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Thanks Hewey you're on the money....I keep going out to the garage just to stare at the paint...

Looking awesome, congrats Stew, good on you dave .

While ive been in bed today I finally read all 34 pages of your story. Man im glad you didnt ask me to weld all that rust.

Well done to you for sticking with it.

Thanks Trev.

Man im glad you didnt ask me to weld all that rust.

Have I told you about the other rust bucket project I'm thinking about....just kidding. Thanks for that. I wont be doing another one for some time...

Some action shots...these links will take you to photobucket. On the bottom right corner of the video is a little symbol of a square with an arrow which will enlarge it to full screen.

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bootlegger wrote:It adds to whole backyarder persona.
Ill be buffing the car with good old green max compound and a wool pad. Then a glaze after that.
The farecle is good for two pac and the foam pads burn acrylic if you arent careful quicker than you can blink.

Great job guys! Well done. Ain't nothing wrong with being a humble backyarder.
No worries Dave, the Farecla G3 is for 2K, the G6 for acrylic. We used it as the ordinary compound and lambswool pad stratched and swirled badly. Came up well. Yeah, you have to be careful though.

I reckon old jack would have been watching on Stewart.

This has to be one of the all time fav threads on here and now the colour has been laid down things are really hotting up

On'ya Dave - your back pain was worth it (easy for me to say) - that lilac looks sooooooooo good ! Not sure about your 'safety boots' however

Dave Mac

2 lots of smiles today this is so cool seeing this car get to this stage from what most would consider trash to something with no looking back

my other smile i got pics of this

i helped do the bodywork and came up with the paint scheme
it won't be raced kinda built as a tribute to the old style '70's funny cars blown injected big block, and was a mint car till we cut it up

Thanks Wayne and Andrew.

I'm stoked with it Tim....I had to go via the garage on the way to work this morning...yep the place stinks of thinners... Good to hear about the Protec.

Thanks Dave. I rang my Aunty Barbara on Saturday night to give her an update - she helped choose the colour in 1961 - one of her first questions was...so when will it be finished...?

Thanks Mick. I've considered renaming this thread from 'Rebuilding' to 'Rescuing of Old Timer'. I seriously had no idea what I was getting in for but I was determined not to be another unfinished project. I like it - its got a real 70's feel to it. Is there going to graphics/writing/name on it? Have a look at this for some inspiration...http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/20 ... -mongoose/

Congratulations, Stewart - Dave, please let us know that you are up and running again - muscular, I hope....

Still a way to go yet, Stewart ... the project is now firmly back on your plate. Dave has achieved a wonderful result, I'm pretty confident you won't let him down by not rushing re-assembly.

Yes, it is great to hear that the thinners are coming out - I would suggest a very good airing regualarly. The top layer of the paint will be quite soft for some time. Dave will know when it's time to buff it. Many take to it with a buffer far too soon for it to pull down and harden - a much greater lustre can be obtained by holding off a bit and waiting for more thinners to escape. Dave knows what he's doing, I houlsd probably keep my thoughts to myself........

It has indeed been a long, long time since we put that VCD together and converted it to MPEG - it is going to be an absolute thrill to assemble the two - the second a re-run in Old Timer's "rescued" state.....

Well done, chaps - Dave, I wish you a very speedy recovery...

frats,
Rosco

Looking good Stewart ,you gota love that lilac colour it's a top colour

looks great
the smile on ya face will be even bigger when you start bolting the chrome back on

Wow , Missed all this happening , looks very nice , you must be a very happy boy

Thanks Rosco. I'm planning on re-assembly being methodical and with hopefully a lot more 'fun' factor... The photos I've been posting up is just the tip of the ice-berg...most of the 'milestones' have been documented on digital video too...

Thanks Dave. Yep can't wait to start getting the chrome back on...and also the 'hot grey'...

Hey Russel thanks for that. Yep Parisian Lilac is great colour. It sort of changes 'colour' depending on the light. Sometimes it looks off white but it also can be a grey/blue. I havn't seen too many in the 'steel' either. There's Tony Grimas modified and a wagon in the Qld Club I think. The GMH Body ID plate chart lists about 6 Parisian Lilacs...

Thanks Rusty...I'm stoked!