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Barry wrote:How did you tackle this area in the end, Mike?

Heat gun and a selection of scraper's and sharpened tools, finished off with a wire brush. Helps to have a bit of time on your side, and a set of head high industrial axle stands, oh, and some good music on the ipod

Mike wrote:

Barry wrote:How did you tackle this area in the end, Mike?

Heat gun and a selection of scraper's and sharpened tools, finished off with a wire brush. Helps to have a bit of time on your side, and a set of head high industrial axle stands, oh, and some good music on the ipod

Most fastidious job Mike!

getting there............floor pan done just the front tank pan to go!




Now for the tough decision, to repaint in body colour, or to do the entire underside as per the 'Werks' factory finish of satin black

Satin Black

Regards
Mike

Beauuuuutiful job Mike - just one thing tho - where do you find the time???


Steve

Took me a while to see what was holding the car up . Doesn't it wobble about?

Looking fantastic, Mike. Seems a shame to satin black it all, but if that's what's correct .....

Satin black epoxy

40 scout wrote:Beauuuuutiful job Mike - just one thing tho - where do you find the time???
Steve

Ah, one of the few benefits of being a little older, more time to devote to family, friends and under-seal scraping

and Barry, looks precarious but huge feet on the industrial stands make it very stable.

Looks a really high quality job Mike. I'd no idea you actually got your hands dirty! -

Out of interest why did you strip all the underside - was it just because it's an unknown quantity or did you perceive a potential problem, or was it to get the correct finish in there? This is a serious question and just for once I'm not taking the p1ss

Oh and how's the engine coming along?

Cheers

Mark

p.s. if you've gone to the trouble of putting the curved stripe on the bonnet to make it right, then to divert from anything other than 'correct' for the underside would seem a waste of effort IMHO. Not because I think it should or shoudn't be as per original (after all, who am I to talk about 'correct'), but because you've followed one ethos on the bonnet - follow the same ethos underneath. Then go and see Bert for a nice little chat.

Hi Mark, yes the idea that started with the paint on the bonnet, is to make it as close as possible to the real thing, which is an RSR 'werks' Martini team car, and that meant all the under-seal has had to come off. The finish will be satin black, a tough epoxy finish that should protect the underside at the same time.

Before its painted though we have to cut out the welded in roll cage to give it a period bolt in type. At the same time the modifications to the front panel for the RSR oil cooler ducting panel that Barry has fabricated for it will be done. The suspension will also change to RSR coilovers with 930 turbo brakes.

As far as the engine goes we are still putting together the parts and waiting on machining work to be done, and I'm off to the States soon to pick up some crucial RSR bits.

In the meantime with all that going on I must look up Berts number, I may need his professional services very shortly...................

What do you mean may need ?

Well the car's with Kevin at Moto-Technique now, and if you thought scraping underseal off was a pain, try cutting out and grinding the welds off a 6 point welded on roll cage! what a s**t job that is. For the past 3 days I've come home looking like I've been working down a coal mine, but its done now and we are now fitting the period correct RSR bolt in half cage.

The car is on the Spanasi computer measuring jig while we do the metal work ready for the paint, and its all dead straight. The oil cooler duct is in, thanks again Barry, the holes cut for the oil lines, and the fun detail bits like the twin coil brackets, ignition cut out switches and re-positioning of the fuel filter and the extended cd box mounting plate are done.

Now for the final rubbing down and flatting, should be in the spray booth next week.

Mike - excuse my ignorance here but it seems to me that you bought a car you were really pleased with and then have torn it apart to build the perfect rep? Was this the original plan? Would it not have been cheaper and more cost effective to just start with a donor shell and build up than start with a complete car, strip down and rebuild up again?

No doubt this is going to be an awesome car when finished just interested in the rationale behind doing it this way....or did it just end up going this way?

Have to admire your attention to detail and your obvious passion in going through the resto...get the feeling thats at least half of the enjoyment for you...can't wait to see it finished.

I should think you're pleased to the cage-work out of the way .

Best of luck with the next stage ....

Would it not have been cheaper and more cost effective to just start with a donor shell and build up than start with a complete car, strip down and rebuild up again?

I wouldn't bet on it

Mike - great work, its the detail that makes the difference!

Tim