Okay I went all at it over the weekend. Clocked 14 hours straight on saturday, got hammered that night and came back in at 5:30am on Sunday, good lord did I feel terrible. Here is a shot from that night, I'm the skinny one (or more sober one). I reckon Eltons lack of focus says it all.






Anyway I left at just before midnight last night so it was a monster weekend. I needed it though, going to the mines in a couple of days so there won't be much going on. I grabbed a mate to help me out on Saturday day and Sunday day, his name is Vince. One of the finest people I know.


Pictures!

Here she is from the front end, after I took it off the stand it was on earlier. I managed to get a mate to help me move the forklift arounnd etc.




Here she is from the rear, I need a few more sand/paint sessions.






A better view of the side, this has a big dent near the end, I'm slowly getting the shape back. It;s hard work though.






Here is the boot with a coat of colour. You can see the old rust holes (I still haven't filled!).






Here is a photo I took looking through the cabin, She's very, very clean. I'm very happy with the result.






Did some agonising work on the god-forsaken bonnet. Did some work on the guards too. All of the 100% rust free.

You can see the cross-bracing on the bonnet. It's because I blasted it, so the air pressure has pressed the sheet metal back onto the cross bracing, leaving the imprint. I have a spare bonnet but I don't want to known as 'the guy who f'ed three bonnets' The unfortunate thing is it'll be much heavier due to all the filler. I will have to strengthen/multiply the bonnet stops.






I cleaned sanded, primed the fuel tank then put a black coat on it and finished it with a coat of clear.






This is one of the best things I did in my project, I filed all of my screws, nuts, bolts, clips and then I stacked them in timber boxes, each labelled as their particular area i.e front left light assemblies. I'm so impressed because I am not normally good with small parts.










Here is the front apron, you can see it still needs some sanding and filling. I fitted the NOS shock absorbers to the front. You can see the nissan box on the gound with the shocks on top.






Putting the front suspension in. I had to use the camera on it's timer, sitting on a bar stool. It rarely works unless you take the pictures manually.






Front left put together.






Put the rim on just for safety reasons (jack stand weren't to stable).





Here is the right hand side assembled.




I also painted the engine rocker cover (as well as clear).

I managed to sand and varnish my B10 Sports Wheel.

The grill and headlights surrounds were also polished and I began sanding the doors back.

All bolts nuts washers were rinsed and wiped, then replaced with a generous coat of fish oil.


Cheers,

Chris Lyons