I hope you keep warm weather long enough to get prime everything. It looks really nice
Doug L.
Woo hoo! Kinda long, but just a copy of my triumphexperience journal...
Been a struggle to get time on my car this year. I thought getting off at 4pm would be a blessing...anyway.
I used a sandblaster attachment for a pressure washer and over the course of about a month or so (again, as I could sneak time) I blasted some of the old bits I removed from my car. Wheel wells, and the mid and rear sections of the boot. Turned out quite nicely but holy moly does it shoot dirty sludge everywhere--But, that's another story.
I picked up a decent air compressor a few weeks back for a great price. 5HP 20 gal tank, 240V. Couldn't have gotten this far otherwise.
It needed the handle replaced and a new belt cover. I need to add some end guards though.
So anyway, here are the pics.
before on the rear boot pan.
And after on the rear tunnel/floor pan. It still needs work, but I had to return the borrowed pressure washer. But the hard work has been done.
Rear arches, rear boot pan and front lower valance, blasted and prepped for epoxy
(HF $17 gun. So far so good. I tried the filter/regulator the other way around but that darn plastic filter kept cross threading on me. I guess that is quite normal)
Bonnet, ready for priming...
All the bits primed, besides the aforementioned mid-boot pan.
These were removed from my original tub. At one point they were going to scrap, and I nearly sent them. But then I realized I could re-use them...
And so, that's it for now. My main goal was to get these bare parts in primer before the weather got too cold, and yesterday and today were in the 70's, with forecast for the foreseeable future in the 50's or worse.
Anyway, I'll see what other trouble I can get into over the winter. Stay tuned.
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