Hey guys/girls,
The last 4-5 months I have been without my baby. now i will share with you my journey of shineyness.

good job, must be a nice feeling to get to that point. I had the pleasure of scrubbing down with TSP & simple green the entire underbody, fenderwells, engine compartment and trunk well yesterday. All paint prep work, cant say it was a lot of fun.

here's mine pre scrub



here's mine after! Just kidding, its the doner going down the road, bye bye!



Keep us posted on the progress!

The pay off is great.

great job!!!

i wish i went to the same level of trouble and effort....i went the apparent quick and easy route of a "panelbeater/painter" doing a cut and weld and respray. i can't seem to get photos to post here, but the end result is a car that needs to be painted again and a bill from the painter much bigger then originally agreed to....i now need to either leave it and drive it or strip it back to a rolling shell and spend up big...i am pot comitted now..(too much spent already) lol.

I used to complain about the outrageous money people (who new what they were doing) charged for a paint job, then...............I did the body work and had a buddy spray the car. We did it in my garage and it was only meant to be a 10 footer not even close to show quality and man it was a ton of work. I now understand how a paint job can cost 10K.

Tom

Yeah i watch my friend restore and paint in his business and since chatting with him every day i have seen how much work goes into getting it right.I also get to see some people who unfortunately paid a lot of money for someone to get it all wrong
Most of these guys charge $70 or more per hour and you should see the cars either left out in the weather while painting or absolutely chickers with filler instead of getting it right

Finnaly you have a proper datto I thought you were putting up your Sunny pics too?

Looks tops mate, cant wait to see it out and about with all the shiney bits back on it!

there are a lot of dents still in the bodywork. but all up I am very happy with the final product. I think it will look even better when I get the chrome bits on it. I also need new front and rear window seals. The road has been long and I wish I had spent a little more time on the dents but the truth is I thought it was straight.