Targa Backdate and Restoration - Completed !

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:26 pm

Barry - you're typically modest - most of the people on this forum would love to have your level of skill.

Looks a great job and looking forward to see it megasquirting down the road Tim

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:46 pm

Time for a quick update - Now at the paint shop

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:55 pm

looking good TimmyB

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:11 pm

Is that POR15? (black paint)

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:20 pm

Perhaps I can answer this, as I've just been down there: No, it's 2K black. The underside has been re-painted retaining most of the orginal spray sealer as it cleaned up very well. The wheel arches have been done in Wurth Sprayable sealer, 2K primer, and then the gloss.

The doors have just come back off for the next stage. Alan (the painter) is just about to use a mega high build 'Spray Polyester' primer over the whole of the outside of the car. This has enough build to be able to take some serious blocking off, hopefully to a nice flat base. This then gets sealed with some conventional 2K primer, and then the gloss black can go on.

He's working towards a stage of having the backs of the panels upto gloss black, with the edges of the fronts painted. The car can then be fully fitted up, panel-wise, before receiving the colour coats.

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:10 pm

Watch this space.... News expected very soon

Tim

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:14 pm

And on that note: Tim, you have mail

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Suffice to say, get that garage ready, there's a shiny black thing waiting to come home

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impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:27 am

Ooo ! Looking good

Tim

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:34 pm

Post by **Bootsy** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:55 pm

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:58 pm

Black paint. You ain't making life easy for yourselves are you.
Looks cool though.

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:02 pm

Ferry Man wrote:Black paint. You ain't making life easy for yourselves are you.
Looks cool though.

I know ! Please explain to my wife, her choice !

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:55 pm

Yes, Tim, Alan (the painter) and I all moaned about it: got us nowhere

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Worked out well though, as even in the booth it looks great, so outside it will be the business. I gather from Alan it's had it's final polishing (subject to an outdoors inspection), so we're ready to go

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Post by **Bootsy** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:00 pm

Best I send that CDI box that's sitting on my desk back to you asap!

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:14 pm

Have you still got the front indicators too ?
I'm just going through the list of bits I still need ! Frightening

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Targa Backdate and Restoration - Completed !

Update :) some paint :)