Palmy's 55'

[Palmy]

jus thought i would put up a quick update of a few things done to the corolla. have bolted in a new thermo fan for it and taken off old one, still to do all the proper wiring though. Car is now in full primer and waiting to go and get painted, even all the boot is primed along with bonnet lid, boot lid and inside of doors :cool:

here are some pics:

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0780.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0781.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0782.jpg

[Palmy]

ok so today i also transferred the washer jets to the bonnet.

firstly i got some Subaru Forester jets and piping from somewhere else, hooked all the piping up

to mark out where i was going to put the jets was kind of hard knowing where the water was gonna hit the windscreen, so:

 

- i got out possibly the best tool for something like this, its string coverd in blue chalk, tighten it across bonnet, pull up and let go, there is ur line

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0787.jpg

- i marked out with it the centre of the bonnet, a line going across bonnet of the top and bottom of flutes so i could get the middle

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0786.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0785.jpg

- then i lined up the jet with the grill bit right infront of the windscreen and went 10 bars from the inside to the outside of the car and made a mark

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0788.jpg

- once i had done that, i made a template in acrylic of the shape and size of the hole needed to hold and secure the jets. (ripped hole in middle of newspaper

to paint through, it stopped overspray)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0792.jpg

- i put this template over the mark i made where the jets r goin to go then painted it red, then outlined paint with felt tip pen for more distinctive shape

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/ro...uy/IMGP0790.jpg

- then i drilled a small hole in middle of red spot, then a bigger hole and eventually filed it out to the edge of felt tip pen (pics of finished product soon)

 

hope this helps some people (measurements i made were for Subaru Forester jets and a 1979 Ke55 Sedan, measurements may vary depending on model)

[Palmy]

Well thought i would put up some kind of update, its a very very slow project (hence the lack of updates)

It is now completely stripped and all sanded except 4 rear end.

 

 

Couldnt wait, jus had 2 put the stickers on lol

 

Metal plate welded in and fibreglassing overtop

 

Other side also in progress

 

Is this bad? lol

 

Its first sniff of green

As usual, the pic doesnt show the actual colour. its ALOT better in person

Edited September 29, 2008 by Palmy

[ke rollin 20]

can't wait to see the whole car sprayed, loving that green ay! wouldnt mind doing my wagon that colour :y:

[78_7kRolla]

Mate there has been a fair bit of progress since i last posted here. Great to see you have kept up the good work and decided on a colour!

 

Best of luck

[Palmy]

can't wait to see the whole car sprayed, loving that green ay! wouldnt mind doing my wagon that colour :y:

 

yeah well its a custom colour so might b difficult 2 get same colour as mine lol, comes up so good tho, so bright n shiney jus how i want it haha.

 

Mate there has been a fair bit of progress since i last posted here. Great to see you have kept up the good work and decided on a colour!

 

Best of luck

 

yeah but not as much as i was hoping, now on school holidays so will hopefully get alot done over 2 weeks.

[Palmy]

go this the other day.....

 

and chucked this on it, have been lookin for one for so long

Edited October 3, 2008 by Palmy

[Palmy]

october 3 2008, holy s**t! it's been a while since last update. well comparing to the above pics u wouldnt recognise it. ALL dents and creases have been knocked out, and bogged (if needed), all panels are back on, primed and aligned. inside of doors and door jams are green, came up sweet as!! the spot priming was finished today, unfortunately cold weather so drying time was gonna b a while before sanding. and if all goes well, it should get it's first green coat next weekend. in the mean time, i bought a specometer tacho to replace the clock, i've been trying to work out stereo issues, what to do about wheel spacing and fixing a carby problem..... hopefully get some pics of it next weekend and post them up.

 

oh, and anyone know where i can get cheap new door seals?? need all 4, boot seal and the seal at rear of bonnet

[Palmy]

Pics up.

 

all painted, WOO HOO!!!!

the pics really don't show the colour as usual

 

this is as close 2 the colour as i can get, still nothin like

 

will get more pics this weekend out in the daylight

[greenmac80]

looks wicked! reminds me of when i got my first paintjob done!! you'd be stoked!

any sort of metallics in it?

[Palmy]

lol yeah I'm stoked that it's finally home.

ummm no metallics, just a solid colour. was thinkin of doin a coloured clear when i was goin to paint it white.

but not much matches with green otherwise lol

[greenmac80]

gold

[greenmac80]

also bronze and copper even silver in your clear woulda made it pop....

not too late???? sand the clear with wet and dry 2000 and reclear?

[Palmy]

haha 2 late now mate, from all the shit i went thru jus to get it painted, i jus wanna leave it lol.

time to start focusing on re-assembly and problems

[Palmy]

hey, does anyone kno where i can get cheap but new door seals? I'm after all 4, plus boot seal and also the seal at rear of bonnet....

they're the only thing holdin me back from getting this thing back on the road..

need them asap! any help would b great