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Reassembly Completed!
Created on 2008-07-07 06:44:50
Aside from putting the door panels back on and a trim piece that needs repainting, I finished reassembling the car this past weekend! The only thing that I am unhappy with is that the is a gap at the bottom of both doors; the bottom of the door is out away from the sill, but other than that and a bit of orange peel, I am happy with the finished product.
This project did take me longer than I first thought it would take, but I guess six months to restore the body and interior of the car isn’t that bad when I stop and think about it.
This project did take me longer than I first thought it would take, but I guess six months to restore the body and interior of the car isn’t that bad when I stop and think about it.
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Brush | 2008-07-04 | Noticed Wednesday that there were spots at the nose of the bonnet where I had got no paint on the metal so last night I mixed up a bit of paint and hardener (no reducer) and grabbe... | ||
| Canada Day Well Spent | 2008-07-02 | 1 | Judy and I put the bonnet back on the car. It looks so nice having it back on and freeing up some room in the garage. Also, the interior is now back in the car. I... | |
| Interior Going Back In | 2008-06-18 | 1 | The car is painted other than the top of the bonnet. I've been waiting for a dry, calm day to paint the outside (the underside is complete). Last Sunday would have been perfect b... | |
| Pieces Finally Going Back On | 2008-06-02 | 3 | This was a good weekend. The car is painted and I got a couple coats on the doors and under half if the bonnet. Tonight I home to get a couple more coats on, the bonnet is really... | |
| Busy Weekend | 2008-05-26 | Well, it was a busy weekend. I took Friday off to start painting the Spitfire. I was out taping the car by 7:30 am; wipe down and had primer on by 11, sanding by 2, seam sealer b... | ||
| Still Sanding | 2008-05-22 | Still been busy sanding down to the original paint/primer layer, applying filler, and final sanding with 320 grit paper. I will be ready to paint once I have the garage swept and ... | ||
| Sanding | 2008-05-21 | The sanding has begun. I quickly learned that my compressor is too small for my DA sander; it's rated for an average 4 cfm @ 60 psi, but the constant cfm must be much higher; the ... | ||
| Welding Complete! | 2008-04-21 | The weekend saw the A-post closing pieces, sill end cap and a front corner of the driver side floor pan welded in. That brings the welding to an end. I also dug out the grinder a... | ||
| Productive Weekend | 2008-04-14 | Saturday I clamped the inner fender to the rear fender and clamped the assembly to the car. After adjusting the position of the inner fender a few times I was able to get it to fi... | ||
| Spitfire Is Edging Towards Body Panel Completion | 2008-04-10 | Over the weekend I got my door fit straightened out but now I have another problem. When I offer up the sill, its too short, weird. So yesterday I took a chance and... |
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