All the Cardboards Except the Roof are Glued
In the last days i glued the quarter panels to the body. I glued the cardboards with fiberglass and clean them with Dremel and pink stone as much as possible, so there’s a minimum inner tension after the installation. The next step is to clean with dremel, add epoxy if…
Nuts for the Back Suspension Arms. Duroplast is Glued to the Doors
Back Suspension Arms While installing the back suspension arms, one of the threads (front left, where i cut the bolt while disassembling) had no force to support the click of the torque wrench (~112 Nm) and i had to reinforce all the 4 mounting points with spring washers and nuts.…
Under the Cardboards is Painted. Cardboars First Fiberglass Applied
Under the Cardboards Painted I painted under the cardboards with MetalForce Urethane 8:1:1. Cardboards Glued with Fiberglass Today i glued the cardboards with fiberglass. The green thing is masking tape on the outer side. I marked with big arrows the places that need to be glued 🙂 All the 6…
Under the Cardboards is Primed
Today i primed the body under the cardboards. I also primed the bumpers inside the bumper holders and the door hinges (only the side that touches the body). I welded 2 triangles to the apron under the bumper’s holders. The inner side of the bumpers will be black. The bottom…
The New Kids in the Block
The new tools I added to the tools arsenal: Two more guns are visible on the image above – the rustproof (i made a mistake that i bought it from Europe. The standards for the inlet and the bottle are different. I changed the inlet and now i need to…
I Almost Have a Car
Front Side I welded the front grill. I spent more time on adjusting than welding. The result is good. My procedure: Front right light is connected. A little piece of sheet metal is needed right in the corner. This will be grinded with the Dremel. I spitted the left side…
Cardboards
I started to prepare the cardboard parts for a restoration with fiberglass and epoxy resin. Almost all of them were hit and glued somehow. You can find documents about the duroplast reparation in this folder (Instandsetzungstechnologie Duroplast (1985) (DE).pdf). Left Side I need to cut all this old glue, reposition…