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Shut up! Busy with this at the moment. Took me half of yesterday to cut and polish the roof.

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Seriously though, thanks for the compliments. Colour match is no perfect but guess I could pull the seat out and spray it if I wanted to.

When I've got house, garden and shed organised I might blow the dust off the van and get back on to it.

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Couple of minor issues coming to light already with my paint job. Some petrol leaked out of the filler when I had the car over on its side a bit with a full tank. Over quite a bit really. I rinsed pretty thoroughly with water but where I had stone guard under the acrylic came off. This was the bottom of the rear quarter under the fuel cap. Now the isn't around the cap is showing some shrinkage cracks perhaps from the same cause. No tiller there i font think.

The other issue is at the lap join i did on the lower rear passenger guard patch. There is a crack in the paint on the join line. Should have butt welded it but was persuaded to lap it in the interests of keeping the guard straight.

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bummer - cars will test you, won't they?

That they will


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

That's gotta make you say rude words ....... there's always something isn't there ???

Clay, its the combination of fuel chemicals and the lack of quality in todays automotive paints.

As the repair industry leans toward 2 pack the paint manufactures don't bother supporting the acrylic market like they once did hence the quality is a reflection of this.

Funny enough when unleaded fuel goes off it stinks and smells a lot like varnish so I often wonder what chemicals are in it ?

I don't know what it is but you can get thinners to melt modern acrylics very quickly but on the older panels the paint seems to be tougher and more difficult to remove.

What brand was the stone guard just as a matter of interest ?

Greg

Happy Sunday

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Perfect picture Clay. Nearly all your favourite things in one shot. So good to see you getting out and about in her.

Can you see "Mt" Lofty on the far right?

Took Raff for a lesson down the back roads. He found the throttle a little touchy and the steering a little vague but didn't seem to worry him too much. Stalled on the ramp at Sellicks and had to do a tricky hill start with the dodgy handbrake. Crossing main south road on a busy Sunday morning was another challenge well met.

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Nice day out Clay.
Raff’s a lucky fella learning to drive in one of these. Not many kids have heard of “three on the tree” let alone driven one. He’ll be able to drive anything after this.
Cheers, John


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He’ll learn to leave space, brake early, watch the road ahead and that gears are just as important as the loud pedal. Great education.

The indents in the glovebox door make awesome cup holders. I had dreams of embedding some deeper ones into the wagon (to hold a drink whilst moving) but the concept got lost in the body repairs.

Cheers,
Harv

EK283 wrote:Clay, its the combination of fuel chemicals and the lack of quality in todays automotive paints.

As the repair industry leans toward 2 pack the paint manufactures don't bother supporting the acrylic market like they once did hence the quality is a reflection of this.

Funny enough when unleaded fuel goes off it stinks and smells a lot like varnish so I often wonder what chemicals are in it ?

I don't know what it is but you can get thinners to melt modern acrylics very quickly but on the older panels the paint seems to be tougher and more difficult to remove.

What brand was the stone guard just as a matter of interest ?

Greg

Can't remember sorry Greg



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59wagon wrote:Nice day out Clay.
Raff’s a lucky fella learning to drive in one of these. Not many kids have heard of “three on the tree” let alone driven one. He’ll be able to drive anything after this.
Cheers, John


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Yes he's getting some variety John.

He spun the rears or one of them at least on the ramp at Sellicks with a car behind waiting. Eldred would have smiled no doubt.

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Sampson's are coming up well

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