Red Rattler Revamp

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60Special
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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Yes Neil, he has restored a big recess in the firewall and also around the radiator support. :smile22:
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Blacky wrote:Forgot the pics.....ImageImage

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Got a tiny bit more done today , blasting opened up a couple of pinholes in the subframe, must have leant an EK part against it or something Image opened it up with the die grinder and a couple of small holes became one big hole Image

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Made a patch and glued it in ImageImage

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Not bad if that is all you found blacky. Where do you get that glue? Works good.


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“Must’ve leant an EK part up against it”, who are you kidding blacky that lower passenger firewall floor pressing is EK. That must be where the rust migrated from.


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Got a bit more done tonight , bit of bog to hide the more obvious dodginessImage

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Then a bit of buzzing up and some primer, ready to paint ImageImage

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That's what I need to do burn the midnight oil !!! Nah to old for that .

Moving on quickly, Good job.

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You forgot to hide the ek floor pressing. Looking good.


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Looking good Blacky
Making any progress is always a good thing mate.
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Errol62 wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:34 am You forgot to hide the ek floor pressing.


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This is a pretty early build FB mate - no EK rubbish around here !!!
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Sorry for doubting your integrity mate. It must have been only the very early builds with carry over FC floor pans.
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Got some paint on it - doesn't seem to be GMH black though , it is flat as all buggery - will see how it looks in the morning and if I don't like it I will get a litre of satin black and go over it againImageImage

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I got a litre of clinker grey satin acrylic to do dash and firewall on one (being a restorer). They said the flattener sinks pretty quick. Maybe you could pour off what's left leaving the flattener in the bottom and have another go.

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