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looks great mate! i have a soft spot for these cars. always wanted one and one day may get one.

 

so you went with the brighter holden green? 'Atomic'?

 

yea i sure did i thought that both the greens were awsome but me and a mate that owned one we came to the idea that the lighter green would go well for it and well i tested it out and looks awsome aye and yea if you get one you goin have as much fun as i have building mine

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i gave it a rough coat in matt black but yea it anit the best but i kinda needed to put the motor in but its not looking that bad

 

cool sweet colour aye my green beast was that colour and will still be going that colour again.!

 

if youhave trouble getting the paint give me a holla. i got around 12 ltrs of it.

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cool sweet colour aye my green beast was that colour and will still be going that colour again.!

 

if youhave trouble getting the paint give me a holla. i got around 12 ltrs of it.

 

yea i appreciate that i will see how i go for cash to get it but yea might need some help when i start on the painting

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more body work to continue aye

a few pics of what i have been doing

basically i have been working on the right hand side of the car as thats where the most repairs where needed

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i also decided to put some underbody deadner on the wheel wells and it looks quite good

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the bathurst globes i got a while back and spent a bit of time working on them tell me what you think

i do think the colour will go well with the green so from this

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to what they look like now

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so i am at the stage where i gots lots of little things to go and some more body work i will try and get more shots tomorrow as i work on the car

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looking awesome mate, ive got a ta22 myself which I'm rebuilding ground up good to see someone else working on one, ill put up a thread myself soon too.

 

and also if ya ever need any information theres another forum which is just for the early girl celicas its called, http://classic-celica.com

 

keep up the top work and get more posts and progress pics :jamie:

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well i did a bit more work one the body i am giving it a few coats of high filler primer and well i wasnt totally happy with the first coat i did back a few months ago so i sanded it back lightly and decided i want to try and get as many imprefection out as possible cause i don't want to ruin the paint job and it is my first job with a proper gun and compressor

 

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the other day i high filled the guards and sanded them lightly and added the grey primer coat and both guards are no ready for the green when i get around to sourcing the paint that is

 

PS: i know about the small dint in the guard but its not the going the most perfect job even thou thats sometimes what we strive for and well i do kinda have a time frame and want it on the road asap lol

 

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seriously man fix that dent you will be soooo disappointed if you don't..

if thats what you were getting at.

 

yea i migh play around and see what i can do and just wondering if you could give me a rough idea how many litres of paint that you reckon i will need

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managed to get home from work early today and well i guess did some work to the body again more primer filler lol and will upload pics when i get a chance

 

just curious what are your overall plans for this like, suspension, running gear, interior etc

 

keep up the work

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well the atomic is a clear on base thing.

 

so for the basecoat its quite transluscent. for my 55 we used 3 litres just for the outside. so for inside and out perhaps get 4-5 litres?

that will mix up to 8-10litres with the 1:1 mixing ratio.

 

also if you were to use a silver basecoat before it'll cover more easily and make the colour 'Pop'

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