A car is a lot more compact when it is all put together. Parts take up a lot of space. This is the expensive part. I’m trying my best to limit that but sometimes you don’t have a choice. Other times, you do and still decide financial burden. I mean, reuse all the old (perfectly fine) crappy components on a freshly painted car? I can’t bring myself to do it. However, I can reel myself time to time in the name of expediency and frugality(a real word?).
I have been quite busy since the last
Don't stop. That's the answer: Don't stop.
After priming the car I started doing body work in the form of filler and more hammer and dolly. This was really tedious and all learning on my own. Having just an hour of someones time that knew how to use hammers and dollies more effectively would have paid dividends. Hitting too hard or not hard enough? Am I stretching the metal where I need it to stretch?
Body filler was the same. I bought CleanSheets which I found is a must when d
Obviously not Peter Sellers, but I think Steve did a pretty good job.
So I found a write up I did for July of 2020 that never got posted. It’s obviously well beyond that now. I’ll post it up after this one. I wish I kept up with posting but it is what it is. I’ve been busy.
As you can see, the car is on wheels with rebuilt suspension and primed! I went with Southern Polyurethane Epoxy Primer. Very helpful on the phone. I found them to be very accommodating.
I ended up buying a snake inspection camera from amazon for 20 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQNCMTY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
It works pretty well and has already saved me from pulling off the driver side lower A pillar.
Alternatively, it has also showed me what kind of mess lurks in the rear wheel boxes.
Gross.
It works really well, I just plug it into my laptop and snap away. It has 6 LED's on the head which ar
