Hi together,
next part of the painting progress.
One layer of filler, some more bondo and sanding and again a layer filler.
Next step will be sanding (wet)

nother view

next filler layer

nother

qwert

weqrew

last one.

Hey!

amazing progress, very inspiring and impressive

can't wait to see the finished car

respect

greets
Jacco

Get someone to take a picture of YOU standing next to your car.

We want to meet you.

P

QUOTE (URY914 @ Aug 21 2005, 07:02 AM)

Get someone to take a picture of YOU standing next to your car. We want to meet you. P

O.K. Here we go.
Not standing next to the car but its a picof me with the blue (almost) beauty.

Sanded down the filler to nice and smooth surface.

Only two points were i have to do some more filler.

first

second

at the points above the bondo isn´t covered anymore from the filler.
I will give them another layer.

Next step will be wet sanding

nother

shooting primer is lots of fun. snding not so much

Hope i didn´t mess up with the paint job.

absolutely amazing work at every step... great job!

This is true labor of love, and I think it will serve as a reference for a long time!

If there would be an award given each year to the best hell-hole longitudinal repair, this thread would get my vote!

No matter what the turnout will be, between excellent and very excellent, no body repair shop would of done a better job not even the factory

This one is definitely going into the classics....

michelko,

I've been going through Mike Ginter's "Rustoration" thread and yours from start to finish. Trying to get a little inspiration to begin work on my car.
Maybe I missed it but, towards the beginning of your project you bought "Engmans stiffening kit" and I see that you applied POR15 to the inside of your passenger compartment. Did you decide not to use the kit?
Just curious.

Well done sir...well done.

Keep it up....home stretch is always the toughest part!

QUOTE (restore2seater @ Aug 23 2005, 11:44 AM)

michelko, I've been going through Mike Ginter's "Rustoration" thread and yours from start to finish. Trying to get a little inspiration to begin work on my car. Maybe I missed it but, towards the beginning of your project you bought "Engmans stiffening kit" and I see that you applied POR15 to the inside of your passenger compartment. Did you decide not to use the kit? Just curious.

I still will use the stiffening kit. But i will do the driver side first. Tillt hen i did the rust preparation on the passenger side. Have to grind down thedrillpoints later to bare metal to do a proper welding job.

Driver side isn´t as bad as the passenger side (from what i can see now).

after the job you did...you don't really NEED to put it in till you are ready. Most people get that kit to prolong the inevitable.

Hi guys, after all that grinding, welding, bondoing, sanding, filling, wetsanding, i did the last small step: the paint!!

first shot after the wetsanded filler

nother

now with the pig

tada: first layer blue

ertewrt

and the second

qwerqwter

in the daylight

side view

rear

new colour fits nice

again

last one for today.
i am very satisfied with the result of my first paint job.
Waiting for the complete drying of the new colour. I has a slight different shade then the old one.
Hope you enjoyed the pics.

verrrryyyyy nice

AMAZING work!! this thread is a definate classic, it's a "how-to do it right"

about one year working on the car without driving it, that was realy hard. Now that the winter is coming i am ready to go to traffic with it.

Come take a ride with me:

video

your the man! great job. and nice video

What a great job & and a great video. You have done good!

NICE!!!

Great work, beautiful car, and nice video. That had to be one satisfying ride!

Now that's absolutely awesome!
I'm impressed and very inspired, cool movie!

good luck on finishing the details, but that will all be peanuts

greetz
Jacco

Your car turned out beautiful, great video too.

Well done sir!

I KNOW that feeling...I wish I'd have been smart enough to take a vid of my first ride after the restoration.

Now we need to get you a seat bottom for the drivers side!

Congratulations. Seriously...you diserve the respect of every single member of this club.

wow, you have been a great insperation to me, to get the show on the road and start the restoration!!! Great job Awsome movie

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Oct 2 2005, 05:58 PM)

...you diserve the respect of every single member of this club.

Oh, I'm sure he has it!

VERY impressive Michel! What who was the excellent background music from?

QUOTE (Buzzard1 @ Oct 2 2005, 04:25 PM)

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Oct 2 2005, 05:58 PM) ...you diserve the respect of every single member of this club.  :trophy:  :trophy:  :trophy: Oh, I'm sure he has it! VERY impressive Michel! What who was the excellent background music from?

Thank you very much all together.
The Forum and the members were super helpfull to do the restoration.
Great resource for information and inspiration.
This car is far from beeing ready and i am thinking of a new project
Isn´t that crazy?

Now that the car is running again, it feels a little "underpowered".
I am dreaming of a realy kick ass engine. Not sure witch way to go? Nice six or a big four.

The background music is from the "Best of Van Morrison" CD.

More Pics of the yesterday progress.
Mounted the front swaybar. It came from an 911 but fitted pretty nice. Whole thing was sandblasted and painted with por15.

What a difference in the driving!! Everybody should have that sway bar.