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notoptoy wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:59 pm That Mako blue roadster looks pretty good with those wire wheels and no trim, it looks right somehow. I usually don't like wire wheels on a roadster or the no-trim look!
I think it works because they’re 16” and the car has a slight drop,
It had some questionable aesthetic choice but That was a cool car actually with a flat dash conversion
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Things are progressing nicely here given the small amount of time I have to put on it :D

Thanks to everyone tips removing the old soundproofing material is not as bad as I expected It looked fairly rusty but was not too bad once removed, but it was more than time to do so , Once cleaned and etched it will receive a few coats of POR15 followed by soundproofing

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OP did a lot of holes for roll bars etc
What the best way to plug those ?
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Santa also came early for Mr Green :D
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I was just talking to my wife about using dry ice to freeze off the undercoating as I see that dry ice is in great demand due to its use in COVID vaccination storage. Never done it, but I still do recall chipping all that crap out many years ago... not fun. Anti-fun. Un-fun. Glad it went well!
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Thanks
I mostly used a wood chisel and Dremel vibrating tool
For the place where it was soft I blasted component freezer on it to harden , worked like a charm
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Anyone ever do a dark pastel green?
I think the pastel colours look great on these cars......
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Pjackb wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:21 pm Thanks
I mostly used a wood chisel and Dremel vibrating tool
For the place where it was soft I blasted component freezer on it to harden , worked like a charm
I used my oscillating tool. zip zip quick.
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More cleaning almost ready for POR15 coating
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Squeaky clean, almost a shame to coat it! Nice work!!
"When all else fails, force prevails!" Ummm, we're gonna need a bigger hammer here.

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Gee, my floor didn't look like that... Fred Flintstone more like!
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Looking good. I think that oscillating tool with the various attachments is the ticket.

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OOF! Yeah, removing the sound deadening material on the floors has been my least favorite part of my entire build. Looks like you got it handled pretty good. Looks great!

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beebo wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:31 am OOF! Yeah, removing the sound deadening material on the floors has been my least favorite part of my entire build. Looks like you got it handled pretty good. Looks great!

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notoptoy wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:01 pm Squeaky clean, almost a shame to coat it! Nice work!!

Glad to see it has such solid floors. We knew he was good, but those are really excellent .

Even if you are a great welder and don’t mind spending weeks rebuilding floorboards, it’s quite hard to rebuild anything to that level of originality. Very happy for you Jacques👍🏾👍🏾
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JT68 wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:34 pm
notoptoy wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:01 pm Squeaky clean, almost a shame to coat it! Nice work!!

Glad to see it has such solid floors. We knew he was good, but those are really excellent .

Even if you are a great welder and don’t mind spending weeks rebuilding floorboards, it’s quite hard to rebuild anything to that level of originality. Very happy for you Jacques👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks ,
I’m really happy with how things are only found a few small rust holes on the driver side I've cleaned them completely and debating if I fix with epoxy to keep floors original or get someone to weld a steel plate
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But I think there will be a few surprises from the PO when I get to the wiring , seen a few things already

this is what he did to the radio console :cry: , If anybody has a face plate I'll be looking for one I already have another console but the plate from it is in Mrs Blue so If you have a plate from a 65-67 that would work
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