5/3/07
hmm... a little bit has happened. if decided (as with all projects) that this is going to be done right. the car is going complete bare metal and resprayed in a 2pac absinth yellow. engine, chassis, and body will all be seperated, stripped, cleaned, sprayed.
will get pics up when it gets blasted, if anyone cares.
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25/3/07
bunch of fkn new crap lately. got a HJ GTS front lip, and fkn mintos GTS grille.
getting closer now anyway.. :)
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24/4/07
pic of my new lovely doin its job
its a 2ton shop crane... i fkn love it :lol:
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8/5/07
pics of the front end getting heavily cleaned up:
i had to do this cos i couldnt even find the fuckn bolts to disassemble it! its getting all pulled apart and repainted. should look tops :)
guards stripped left and right; looks the goods with shitall rust :D
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heres some constructiveness from the other day...
two shit shots of the cowl (??) panel. uninteresting, but all the lil rust holes are gone. welded up very nicely..
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10/7
got a bit camera happy when stripping the boot. grouse timeline photos hahah
did the underside too, but nothing interesting there...
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uhh.. 6/8?
took a couple pics yesterday, was trial fitting the panels. all pretty nice, and just have to bend the top half of the RHS front guard, and bend the radiator support a little (i think it got banana'd when it was sandblasted :/ )
the poor little GTS is gonna be a fair confused bitsa now! the rhs guard is from a green HX, LHS was from a red HJ, nosecone was mandarin red then chamois from the hz parts car, rad support was from a bronze HJ vacationer, and a couple doors from the HZ parts car! rest is original though. :)
aaanyway. doors and shit are prepped now, leavin only the shell. panelbeaters who arent busy are so hard to get a hold of.. and they all have a different opinion :p. think ive got a guy sorted though, so it just needs a bit of damage repair, clean up my repaired sections, and have it all primered ready to go! cant fkn wait.
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20/8/07
now.. fkn FINALLY ive got a place sorted to do it. getting done properly in Standox two-pack 15949 Absinth yellow COB.
body and paint is now going to be very costy (just into 5 figures.. :/ ) but should be arrow-straight and look ace! :)
bought a sample-pot just to make sure on the colour:
anyway, itl be going on the flatbed this weekend, and be away for a few weeks. im fkn excited.
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27/8
turned a corner now i guess! the GTS left on the weekend to get smoothed and sprayed. got the motor out to work on that now... looks a bit lonely in a shed though. :/
also, my new CAD-plated nuts n bolts! every fkn nut, bolt, clip and bracket is going to be plated. still have to get the door catch/strikers done though.
there gonna look shithot on the yellow. ;)
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