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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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MY74
The primer is straight on the metal, filler is skimmed on to smooth out any waves and over weld repairs so there is some bodywork before paint goes on. Its been done rear of the windscreen, just needs to happen forward of it now.
Just to add to it, the reason for having the primer up against the metal is to seal against any moisture. Filler is porous and can retain water, you don't want to prime over it if the filler is against metal. _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:10 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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I'm putting stone guard in the wheel wells, and under the deck lid and bonnet.
No sign of a join here. Keeping all the spot welds.
_________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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CiderGuy Samba Member
Joined: December 23, 2013 Posts: 1351 Location: Bucks County, Pa
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:24 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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Your car is looking great. Is the stone guard you're using the product sold by 3M ? _________________ ----------------------
Cars Currently Owned:
1970 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1973 Karmann Ghia Coupe - Project car for sale
1970 Karmann Ghia Convertible (Body off restoration)
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VeeDubWolf Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2010 Posts: 656 Location: Yakima, WA
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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Beautiful! _________________ Two Bugs-
'70 rust-bucket sunroof sedan
'69 PO hack-job special
-Plus a wide assortment of various parts'n'junk |
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2005 Posts: 341 Location: Kangaroo Point, Australia
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:13 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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CiderGuy wrote: |
Your car is looking great. Is the stone guard you're using the product sold by 3M ? |
Checked with the painter, it's called body 321, solvent based bodyguard. It will get painted body colour with the rest of it shortly. _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2005 Posts: 341 Location: Kangaroo Point, Australia
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:15 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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VeeDubWolf wrote: |
Beautiful! |
Thanks, it's getting there! Can't wait for a bit of colour to get on there. _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:32 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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Sad day today. Finnegan, the 'guard' dog shown on page 1 of this thread was put down. He was almost 15, and basically too old and frail. We've had him since he was 8 weeks old, so we've lost part of our family.
However to cheer me up soon after, I was sent some photos of the first paint on Phoebe.
_________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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VeeDubWolf Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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Sorry to hear about your loss, know how that goes, paint is looking good though! _________________ Two Bugs-
'70 rust-bucket sunroof sedan
'69 PO hack-job special
-Plus a wide assortment of various parts'n'junk |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2005 Posts: 341 Location: Kangaroo Point, Australia
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:07 am Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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Some final body working on the nose. Fitted up the nostril vents and they look a bit ordinary. I want to keep as much of the original parts as possible, but these need some work.
What are the repro nostrils like? If they are flimsy I'd rather put up with a banged up original item.
_________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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sputnick60 Samba Moderator
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2005 Posts: 341 Location: Kangaroo Point, Australia
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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sputnick60 wrote: |
Angus,
I have a pair that I'm not going to use. PM me with your address. A slab of XXXX would cover it I should think
Nicholas |
Thanks Nicholas, I'll shoot you through a PM. _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2005 Posts: 341 Location: Kangaroo Point, Australia
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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mcdonaldneal wrote: |
sputnick60 wrote: |
Angus,
I have a pair that I'm not going to use. PM me with your address. A slab of XXXX would cover it I should think
Nicholas |
I love the inter-Australia exchange rate! |
Well the first official Australian currency following European settlement was rum, so really it's just a natural development....... _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2005 Posts: 341 Location: Kangaroo Point, Australia
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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bobnorman wrote: |
Just curious, a case here is 12. What's a slab? |
A 'slab' is a carton of beer, which is 24 cans (also known as tinnies) or stubbies (small glass bottle), 375ml ea.
Most small favours/little jobs/parts etc in Australia somehow often seem to end up being equal to a slab.......
XXXX is the original local brew in my hometown of Brisbane, pronounced 'Fourex'. For years in Australia each capital city had one or two major breweries and not much else than that was available. Over the last thirty years or so any number of micro-breweries around the country have sprung up, so we now have an enormous variety to enjoy!
A variation of a slab which has almost disappeared is 12 bottles of beer, 750ml ea, also known as 'tallies' or 'longnecks'. It's only the old-timers who still buy these. _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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kiwighia68 Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2013 Posts: 2867 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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I'll make no comment on the Oz exchange rate but I'll add my voice to those who said sorry to hear about your dog. They are not known as man's best friend for nothing. We remember every one of them, from those we had in our childhood to the ones we have now, with each having its own unique character and personality, but everyone of them as loyal as, well, a dog.
As to the resto:
The guy who painted my Ghia did much the same as you are doing, Angus. Keep the spot welds, he said. They are the original look. Then he put stone guard inside the wheel arches, inside the door skins, on the underside of the roof and under the front and rear deck-lids before painting those areas in body colour.
I kept as much of the original brightwork as I could, including the front vents you mentioned, the windscreens' trim, the rain gutter trim and some other pieces I don't remember off-hand, even though they were not perfect.
My car is 48 years old. I suppose a few grey hairs are not out of place. _________________ Festina lente - hasten slowly
1968 Ghia named Emiko
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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kiwighia68 wrote: |
I'll make no comment on the Oz exchange rate but I'll add my voice to those who said sorry to hear about your dog. They are not known as man's best friend for nothing. We remember every one of them, from those we had in our childhood to the ones we have now, with each having its own unique character and personality, but everyone of them as loyal as, well, a dog.
As to the resto:
The guy who painted my Ghia did much the same as you are doing, Angus. Keep the spot welds, he said. They are the original look. Then he put stone guard inside the wheel arches, inside the door skins, on the underside of the roof and under the front and rear deck-lids before painting those areas in body colour.
I kept as much of the original brightwork as I could, including the front vents you mentioned, the windscreens' trim, the rain gutter trim and some other pieces I don't remember off-hand, even though they were not perfect.
My car is 48 years old. I suppose a few grey hairs are not out of place. |
Thanks for the comments re Finn. We got him as a family dog when the kids were small, and they would spend hours playing with him. But I guess as dogs do they like a pack leader and that was me. Slept by my bed every night, and would just lie down near us when we were watching TV etc. That missing constant presence is still a little disconcerting.
To the car;
There was stone guard type stuff from the factory in all the areas you mentioned above on my car except the wheel arches, as well as inside the rear quarter panels both in the cabin and the engine bay _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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Mellow Yellow 74 Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2014 Posts: 1615 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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I thought slab was Victorian, carton was Queensland and case was New South Wales. We don't have many state differences in Australia other than beer (as above), swimwear (cosies vs togs vs bathers), processed meat (devon vs luncheon vs strass) and deep fried potatoes (potato cakes vs scallop vs fritter). _________________ 1962 Karmann Ghia
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Angus Dowrie Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Phoebe - After 10+ years the Resto begins! |
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Mellow Yellow 74 wrote: |
I thought slab was Victorian, carton was Queensland and case was New South Wales. We don't have many state differences in Australia other than beer (as above), swimwear (cosies vs togs vs bathers), processed meat (devon vs luncheon vs strass) and deep fried potatoes (potato cakes vs scallop vs fritter). |
Yes I personally normally refer to it as a carton, but I'm bi-lingual when it comes to beer....
Another one is a person now commonly referred to as a bogan when I was a kid in Queensland was called a bevan. The internet has blurred lines across states as well as countries! _________________ 1963 Australian Delivery RHD Coupe
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