Rebuilding of Old Timer (EK wagon)

[Cal]

[parisian62]

You can reuse that 50th birthday banner in your shed

For sure! I'll just have to cross out the 'FB' at the very bottom. That banner was hanging up at the Narrandera Nats for the 50th Birthday of the FB.

...and when Old Timer gets registered it will be party time.

[igor]

We are enjoying following "old timers build", and knowing the story of "old timer" relative to your family it is great that you are using as much as possible of the original car, and you have perservered and not put it in the too hard basket.
We look so forward to seeing "old timer" in Mount Gambier in June.
all the best
Roger and Lesley

[Trev]

Great plan Stewart, better still that you have stuck to it .
I wish my dad had better taste in cars so I could do what you have done, all I'd be fixing up is an old Austin or VW if I did .
I hope Thommas and his kids get to enjoy it in the future too.
Another one saved!

[rosco]

Stewart - tears are welling up in my eyes.... OT is coming back to life.....

Dave - boy, am I glad Stewart has you..... I love acrylic - over the top of what you are laying down - there are going to be a lot of people who wished they had done the same.... solid colour acryilics over a sound base..... years of bliss..... leave the final block for a few months - as you well know, it takes quite some time for acrylic to pull down completely.... a half block, cut and finish will be perfect for Mt. G.... get the final one after the paint has been out in the open for a while.... and - KEEP all Silicone polishes/waxes away from it.......

Great work fellas.... this restore will outlive your grand-kids, Stewart.... now, hold old is your eldest..? - statement weight assigned...

frats,
Rosco

[parisian62]

Many thanks Roger and Lesley, Trev and Rosco. I am really hoping I can get Old Timer finished in time for Mt Gambier. There is still LOTS to do and the weather is against us at the moment. The forecast is rain for 21 of the remaining days of February...

[bootlegger]

just mask it Stewart and next Saturday morning you will wake up to a clear blue sky and low humidity. Mix up paint and away you go.
I love acylic too Dave for the same reasons you mentioned, and I can paint it without too many health implications.
Tim

No paint going on this saturday. Its my daughters first birthday.

[bootlegger]

Tim if you want me to move in with you just tell my wife Im working on Sunday.

[Sputzwagon]

Tim if you want me to move in with you just tell my wife Im working on Sunday.

Sounds like I should tell her just that ...then you can do a few bit's on my car (instead of me )..

Scotty.

[parisian62]

Time for another update...Dave has been busy with more primer and sanding and I've been busy with more sanding and sanding and sanding... The one thing I've quickly learnt about this part of the rebuild can only be descirbed as...



and it goes everywhere. Yep you can tell I'm a newbie at this...

So Dave has finished laying down the polyester primer...









and then we sanded most of it off...

[parisian62]

Then Dave added a layer of 2 pac primer to the roof and rear quarters and sills of the body and hanging panels.

[parisian62]

Now we're up to adding a coat of acrylic primer...but I'll leave you with some obligatory sanding shots...and the quote of the day..."Rub till ya fingers burn!"...Dave

[WayneXG95]

Looking good Stewart..

Hopefully by next Monday I will have caught up to you a bit ..

See ya on Thursday ..

[parisian62]

Thanks Wayne. Catch me if ya can! Yep see you Thursday.

[Rusty EK]

Oh it is fun She is looking good though .