My Vl

[MoonDo44]

Only new work is that the roof is sanded and primed.

 

[MoonDo44]

Work today

Remounted the vin plate ready for painting in the next few days. just waiting for the paint to be mixed.

Removed the under seal from the front left. Its now ready for sanding.

2nd coat of primer on the roof.

Some of the small parts hanging in the "painting both" which is made of 4 $6 clear shower curtains.

Regulator and water filter hanging from the roof ready for more painting

 

[Sik_Cordz]

what did you use to remove all the under seal

 

[MoonDo44]

what did you use to remove all the under seal

All I used was a heat gun and a scraper. Followed by some wax and grease remover to take off what was left.

 

[Sik_Cordz]

ok awesome didnt think a heat gun would work to well. did it make a big mess or not to bad

 

[MoonDo44]

ok awesome didnt think a heat gun would work to well. did it make a big mess or not to bad

Not really any at all, just a pile of **** that could be swept up.

 

[MoonDo44]

So new work over the last couple of days. Primed the complete engine bay

and then sanded a lot of it off, bogging up some of the imperfections. Also painted the chassis gloss black.

and under the front left wheel arch which is now ready for new under seal. Just don't look to closely at it as there is some sanding marks, but they won't be seen with the new under seal on.

 

[MoonDo44]

prime, sand, bog, sand, repeat.

So work on the car will slow down a bit now that I've gone back to work (after 6 weeks off). But I'm aiming for about 1 hour a day on the car.

 

[MoonDo44]

Engine bay painted

So Ive finally painted the engine bay. just now need to clean coated it and its done.

Apart from the black around the bottum.

Now trying to work out how to paint under the window. any pointers?

Going to take a break from painting and start working on the wiring harness. Im going to move the fuses and relays to under the steering wheel and hide the wiring out side the engine bay.

 

[MoonDo44]

So a fair amount has happened over the last month but not a lot of it is on the car.
On a two week training exercise I was in a vehicle accident. I injured my back and shoulder. The back injury is from another vehicle accident years ago, in where one of the disc's was broken.

Then once I got home it was hard to get out to the car, but now things are starting to get better and work has restarted.
With a lot of under seal going on at the moment, having done about half of the car so far.
And at the moment I'm instructing on a course which will make it some what easier to work on the car.