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Bumperettes are getting the treatment tonight. Spent a bit of time gently straightening the RH one in the vice, with chunks of wood, then on the car with the jack. Loosened the bolts on the irons also to get alignment a bit better.





The Bunnings door stops and bumper bolts donated by Harv worked out a treat. Also touched up the body behind the bumpers in Deep Aqua, painted the back of the bumpers with Metal Shield and polished the chrome. Came up great.






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Hey Brother J your bumperettes came up a treat mate but I think you need to polish the one in the last photo there seems to be a something nasty looking in the middle of it

Neil

FireKraka wrote: Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:54 pm Hey Brother J your bumperettes came up a treat mate but I think you need to polish the one in the last photo there seems to be a something nasty looking in the middle of it

Neil

only problem is, the more I polish, the uglier it gets!

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Howdy Joe
I thought you’d had them bumpers chromed they look great! Getting close... getting close!
Stephen

In the Shed wrote:Howdy Joe
I thought you’d had them bumpers chromed they look great! Getting close... getting close!
Stephen

Pretty amazing really. I fitted up the LH one tonight and it’s even better.

Both bumperettes have big scars where the tailgate has been hitting, as no bump stops we’re re-fitted after the rear end accident it was obviously in at some point.
But the rest of the chrome... is stunning. It’s coming up to 60 years old! I understand that this original chroming process is now banned, for good reason, but Jesus the quality is second to none.

Cheers, Joe


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here’s 1000 words relating to tonight’s efforts:



Spare wheel door is fine on the outer skin, just very cruddy within. But I got to it in time.

I’m creating a latch striker situation so it pulls shut properly, will paint and then glue in the new seal over the weekend.

Cheers, Joe


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haha who was I kidding...



Looks like I have an arts & crafts weekend ahead


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thebrotherj wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:28 am Looks like I have an arts & crafts weekend ahead

Have fun with your arts and crafts weekend, Joe Looks like someone's already tried some pottery clay in there before?

Cheers,

John

You can always buy a plastic one from rares for about $250 omg omg lol etc


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Errol62 wrote:You can always buy a plastic one from rares for about $250 omg omg lol etc


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Sounds very reasonable!
However mine is the far superior composite metal/plastic version, so I think I’ll stick with that


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Not long now Joe.

What a great job you have done.

Ric.

59wagon wrote:

thebrotherj wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:28 am Looks like I have an arts & crafts weekend ahead

Have fun with your arts and crafts weekend, Joe Looks like someone's already tried some pottery clay in there before?

Cheers,

John

haha yeah. What was that stuff we played with in primary school? Sculpy?

There are many bog crimes around this car, the whole rear quarter for example... I’m considering getting one of those long sanding blocks just level the wobbles our and hitting it with fresh paint.

Cheers, Joe


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