Doogs' Ke20 - Lke020

[Doogs]

Soooo exams are now finished and I have some time on my hands. I will be pretty busy for the next 8 weeks between this, the SAE car and working. In the time I have I'm going to try and get things flying along again. Not the best time of year for panelwork but thems the breaks.

Stripped back a few panels in the last day or two;

 

This week I'm looking at getting the car down to the final ride height, allowing me to modify the wheel arches as needed for the new tyres.

[carbonboy]

Soooo exams are now finished and I have some time on my hands. I will be pretty busy for the next 8 weeks between this, the SAE car and working. In the time I have I'm going to try and get things flying along again. Not the best time of year for panelwork but thems the breaks.

 

+1 to that! :wink:

 

Fantastic work so far mate, I sat & read the full thread...2 coffees, a mandarin & a muffin later I end up here thinking your 20's going to end up looking very, very nice indeed. :D

 

My brother and I have just bought a Datsun Stanza with; L18, Sideys and a SSS Dog-leg 5 speed as a bit of a fun daily. This takes a bit of pressure off the 20 build so I can just take my time and do things right.

 

+1 to that too! :y:

 

Daily's are great things :yes: Would this be the Stanza that made me smile when I parked next to it at the CC&D? :)

 

Edit: Smile, not laugh, I do like some old Dattos :P

Edited June 23, 2011 by carbonboy

[Doogs]

Cheers mate, that would be it.

 

Etch primed;

 

 

Today Mums cousin came round and we pulled out the leaves so I can modify things a little. In one of the cars he rallied a while back (Cortina), he used the leaf pack shown above mine. Note the 3/4 length thicker main leaf. This has the effect of stiffening the front of the leaf pack, so it behaves more like a trailing arm and eliminating axle tramp. Because of the similar length of the packs, we will put this leaf into a new pack for my car.

 

 

 

The leaves have fallen ! (A little late lol)

[Doogs]

Hey guys, I have been doing a bit more on the car, mainly focusing on getting my ride height mocked to see about clearance to the tyres. I played around with different combinations and have put together a leaf pack consisting of; the Cortina 3/4 main leaf, the shortened Corolla main leaf, a 1200 Coupe leaf and another of the Corolla leaves. It feels a stiffer and little lower, will see how it performs on the road.

To mock up the front I cut the springs (won't be running these on the road).

I ended up taking 2 coils off (took out a half coil each test).

 

For this car handling comes before looks, so it's not tucking tyre or anything. I am keeping in mind that the lower I go the less suspension travel I have, which is not ideal.

 

I am a little frustrated with the offset and tyre fitment, but that's my fault for not putting my foot down when the tyre shop bogan suggested 205s would be the go. Some nicer fitment will come later, but I will make the most of these now I have bought tyres.

 

My mate who is a painter came round today and we spent a fair bit of time gapping up panels, and bending and beating things to all the gaps were nicer. For better or worse the car will be heading back to his joint so we can work on it, I'm going to do my best to keep things moving though. It is frustrating how slowly I progress when he is helping.

 

I will update more pictures when I have access to the camera (folks have it away this weekend).

Here is a crappy phone pic from today;

 

[parrot]

So just spent an enjoyable nearly hour or so going through your whole thread.

 

Top effort I have to say, and your persistence is pretty amazing. Really looking forward to seeing it in the flesh when you are done.

[Doogs]

Cheers mate. Progress slowed a lot recently as I was busy testing the uni racecar and travelling to Japan with the team to compete. A great experience but it put a stop to the project again briefly. I am getting going again slowly again now as the uni year draws to a close. Thankfully I have convined my mate to come round and smash out all the panel beating so I can fill and sand myself to be more time effective.

 

My mates gave me a voucher for number plates for my 21st so I now have the plates LKE020. I wanted something that wasn't cop bait hence standard issue and black and white to look the part. LKC was the beginning of 1973 in Vic so LKE is not to far off for Novemeber '73. I don't think I need to explain the rest lol!

[carbonboy]

Uni racecar? Travelling to Japan? Awesome stuff man! How'd it all go? :)

 

Looking forward to your progress, the slightly warmer weather should help with that too.

[Doogs]

We went really well, 4th overall out of 89 and we won the endurance event, second in the skidpad, 4th in design and best new entry.

I will put my pics on photobucket and link it up soon, they are just on facebook at the moment.

My folks gave me a digital SLR for my 21st so that came in handy over in Japan! I took heaps of shots of the car in action.

[carbonboy]

Nice work, very impressed! :y:

 

If you're at CC&D tomorrow I'll catch up with you then, just curious to hear about this car event. :)

[Doogs]

Nah I won't be coming this month, starting back racing my pushie tomorrow morning. I will try to get along to another soon.

[kickn5k]

Nah I won't be coming this month, starting back racing my pushie tomorrow morning. I will try to get along to another soon.

What do you race Doogs??

Don't tell me you raced the You-Yangs this weekend???

First round of Vic downhill series and I've missed it again through other commitments.

Stu.

Edited October 22, 2011 by kickn5k

[Doogs]

What do you race Doogs??

Don't tell me you raced the You-Yangs this weekend???

First round of Vic downhill series and I've missed it again through other commitments.

Stu.

Nah Stu,

I race road criteriums. I have a few mates that race mountain bikes and one bloke was racing at the You Yangs. I'd be keen to give it a go though!

 

Had a productive day panelbeating yesterday with my painter. Now I just need him to give me a hand leadwiping next weekend and then I can finish all the filler work. After that I will be ready for highfill.

Edited October 23, 2011 by Doogs

[Doogs]

So guys once again having the "help" from this spray painter friend is not always a good thing.

On the weekend I dropped my drivers door and two front gaurds round so he could lead wipe a few bits on them. He has been rather busy and so hasn't got around to them yet, which I understand because afterall I'm not paying him. I headed round to his house and found that the panels that I had spent so much time stripping, treating with deoxydene, and etch priming were sitting out in the weather rusting! Seeing this made me absolutely furious!

I just couldn't believe he was to lazy to put them in his shed, and that he showed such blatant disrespect for all my hard work. Mark my words, this car is not leaving my shed until it is painted to avoid any more of my work being undone!

 

Unfortunately I am stuck where I am until I get these panels back.

[carbonboy]

So guys once again having the "help" from this spray painter friend is not always a good thing.

On the weekend I dropped my drivers door and two front gaurds round so he could lead wipe a few bits on them. He has been rather busy and so hasn't got around to them yet, which I understand because afterall I'm not paying him. I headed round to his house and found that the panels that I had spent so much time stripping, treating with deoxydene, and etch priming were sitting out in the weather rusting! Seeing this made me absolutely furious!

I just couldn't believe he was to lazy to put them in his shed, and that he showed such blatant disrespect for all my hard work. Mark my words, this car is not leaving my shed until it is painted to avoid any more of my work being undone!

 

:rant:

 

Fcuk...how you didn't kill him right there & then is beyond me, I would've lost the plot & beaten him with said panels. :blinks:

 

On a brighter note, nice one with the rego plates. :y:

[Doogs]

Here are some pics of the lead loading etc. Only got the panels yesterday night :/. I am very glad to be back in control and that the panels are now safely back home again. When exams finish I should be able to rip out the remainder of the filler work and be getting very close to topcoat.

Sometimes I am grateful for the help with the car and other times I am infuriated with my mates attitude and lack of planning. I won't be getting his help again even if I was paying him to do it!