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Some more progress, one side of the engine bay all smoothed out. Will be going for a satin black finish.

Well the underside is finally finished, I am very, very happy with the end result.

I painted a few more areas on the underside before I apply the stone guard. Also re-assembled the front hubs.

It so good to be able to finish some areas of the car.

A bit more progress, all 100% sealed up underneath. A few
More suspension bits painted and some of the front suspension re-assembled.

Might get the stone guard done this coming weekend. All depends if the gun arrives which is required to apply the stone guard.

I reckon this is the most exciting fun part. The fear of damaging the finish in assembly being the downside. Great stuff Simon. Thanks for sharing.


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Fear of scratching paint is why I am only just painting the front end and rear end now. I intend to bolt ...

Great work Taz,

Its fun getting the paint on, almost feels like you are finished !!!
Still a hurdle getting it back together, but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer.

Greg


So keen to start the assembly, the car has been fully rebuilt and put together several times. I have ...

Underside all rubbed back and have now started applying the seam sealer.

Not far from getting the stone guard applied.

Another job ticked off the list, stripped the front cross member and repainted it.

Next jon is to scuff down the underside, apply seam sealer and then stone guard.

Finally got some time to finished the underside of the floor. I also stripped the rear wheel well of the OEM bitumen crap, spray the coopers stripper on and job was doing under 30 minutes.

Rolled the expoxy on as it will sanded before I apply the rock guard protection ect.

Good work Taz,

Theres a lot of hidden detail in the front end, i like how you have strengthened the area where you have removed the inner frame for your exhaust clearance.

It is rewarding once you start painting.

Greg


Thanks Greg, many hours spent making things fit properly. I can get to ...

In the Shed wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 5:44 pm Looking good. Do you have details of the Bunnings product you mentioned?

A very good product, I just brushed it on but had to reapply it in some very badly pitted areas from battery acid.

Finally, after much sanding, de-rusting, more sanding metal treating then more sanding, then more de-rusting I have an engine bay in epoxy.

FYI Bunnings sell a very good de-rusting / metal treatment gel that will stick to vertical surfaces.

Well I got one side in epoxy, the longest part was going over the whole section with 80 grit before I applied the epoxy.

The whole front has been treated with resto finish rustgo which treats the steel by converting any rust areas etc.

Anyway hopefully I will get the rest in epoxy with the week.

G’day Simon?
Lot of positive comments about the Coopers stripper. I’ve been using this. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260309/3f90b8850c4ba3a0ca164216feab11cb.jpg
Now time to restock. It takes off all but this red etch primer that is under everything else st least on this, my very late ...

Right so back to work after a long hiatus due to summer surf sports and working on the sons XR6 turbo.

Paint stripped the whole front using Coopers paint stripper, this stuff is excellent and eats through bog as well. I am stripping it as I did not have faith in the work that the previous owner had ...