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Nice Chris..........looking forward to seeing it finished

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Dodgeman
Posted: 2005/1/28 13:34  Updated: 2005/1/28 13:34
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 Re: Get it ALL off
Not half as much as me.

Work has been delayed a little by the car Doctors need to fix his daughters car & this is almost done. This is not really a bad thing as it allows me to get some more overtime in to help pay for it all.

Final colour choice has not been fully locked in yet. I have told him "pale grey" but i am still procrastinating a little. Decisions, decisions.

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who_your_datty_1200
Posted: 2005/1/28 22:43  Updated: 2005/1/28 22:43
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Chris please not pale gray, as I dont think it will suit it. After all the work that has gone into the engine/body I still do think that it needs to be a colour that will stand out, but not look out of place, if you know what I mean??

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Dodgeman
Posted: 2005/1/26 11:18  Updated: 2005/1/26 11:18
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 Re: Get it ALL off
Well, Christmas has come & gone, the nice car doctor has had a little break & work is progressing again.
When the rear window was removed, a small area, about the size of your little toenail was found to be rusty. There was no perforation through any metal, but if left untouched, it would eventually get that way, so this is being cleaned up. Repairs to the left rear quarter panel have been completed & the firewall is to be modified with a Porta Power to allow adequate clearance for the 5 speed's clutch arm. Bashing it with a hammer is not going to happen on this one.

The rear wheel arches will have the lips rolled, properly, as will the front. This adds to the strength of the front ones as well as removing the possibility of catching the tyre in it.

No matter what it takes, the body has got to be as perfect as we can make it, & that's where all the money is going first, all else is secondary.
The current budget allocation for the bodyshell, repaired, painted & with a new vinyl top is $6,000 which is not too bad if it comes out the way i want it. It could even be less.

P.S. The car in the background is a Studebaker Gran Tourismo Convertible. It's halfway through a full, off-the-chassis, total rebuild. This one was really crook with both accident & rust damage. A brand new front fender /mudguard was sourced within Australia. Bloody amazing.