EK Wagon project - Total rebuild

[Finny]

One of the guards had a few previous metal patches welded underneath and lots of filler.
Decided to "bite the bullet" and cut it all out and add new metal.



Trimmed off a bit more of the remaining edge that still had a bit of rust showing.
Then cut out a nice patch to weld back in.


Spot welded on both sides and ready to finish it off tomorrow.




That should just about be the end of the major rust repairs, just the sill on the body to redo.

[Blacky]

Keep at it mate , youre getting there ......

[Finny]

Two steps forward, one step back.
Or is it one step forward two steps back.

Got a number of trim items polished up.


Before and after. Certainly made a big difference.

And painted a few as well.


And also cleaned up two of the interior door trims.



They should go well with my proposed colour scheme.


Unfortunately I didn't get even half way and my carpel tunnel really started acting up.
Constant pins and needles, puffed up and aching hands, will probably not sleep much tonight.
But good progress, just need to go a bit slower in future.

[Finny]

Another aspect on the "not so good" side.

The passenger side guard had been repaired near the spot welded section (new metal attached using nuts and bolts).
And lots of filler added. Its seems to be a very difficult area to get at and repair.
Have cut some of it out, but it looks like a real pain to make up a new section to weld back in.



You can see the bolts in this closeup. Obviously didn't cut out enough.


I think a replacement guard might be a better option. Shame I have already done so much work on it.
I wonder if anyone has a reasonable EK passenger side front guard, that I can get in Brisbane.
Or even a rusty guard that was OK in that area, I could cut that section out.

[Finny]

Over the weekend I got around to cutting it right back and welding in more metal, and filling the joints.
The guards are finally starting to come together.

[Devilrod]

Good stuff Finney, I have a mate who was an auto elec and he ended up suffering badly from carpel tunnel too. He was seeing a chiropractor who actually made it better and more manageable.

[Finny]

Tried to get some more panels undercoated last weekend, but it was just one issue after the next.
Started with dropping the spray gun siphon tube first into the dirt.

Today was a lot better, hopefully can get most of the other panels finished tomorrow.

[simmo65]

Nice one Finny ...glad to see you're back at it .....looking forward to seeing your wagon finished

[Finny]

Finally have everything done in primer, first coat anyhow.
Feels good to know most of the panel work is finished, just the sill on the body to finish.
Can already see a few areas that will need more work, I sense a lot of sanding ahead.



But I also got some final paint onto the car.
The dash is finished, very close to the original Clinker Grey, in satin.


Looks a bit lighter in the photo's than in real life.






And if you see something that looks familar, yes, it was a cold night.......

[Trev]

Looking good mate.

[Mick Jagger]

nice progress

[EK JAY]

Go finny Go

[michaeljohn1234m]

great to see it all in primer ( don't you just love sanding)

[Finny]

great to see it all in primer ( don't you just love sanding)

Yes, but some of the voices don't always agree with us, but the little green man are out to get us all........

Actually No........

[Finny]

More paint, so it's progressing, but slowly.
Sanding, cleaning, Wax and grease remover, Masking up, mixing, painting and clean up.
Unfortunately I ran out of time before I got the clear coats on.
Does anyone know how long I can leave it before I put the clear coats on ?

All sanded back (again) and ready to paint.
I actually painted it all in white as a base coat before I started putting the silver on.






The silver mostly came out with a good coverage.
However I did have a couple of areas were the gun was not spraying evenly.
I really need to get the settings right before I go to far.












Might need another coat over some areas, but not sure if I can leave it go more than a day or two, before I get the clear coats on.