Another small piece of art…

Another small piece of art…

Sometimes things show up for sale that I think “Nah, I wont buy that now, focus on getting the bodywork done and then you can buy nice things….” then there’s times when you click “Buy” before your brain even registers what you are doing. So when a guy called Zack put out a post on...

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Undercoat goes on…

Undercoat goes on…

Nothing much to say about it, car will be white again and I found that the white that I originally had decided on (Porsche Glacier white, 3AU) way much to blueish so now I’m back to looking for another shade of white, might go for Porsche Pure white, C9A instead.

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Catchup post

Catchup post

Yes, yes I know I suck at updating this regularly… so here’s a big old catchup post on what’s been going on since the last post. New bronze bushings for the pedal assembly. All reassembled and ready to go into the car….some day… Cleaning up the wheelwells wasnt a fun job. But it feels kinda...

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More primer

More primer

The front trunk area and fuel tank compartment was all wire brushed and in places where it was hard to to with the brushes I rolled the chassis out on the driveway and mediablasted the nooks and crannies. Yes…outside, spring is finally arriving in Sweden!

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New shoes!

New shoes!

Since I will be converting the car to Porsche 5 bolt pattern I needed new wheels. Ideally I’d want a nice set of 16×7″ Fuchs but with prices for a used set in need of some overhaul starting around €1000 I went for the second choice of ATS Cookiecutters in 15×7″ size.

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Body back and in work…

Body back and in work…

I got the body back, the good news is that it wasnt very out of alignment but the front right suspension tower was sitting about 8 mm’s too far outwards so it was pulled back to the correct position. First piece of fender going back on, a few small spot welds to keep it in...

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Little works of art

Little works of art

I got a package from the US containing the new bushings for the front and rear suspension. They are Polybronze bushings from Elephant Racing and they are absolutely beautiful. The front and rear suspension arms are all cleaned up and ready to go out for mediablasting and powdercoat.

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