It's no longer a rustoration!!!!

[Martin]

I now have a rust-free tii!!!

I welded in the new trunk floor and tail panel today. This milestone marks the last rust repair of the project. Now I can move on to metal prep and primer. If things go well I might be ready to shoot some color by fall.

A tip-o-the hat to BLUNT for supplying the panels. I'll try to update my site sometime in the next week or so.

In the meantime, here are a few before and after pics.

[2002Targa]

love the last pic, it's great to have a helper around...

[jerry]

top notch work. your website is a real asset to this community. it takes the mystery out of the work.

now, if only reading your website would take the EFFORT out of the work too...

i dread having to deal with some of those issues on my next project.

[oz_tom]

Nice work Martin! Thats alot of new panels... you wont have rust problems anymore mate!

[peteinjp]

Must feel great to know that you have a solid clean base to work from. And you did it when you could but still saw it thru. Inspiring!

Wanna sell it?

Ha!

[schwarz75]

(nt)

[Delia]

Wow!

I remember when we met at O'Fest 2002 in Keystone, CO, and I went a little crazy 'cuz you were considering changing the exterior color to something other than the original Inka orange.

I was just kinda wondering if, after the Mobile Tradition '73 Inka tii has been making the rounds, you like the idea of keeping your car in its original color any better.

Cheers!

Delia

[dubois]

well done!

[Martin]

I remember when we met at O'Fest 2002 in Keystone, CO, and I went a little crazy 'cuz you were considering changing the exterior color to something other than the original Inka orange.

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking back then. An unintended benefit of this project taking so long, is that it has given me plenty of time consider things like color changes and other modifications. Maybe it's just me maturing a bit, but my restoration goals are tending more to original all the time. In other words, this tii will definately be returned to Inka. In fact, the color orange is starting to become something of an obsession for me--all thanks to this car! And thanks to you too, Delia, you helped set me right about Inka!

Cheers,

[Martin]

I love that helmet! It's a Miller auto-darkening helmet. It transformed my welding skills.

Cheers,

[TMK-001]

Nice work mate... very inspiring! Top effort, I look forward to seeing the rest of the work beyond this!

Cheers, Todd