Meet Steely Dan the D1

Rides nice.. It needs a good clean. Future plans - CB, maybe roof rack & awning.

Clean it and enjoy it. [emoji1303]

I assume that with the name 'steely dan' it is steam powered and has a bad vibration in it?

One of my favorite things to do to classic rock fans is to explain where the name "Steely Dan" actually comes from. "Steely Dan" is a reference to William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel Naked Lunch, a book I'll admit to reading but not actually understanding. In Naked Lunch, "Steely Dan III from Yokohama" is a steam-powered dildo, which is not really something that comes to mind when listening to "Reelin' In The Years."

https://www.musictimes.com/articles/7054/20140624/10-band-names-taken-from-literature-steely-dan-the-doors-and-more.htm

;):)

Well you learn something every day... The name is indeed due to the rock band and by extension... [emoji15]

Hi All,

Took Steely Dan for a nice drive on Sunday - through King Lake, Toolangi, Woorri Yallock, Cockatoo and onto Gembrook and back. About 250kms in total.

I set the clock, tuned the radio and just enjoyed driving it. Great car [thumbsupbig]

https://i.imgur.com/f9JB3XZ.jpg

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Hi All,

It's been quite some time since my last post... Apart from a new battery, a service, and a few trips - not much to report.

The clear coat on the roof has always been bad on Steely. I took it to a panel beater and asked for a price on re-painting the roof. The panel beater then pointed out that colour matching would be impossible, and that I should really re-paint the entire car.. Now in fairness that would be the best bet, but in all honesty I didn't want to spend $10K on a closed-door respray job..

The roof has been slowing getting worse, even though the car is parked in the shed.

I decided that I would re-paint the roof, and my job would be better than the existing paint... But probably only just! [smilebigeye]

Here are some pictures of the roof before I did anything. You can see that not only is the clear coat gone, but in some sections the primer is poking through:

https://i.imgur.com/nbhy4KQ.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/8Txbqus.jpg

First job - take the car into the shed, and by hand sand it back to a smooth finish. In hindsight I should have sanded it back to bare metal...

https://i.imgur.com/YSghQmV.jpg

Next job - mask the car up. This took quite some time to do..

https://i.imgur.com/9zFKp7P.jpg

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Next job - etch primer (2 coats):

https://i.imgur.com/pN2nn0y.jpg

Next job - top coat.. It was very difficult painting the roof, as I had to paint a section at a time, move the ladder, paint, move, etc.

The weather over the last month or two has been bad (less than 15c most days and rain) - so it took longer than I had hoped.

I painted multiple coats, with a wet & dry sanding between each coat with 800grit sand paper. Again - this isn't meant to be concourse - more I want to stop rust.

And the finished product - it's not perfect but it will do:

https://i.imgur.com/gKDZinE.jpg

I will let it cure for a while before giving the roof a cut & polish.

I'm in no rush to paint a roof again.. If I had to do it again I would look at building some kind of platform around the vehicle.

Cheers,
GG

I know a guy that works at a hire company that could have got you some low trestles and planks... [bigwhistle]