Chev EK

[Harv]

Female King Parrot - very cool bonnet budgie

The panels look great.

Cheers,
Harv

[BILLY BLACKARROW]

Greg
I am no expert but I think you mounted it the wrong way around

[Errol62]

Get that off before it wrecks the nice paint! Patient and meticulous as ever Greg. Looking good, outstanding.

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[Harv]

I can't remember if it was here, or the FE/FC forum. Bloke had freshly painted some doors, and had them outside to dry. Apparently his chooks were fascinated by their own reflections in the smooth, glossy paint. He came outside to find them pecking the panels. I reckon he had roast chook for dinner that night.

A parrot would take a lot longer to cook, and the RSPCA may not approve.

Cheers,
Harv

[EK283]

Funny these parrots, I have a feeder at my house that is about 100m from my shed and I only put seed out once a week so as to not overfeed them.

They must have a good eye because they quite often follow me as I walk around the yard, this particular female come right into the shed and I can hand feed her. I love nature !!!

Anyway the whale has resurfaced !

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Finally I can put it back together !!!!

Greg

[Errol62]

The rewarding bit
Paint looks outstanding Greg.


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[EK283]

Not much happening,

Just a couple of bits before christmas.

Might have to take the guards off again as the sides are bending when I tighten the inside bolts and showing small waves in the paint !!! Arrgghhh.

More time off after chrismas so will make an effort.

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Greg

[Errol62]

Damn, fiddly job with the rear edge bolts from inside the car. Wonder why they are bending. Either both guards or sides of the subframe must be bent. Inner guards should be a plane surface I reckon.


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[ardiesse]

Way off topic, but I remember a joke about a parrot who used language that'd make a sailor blush . . . Its owner finally reached the limit and said, "unless you clean up your language, you're doing a spell in the freezer". The parrot let rip with a few choice expletives in reply, so its owner grabbed it, opened the freezer door, threw the parrot in, and slammed it shut. And from inside the freezer came a torrent of abuse, f-this and c-that, and then a high-pitched scream, and . . . silence. The parrot's owner started to worry that perhaps the parrot was dead, and opened the freezer door. And the parrot emerged, and said, "I have had time to reflect on my misdeeds, and would like sincerely to apologise for my previous behaviour. My choice of language was quite beyond the pale, and I give a solemn undertaking to moderate my expression in future. But if I may be so bold as to ask - what did the chicken do?"

[EK283]

Damn, fiddly job with the rear edge bolts from inside the car. Wonder why they are bending. Either both guards or sides of the subframe must be bent. Inner guards should be a plane surface I reckon.


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Its the bolts that do up from inside the pillar, when I mocked it all up I had no rubbers underneath, I'm thinking that's the issue, as when I get to the point where I like the shape along the door edge it twists and the guard edge then pulls in and creates a slight wave about 10mm from the edge itself.

Its ok walked away again !!!! After Chrissy I'll have a decent crack at finishing it off.

Greg

[Errol62]

Most odd

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[EK283]

Couple of spare hours and started wet rubbing and finishing the orange peel out of the clear coat.

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If the buffing process looks as good as the wet look I will be happy !!!

Also a blast from the past !!!! This is the second car I built after a FB Ute, there was lots of rust in the doors and guards and it still looks great today, I did it 30 years ago and still no sign of the rust worm !!!!! I put in a 350 chev 350 turbo and 9 inch, great combo back then and all the bits were everywhere. ( My brother owns it now.)
Just upgraded the front brakes to ventilated discs and a Camaro floor mount dual circuit front boosted system. (No wonder I have no time !!!!!!!)

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Regards Greg

[Errol62]

We all want to achieve that wet look Greg! Love the stude though thought it was a rambler at first, I don’t know...


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[EK283]

We all want to achieve that wet look Greg! Love the stude though thought it was a rambler at first, I don’t know...


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Its alright Clay, most people call it a Valiant ! Its a 1966 Studebaker Cruiser.

Love a good old Stude, although normally rust buckets.

Greg

[EK283]

Got some rust proofing done and guards off again to sort out alignment,

New high quality chinesium rust proofing gun, worked once so far so good !

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Weve all had to do this before !!!

Greg