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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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CLUBMANGT wrote:Cheers Stan good to know you are still alive mate :lol:
:lol: I'm still going Tony... Should have another few years in me yet :lol:


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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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great job tony and again the colours are top drawer fair play and keep it goin, gud to hear from you too stan :D :D :D
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:mrgreen: Its a long road with small steps but sure thats life :cry:
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looking realy good ...need to get off my ass and start on mine (agen) keep up the good work
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Got some Barcoat on the engine bay and roof this morning , hope to get them into primer later today :wink:
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need more pictures tony ...looking at yours just gave me that little push i needed ..kids back in school next week so ill start work then hopefully mine looks as good as yours but doesnt take as long
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:roll: Armo I think it would be hard to take as long as mine is :lol:
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Engine bay ,all underneath and roof now painted (roof is black)so its on to the interior next
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A small update with some pics :wink:
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Preped the interior for a repaint
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And shot some paint
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Etch primed a aload of small parts
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And shot some black
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Drilled and mounted the bumper bars
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Then I stripped them and painted them
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Mounted the front frame and started to run the cables
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Thats it for now :lol:
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You'd think youve painted a mini before :D !looking great!
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somebodies been a busy boy!!

great work Tony!
It's getting close now, bet you can't wait for this to be finished :D
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Yea I have been bringing parts to work a getting this and that done when I get time , I need to use all the time that I can . I picked up more paint to be on the safe side when I shoot the body , and I will be picking up a new gun today. I hope to have the body ready in the next week or so :roll: (I cant bring that to work) :lol: so on we go I will keep up the posts as I go :wink:
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Looks amazing man. Love the gold frames. I was gonna just shoot mine with black but having seen yours think I might go with a nice red to match the final colour of the car.
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MTM this year Tony???
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OOH I would like to think so Kenny but that would be a long shot :cry:
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Starting to come together Tony although I am not sure the white sills will catch on. :D
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Hurry up, see you there my pickup is goin for paint next month so ur closer than me,
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Yea boss I must get that stonechip sorted :? Kenny I can,t see mine getting there before yours :cry:
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I like where this is going Tony...keep it up!
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Nice to catch up with you yesterday Neil , the car looks great but stop messing about on those mountain bikes and get her back on her wheels yea :wink: :lol:
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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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Just a small update . Fitted the impact bars into the doors. That was a fun job :evil:
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And trial fitted the doors on the shell
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A word to the wise, dont weld on A panels without the doors fitted :oops: passenger side is not to bad, drivers side needs a little work . To make matters worse these doors are reskined and not off this car :roll:
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I had Rob the welder up on monday to sort out my door gaps. We went for a 5mm gap as per the rest of the door . He marked it out and cut the A panel less 2mm . Then he welded it back up , took a line at 5mm from the door and cut down the weld to give the 5mm gap . I only have to dress it back and give it a light skim of filler job oxo sweet :!: :D
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hi can you take photos of when ur fitting the brake pipes again please . i bought a mini but the fella before me had thebmini striped so im trying to figure out where every thing goes now
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Do you mean along under the floor or in the engine bay :roll:
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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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Looks great so far!
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