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dave roberts
Member ID: triumphguy
Member Status: Free Member loveland, colorado, USA 
Last Login: 2012-05-24 09:51:26
Forum Activity: 2012-03-24 09:11:54 Forum Posts: 20 |
2 Vehicles --
Total mileage: 1,034,999 mi (1,665,669 km) --
Average age: 1966
There are 7 total entries in this Journal.
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Posted on: Tuesday February 14, 2012
Since the ex-wife select decided I no longer could be within 150' of her the project has stalled. That's been rectified and I'm back in my house. It did take a toll however. The chassis sat outside for 6 months uncovered. The motor isn't stuck but every thing looks like crap now. Oh well. In my absence from my shop, I did score a ton of parts off of a MKIV at a local yard. Sad, the body was way nicer than anything I own. I got a serviceable interior, complete wiring harness with switches, seats ...
Posted on: Wednesday May 25, 2011
I stripped a bunch of parts off of my 1500. I was in the middle of restoring it when I fell into another project/deal. So everything I just hung on the new/used chassis is like new. The motor is Nancy's 1296. Her body is currently hanging from my HF engine crane. Holy cow, that makes it soooo much easier to weld up holes! I'll try to get some disassembly photos up.
Posted on: Monday May 23, 2011
So after a good scraping and wire wheeling I'm ready for paint. If this were going to a show car or a full on resoration, I'd probably blast the frame. It's not. It's going to be a beater/driver. The product I'm using is called "Chassis Saver". It's a knock off of POR-15 and way cheaper. The instructions say no primer is needed and you can paint right over the rust. I used a brush to apply. This stuff flows out nicely. It looks like it was sprayed. I used 2/3 of a quart to coat the whole thing. ...
Posted on: Monday May 23, 2011
I noticed the top mounts were pretty soft thanks to the tin worms. Nothing a little more metal can't fix. Then it's on to wire wheeling and prepping for paint.
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