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23-02-09, 20:09 GMT+10#81 lol at my engine bay
i will have a go this week at giving it a good clean
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08-03-09, 16:40 GMT+10#82 pic of the car pretty much stripped down . still need to do the handles,locks and screens
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08-03-09, 18:29 GMT+10#83 wow dude you must be patient i lost it just taking the front and rear off let alone the door mouldings were they a pain?
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08-03-09, 18:40 GMT+10#84 well i got told to use fishing wire in a sawing motion and it kept snapping, bought the heaviest line i could, so all ive been doing is getting a flade blade and getting them a little out and using a razor blade on the top and bottom and cutting there sikaflex, so far working lol
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09-03-09, 11:47 GMT+10#85 holy she-ite wtf i didn't know you were stripping it down. it also looks to have had a sand back? are you prepping to paint the entire thing or just the moulds and the patched part under the rear 1/4?
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09-03-09, 12:26 GMT+10#86 yer i decided to take it off the road for a while and respray it
just taking my time doing it
hopfully turns out sweet
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09-03-09, 13:18 GMT+10#87 wd40... ****loads and let it soak for 30 mins or so, then attack with a kinfe, the door moulds come off like butter!
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09-03-09, 13:28 GMT+10#88 ok kool thanks for the tips dude
i was just using a razor blade didnt think to add any type of degreaser.
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10-03-09, 17:41 GMT+10#89 so is this why the turbo went on the back burner? it will be good to see the car straight. fixing up one of the front doors i think has a smack?
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10-03-09, 17:51 GMT+10#90 looking good alan
all i can say is you better go all the way with this project and not pull out or do u turns with idea's
if you stay on the path ur on now this car will be an awsome car, and one worth keeping for a while
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10-03-09, 18:08 GMT+10#91 cheers mate
wont be pulling out of this one
just wish this f*king tax money would come sooner
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16-03-09, 18:05 GMT+10#92 just some more pics of the prep for paint
how oringinal is that lol
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16-03-09, 18:56 GMT+10#93 good work, cant wait to see it finished!
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07-05-09, 21:24 GMT+10#94 found some more pics of this build on etstreet looks like its getting there
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30-05-09, 17:07 GMT+10#95 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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14-10-09, 18:19 GMT+10#96 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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20-10-09, 09:24 GMT+10#97 allan whats the go with this man? i saw pics of the yellow engine bay ages ago.
last heard it was going to be a v8 ? :S ?
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21-10-09, 16:17 GMT+10#98 hey mitch hows it going
i was unsure what i was doing motor wise. but im 100% commited to the 8 now. im neally ready to prime the shell . everything esle is pretty much right to go
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21-10-09, 18:06 GMT+10#99 cant wait to see this finished, should be nice. gl
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26-10-09, 13:17 GMT+10#100 awesome, just drove my dad's walky over the weekend and a vl v8 is a tough machine. very different feeling to the turbo but i wouldn't call one better than the other
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