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Re: Project 504 **Updated 22/11/06**
« Reply #40 on: 22 November 2006, 20:56 »
Over the last week the progress has slowed down a wee bit. Front and rear panels have been welded up in place, the rear quarter had been repaired along with the inner arches.









IÂ’ve seen a few people remove the underseal and paint the inner arch but most seem to stone chip then paint, however I wanted to go for as good a finish on the inner arch as the rest of the car. So there was no choice but to fill and smooth off, took ages and trying to recreate the lines to retain the original look was a nightmare.







The chassis legs have also been flushed off, templates took ages to make up but look the business when welded in.





Also spent the last few weeks buying up brand new parts, everything is being replaced with new, from fuse box to seals and grommets   :smiley:
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Re: Project 504 **Updated 22/11/06**
« Reply #41 on: 22 November 2006, 21:02 »
Nice work on the car, loving the pictures... keep great work up  :cool:
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Re: Project 504 **Updated 22/11/06**
« Reply #42 on: 23 November 2006, 23:41 »
cheers mate
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Re: Project 504 **Updated 22/11/06**
« Reply #43 on: 24 November 2006, 12:27 »
Keep the pics coming, top project. :afro:
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Re: Project 504 **Updated 22/11/06**
« Reply #44 on: 24 November 2006, 18:34 »
Keep the pics coming, top project. :afro:

what he said  :cool:

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Re: Project 504 **Updated 22/11/06**
« Reply #45 on: 24 November 2006, 20:44 »
Hopefully get some more taken 2morrow nite  :laugh:
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Re: Project 504 **Updated 25/11/06**
« Reply #46 on: 25 November 2006, 17:12 »
IÂ’ve waited for ages for this picture, dreaming what the bay would look like when flushed off. The chassis legs are coming on now, still a little bit of work to go but not million miles away. The lines look so good and suit the engine bay I think, need to see how it looks in paint right enough but for now in over the moon.

Pics aint the best but you'll get the idea









Had some lengthy work to do in order to get the new seats in, passenger side was slightly easier than that of the driverÂ’s side. On both sides the runners were removed along with the cross box section, on the drivers side wee needed to take an inch out of the tunnel in order to fit the seat in. Once they were bolted up the looked the duggies and really suit the car, I canÂ’t wait to get the interior painted and get the seats trimmed and fitted now.








Also removed the box section for the rear seats from the top of the rear arch, as itÂ’s no longer required, plus it will clean up the inside




The rear pannel is also all welded up and filled ready for primer

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Re: Project 504 **Updated 25/11/06**
« Reply #47 on: 02 December 2006, 09:26 »
The car is coming along nicely, al get some pics up after the weekend. In the mean time got my front braking solution delivered and I'm very happy indeed.  8)




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Re: Project 504 **Updated 21/12/06**
« Reply #48 on: 21 December 2006, 20:15 »
I know itÂ’s been a while but I've been mega busy with Xmas and the new house.

The cars just about ready for Primer at the moment hopefully be in primer b4 the new years :lol: .

The underside has all been stripped back filled and smoothed ect, the pics aint the best, the catty is the wrong colour for my camera  :roll:





The inside is close to being finished aswell, again all repaired filled and rubbed down  :lol:



Been into Transcal 2day and the seats are pretty much done looking spot on IMO. The first pic is closer to the colour (Think my flash was playing up). I wanted the BMW leather , but the supplier was sold out, so Robert at Transcal managed to get me a really close match with the Bentley Creama, which is more expensive but looks minted



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Re: Project 504 **Updated 21/12/06**
« Reply #49 on: 21 December 2006, 21:24 »
loving them seats  :cool: