Screamin' Squirrel II

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thanks guys nice colour choice we all watch in interest your restore when you get the wish list up let us know we all have bits in our piles ...cheers davo
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.Slow Going But Getting There.
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.....After The Final Strip & Onto The Etch-Primer.....
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......Time For Etch-Primer, Now Despite The Advise Of Applying The Etch-Primer In A Mist Coat Dad & I Have Opted For The Wet Coat Method As It Allow Us More Room To Play When Wet & Dryin' The High N' Low Spots Out & Once It's All Smoothed Out We Will Touch Up The Etch-Primer So To Cover The Bare Metal & Move To The Priming From There With Peace Of Mind That We Should Have A Smooth As Surface Well That's The Plan Which Is Working Thuss Far......
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.......Dad'Z Been Doing All The Wet & Dry Sanding To Get All The High & Low Spots Out As He Has More Of An Eye For That Sort Of Thing - It's Been A Repeat Process Over & Over Again Very Methodical Approach Dad Has Towards It Which Is Bringing Out A Lovely Surface To Paint On.......
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........This Part Was A Double Skin Replacement Which We both Are Looking Forward To The Outcome........
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.........A Bit Of Pillar Work.........
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..........Before Welding..........
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...........Not The Best Welds But As Can Be Seen In The Next-Last Picture They Smooth Out Quite Nicely...........
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............Ready For Etch-Primer Then Putty/Filler Ect............
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Lots of detail wotk there fellas. You are going to have an excellent result I reckon. Thanks for all the pics, they are great to follow. Bit by bit.
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Farmer wrote:Lots of detail wotk there fellas. You are going to have an excellent result I reckon. Thanks for all the pics, they are great to follow. Bit by bit.
Cheers, Matt.
Very detailed resto work so far. You might consider also getting a set of Deluxe window frames perhaps. Somebody is sure to have a spare set they could part with..
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...It Was Hard To Get The Paint Over All The Surfaces Inside The Door, So Some Touching Up Will Be Done Before The Clear Coat Goes On...
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fussy little squirrel but its gonna be great ...well done
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....This Angle Shows Much More Of The Lack Of Proper Application Of Black Inside The Door, I Will Be Talking To Dad As We Were Going To Sound Proof It With Tar & I Don't Know If It's Something That Can Still Be Applied Even With The Black????....
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.....The Pillar De-Gapping Turned Out Pretty OK.....
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