Nice work Tote.
Makes me want to get to work on my 107. But first I have to finish the little trailer, retrieve the 88" from Qld and restore the Gunbuggy. :o
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Nice work Tote.
Makes me want to get to work on my 107. But first I have to finish the little trailer, retrieve the 88" from Qld and restore the Gunbuggy. :o
OK I want some of whatever they painted these things at the factory with. I decided to clean up the dash panel with the intention of painting it, last night I put a thick coat of citrus stripper on it and left it then gave it another coat today and hosed it off about 5 minutes later.
This is what it looked like before I started:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...psbce4e113.jpg
A coat of blue and a coat of green over the original grey
Here what it looks like now with a bit of a polish:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...psd16f84ae.jpg
I was going to respray it but I reckon it's good enough as it is and it will show what the original colour was. We didn't quite get the colour matching right but I reckon it's close enough.
Whatever they used to paint them originally certainly sticks OK.....
Regards,
Tote
Hey Tote,
Is that citrus stripper readily available? My SIIa has been painted with a brush, the wrong green...do you think it would work on it to get it back to it's original color?
I got this lot at the hardware shop at Yass but it all the same as far as I can tell. Citristrip is one of the more popular brands The Flood Company Australia » Stripping Products » citristripQuote:
Originally Posted by Summiitt
It is a little slower than the caustic stuff but stays wet longer and you can hose it off. If you look earlier in the thread that's what I was using on the body. It seems to work better on surfaces that you can get horizontal so it doesn't run off. I'd be testing carefully to see how the original paint stands up underneath. Whatever the original grey is it seems mostly unaffected by the stripper as when I did the doors back to bare metal I had to do some serious scraping to get it off.I'm seriously considering doing the seat box with the stripper and seeing how it comes up after the results on the dash.
Regards,
Tote
Connect wiring to battery, check for big sparks, all OK turn key on... Lights - check, fuel pump - check, ammeter moving in correct direction - check, Dash lights work - check.... absence of smoke - check....... WOO HOOO :D
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ps5e076c0b.jpg
All the wiring is done for the main harness, power to the coil, generator and fuel pump is running. A good couple of days work I reckon.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ps4f63da40.jpg
Regards,
Tote
Ian - What is the carb sitting on top of your engine? Doesn't look like a Solex 32.
Garry
Hi garry, its some Poxy Holden Carb.... When I get to it I'm thinking of ordering an Indian solex off the net but it does run... kind of.
Regards,
Tote
There were a couple of questions regarding citristrip a few posts ago. I have been stripping the grill of my 86" parts car and thought I'd post up some pictures of the progress:
After washing off the first application of stripper with the Gerni
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ps42f55065.jpg
I then painted another layer of stripper on and left it overnight, this is the result after water blasting
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ps7ec838b7.jpg
The third application of stripper has just been hosed off after sitting for 6 hours on a warm day
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ps4e15d4a4.jpg
By the way who had yellow 86" soft tops? that yellow paint looks too professional to be a "game" lookalike. It's two coats over a primer which is over the gray underneath.
Regards,
Tote
Department of Supply, issuing vehicles to several Commonwealth Departments (DCA, National Development etc), had yellow 86s, although all the Departments I can think of got hardtops.
Could have been converted to a soft top after leaving government service.
John
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