My 1961 EK Mild Kustom Buildup.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:36 pm

first don't go to autobarn unless you absolutley have to
just get flattening agent/base whatever you want to call it added to yor colour, and get it mixed at about 5-10% works for me

DeadSled · Post by **DeadSled** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:46 pm

Ah ok awesome.

On the subject of Autobarn.. i'd be getting paint from there because Harts across the road is HEAPS expensive.. and well i can't afford it.

Only other parts will be like maintenence / rebuilding components sorta stuff. Unless they all of a sudden get an influx of Moon Eyes gauges, Smoothie wheels and cool old hubcaps and stuff

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:08 am

mainly only talking about mixed colours re: autobarn, cause nine times out of ten yor dealing with someone who doesn't know any more than you or i do about paint

bexterity · Post by **bexterity** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:39 am

DeadSled wrote: He said that acrylic is naturally flattish / suede.. and it becomes glossy with clear coat and cut and buff.

LOL acrylic is shiney straight off the gun!

you can then wet/dry sand it with 1500/2000 and then cut and polish it to give it a mean shine and to remove any dust etc.

can't wait to see it painted, will look good

DeadSled · Post by **DeadSled** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:05 pm

Hey Bec,

Haha.. i've never done this before you know

I'm keen to paint it myself though.. i think it'll be awesome fun. Its good to see somethin go from a shitter in a paddock to a wicked drivin car as well.. so we are tryin to do all the work ourselves.

Some of the panels are infact ready for paint though but i don't have the money for the paint

I hate first year apprentice wages..

DeadSled · Post by **DeadSled** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:27 pm

Update again..

Windscreen area finished.

Windscreen / Door Jam..

Cowl.. middle bit..

A Door sprayed.. you can see all the scuff marks from the sander.. maybe not enough primer. Will rub back and spray in the colour i want as i'm not using black anymore.

Whole Car.. front side..

Another.. sits so high with no weight in it..

Ass end..

Dash..

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:58 pm

Nick I'd let your dad do all the rust repairs, seriously that is good work.

Plus the money you save you can put towards getting your paint from a decent supplier.

The door in black turned out fine, I think the car's going to look good when done. As for the height thats an easy fixed....

DeadSled · Post by **DeadSled** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:14 pm

Hey DR,

Yeah.. i probably will. I do have a few other cars in mind that i will be getting after this is done.. (1960 Belair and a Charger..) and i will give them a go myself. Charger needs heaps although the Belair doesnt. So i will do them myself.

I'm thinkin colour wise.. a flattish real light blue.. same colour steelies and whitewalls.. top of dash and then having the lower dash white, steering wheel and column white and interior white with blue inserts. Then get some nice Moon gauges to set off the look and it'll be wicked.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:53 pm

Sounds good. Just one question, does that mean all the insides of the doors will be white? Or blue? Doing the dash the way your suggesting may cause some grief in tying it all together. Unless of course every bit of steel bar the top of the dash is done white. Done right though it will look pretty trick.

Also maybe look into doing the gauges to suit, ie factory colour numbers (near enough to white and the black done in the light blue...

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:05 am

Is your Dad fixing it with metal or bog?

DeadSled · Post by **DeadSled** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:11 pm

DR,

Good point.. I didn't think of the door jams.. Bit of a predicament now.. I'll work it out

Aust,

Metal. Bog over the top to make it look fancy in the places where its less fancy on the metal work

DeadSled · Post by **DeadSled** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:13 pm

So heres an update.

First off.. to answer what DR asked me earlier.. i've decided.. dash will be blue on the top and white on the bottom with the column / wheel. Door jams will be blue as well as they will flow in with the top of the dash.

Now onto the assload of pics..

Passenger side Windscreeen area.. bare metal and finished.

With a bit of bog and primer..

All smoothed out..

Left side of cowl.. I actually missed the right hand side as Dad did it in a day and i never got pics of it. He had to peel out the top side to weld in the panel.. then flip it back down and reweld it in. He found welding from inside the car was too much of a pain in the ass.

Inner gaurd / Windscreen / Dash of RHS. Once again.. primer = bare metal underneath. Except for the windscreen bit thats been shown before..

Dash.

Rear drip rail that was rusted out.

Drip Rail in primer.

Other side Drip Rail. This side was previously cut off.

Behind rear bumper panel..

Right side..

Left side..

Front Left Door repair.. Not finished.

Floor bit we found..

RH Rear Inner Sill..

RH Front.. Yes that bit of the floor in-between what we are in progress repairing and the sill thats gone.. sorta dropped a little. Not to worry. We will fix it.

Some sorta support bit.. under the RH Front Sill area..

Panel to replace it..

Thats it so far.[/img]

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:55 pm

Nice work deadsled. Plenty 'o' work on the rust hey

I'm in the process of doing the same parts on the under side and the floor.
As you may have seen in my post "My Special Toy".

You have a bit more rust to repair than I do as mine is all in the floor etc.

Doing well

Keep us posted. I like pics

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:13 pm

Good to see you progressing, great work!!!

Should look really good.

TAYZ 58 · Post by **TAYZ 58** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:17 pm

Looks like its going along good. I sandblasted an EJ ute today.........yrs looks brand new!!! Keep up the good work and persist with it